Carrie Underwood to Release “Good Girl” Single in February

“American Idol” winner Carrie Underwood has announced that “Good Girl,” the first taste from her forthcoming fourth album, will be hitting airwaves on Feb. 23.

In a special video message to her fans, Underwood confirms the song title and says that the track will “blow you guys away.” The track was co-written by Underwood, Ashley Gorley and Chris DeStefano; Gorley previously co-penned the singer’s tracks “Don’t Forget To Remember Me” and “All-American Girl,” while DeStefano has worked on recent material by Kelly Clarkson and David Archuleta.

Along with focusing on her forthcoming album, Underwood spent 2011 joining artists like Brad Paisley and Tony Bennett on duets, making a guest appearance on the “American Idol” finale and co-hosting the CMA Awards with Paisley. The singer will perform at the 2012 CMA Music Festival, which invades Nashvile from June 7-10.

Simon Cowell Launching DJ Talent SHow

TV personality and music producer Simon Cowell is launching a new talent competition to find the world’s best DJs.

“DJ’s are the new rock stars, it feels like the right time to make this show,” he said in a statement.

The new format will be co-produced by SYCO, Cowell’s joint venture with Sony Music, and Overbrook Entertainment, a U.S. entertainment company founded by Hollywood star Will Smith.

Sony Pictures Television will also be a partner in the venture, which has been in development for more than a year. Smith’s wife Jada Pinkett Smith has been involved for Overbrook.

The three parties said they would announce their broadcast partners in Britain and the United States soon.

Katy Perry’s ‘E.T.’ Performance On American Idol

Katy Perry blasted off into space last night during her performance of ‘E.T.’ Perry surprised fans when Kanye West took to the stage midway through the song.

Check out their performance –

Eliminated Idol Pia Toscano To Perform On Dancing With The Stars

There’s a first for everything! Pia Toscano may have been eliminated from American Idol, but she’s already making history as the first castoff to perform on the Dancing With The Stars results show before an official Idol has been crowned.

Rumors have been swirling that Pia has been getting close to Dancing With The Stars cast member Mark Ballas and now we know why! Whether or not it’s a publicity stunt, we’re excited to see Pia performing again on such a big show.

No word yet on what she’ll be performing. Could it be her rumored first single? Reports have claimed that Pia has been rushed into writing and recording her first album now that she’s signed a record deal.

Will you be tuning in to see Pia on Dancing With The Stars?

Did You See Rihanna Performing ‘California King Bed’ On American Idol?!

For the first time ever, Rihanna blew us away with her performance of her latest single, ‘California King Bed,’ when she took to the American Idol stage last week.

For years, all we could think about was Rihanna performing Mariah Carey’s ‘Hero’ during a school talent show. If you’ve seen it, you know what we’re talking about!

Seems the years have been good to Rihanna’s voice and she’s able to carry a tune during a live performance. We love a good RiRi jam, but we’ve never turned to her for a stellar vocal performance. Could things be changing?

Check out Rihanna’s performance of ‘California King Bed’ on American Idol –

Jennifer Lopez Releases New Single ‘Papi’

Dance for your papi! The most beautiful woman in the world, Jennifer Lopez, has released her new single ‘Papi.’ Produced by RedOne, ‘Papi’ is a latin club jam that plays to Lopez’s strength as a dance diva. The American Idol judge is back on the music scene!

Check out Jennifer Lopez’s ‘Papi’ –

Celebrities Take To Twitter, Outraged Over Pia’s Idol Elimination!

American Idol fans were outraged over the elimination of frontrunner Pia Toscana on last night’s results show. With flawless vocal performances each week and nothing but praise from the judges, no one expected Pia to be sent home, much less be in the bottom 3. Twitter was buzzing when word quickly spread about Pia’s departure. Pia instantly became a trending topic on Twitter and celebrities took to the social media outlet to express their shock and outrage over the results.

Ryan Seacrest: Can’t get over last night’s #AmericanIdol! So bizarre. After I read the results I thought to myself, ‘did I get that right?’

Jennifer Lopez: I am truly sad. I can’t believe this happened. You have to vote for who you love! We will miss you @ptoscanoAI10 !!

Jennifer Hudson: “I can not believe they just eliminated pia ! ReAlly..????”

Ellen DeGeneres: “Are you watching Idol? I am shocked and sad.”

Ashton Kutcher: “Who are the people that vote on American Idol? That’s just crazy! That Pia girl is dope. #almostcriminal.”

Tom Hanks: “Don’t have an Idol habit, but how could the USA vote Pia off? I may be done for the season.”

Minka Kelly: Will someone please explain to me HOW in the WORLD @PToscanoAI10 (Pia) has been voted off American Idol?! #baffled!!

Maksim Chmerkovskiy: Wow just watched American Idol for the first time this season and they got rid of the best female singer this season! Pia was amazing! I’ll never complain about our eliminations…..hehehe

Dax Shepard: This did not just happen!!! How??? I’m going to do something radical. I love you Pia! This is more egregious than that no-hitter that was ruined by that ump. I’m going to do something drastic. This has put me in an unstable mood.

Alyssa Milano: What in the world? Pia? Pia was sent home? How is that possible? I’m so confused. #AmericanIdol @PToscanoAI10 Keep your head up, beauty girl. You’re an awesome talent.

Ali Fedotwosky: I JUST heard that Pia got eliminated from #AmericanIdol last night. How is that possible? The judges need to bring her back! #AI

Bette Midler: They dumped Pia!! How did that happen??

David Cook: Bad call tonight on Idol.

Chris Daughtry: What the crap!!?? I thought Pia was THE best singer on the show this year!

Kimberly Cladwell: “Did Pia just get voted off idol?! She’s too hot for people to take her seriously! That’s crap”

Snooki of “Jersey Shore”: “Pia should have won the whole thing! I’m not watchin Idol anuymore. I’m with JLO on this one…”

Sammi Giancola of “Jersey Shore”: “WHAT!!!!!!!!!” and “wow. upset over American Idol right now.”

Comedian Marlon Wayans: “Pia eliminated not fair! Who do the teens wack off to now? Dammit life’s not fair… Well kids, there’s always j-lo”.

After the show, Pia tweeted, “I’m truly going to miss my idol family! Thank you @JLo Randy and Steven for believing in me. Love you and love my fans!”

Let’s not forget, American Idol is a show about ratings, sponsors, and media blitz. Every year, Idol focuses on voter participation and tells America that the results show people aren’t voting enough for their favorites. The show is sponsored by AT&T and the more texts viewers send, the more money everyone makes. Pia was their ticket to making more money. It’s just unfortunate that someone so talented was cut so soon. Pia won’t have a problem with her career now that her Idol days are over, it just would have been nice to see her perform each week and make it to the finale. At the end of the day, the producers have the final say and they got exactly what they wanted. American Idol is the only thing people are talking about today.

Carrie Underwood & Steven Tyler Stole The Show At Last Night’s ACM Awards!

Carrie Underwood and Steven Tyler’s performance at last night’s ACM Awards so awesome that it deserves a post all by itself.

Check out their performance of Underwood’s ‘Undo It’ and Aerosmith’s ‘Walk This Way’ –

Amazing!

Paula Abdul, Jessica Simpson, or Cheryl Cole To Judge X-Factor?

According to statements from Simon Cowell in the new issue of People magazine, it looks like he’s narrowed down his choices for who he wants to judge the X-Factor.

“Paula Abdul. She has good taste in music, though you didn’t always see that on TV. I also like Jessica Simpson. She knows what she’s talking about; she’s very into the mentoring side and is underrated as a singer. I think Cheryl Cole’s personality would translate in America…”

And as for Mariah Carey:

“After Mariah Carey has her babies, there might be a role for her during the live shows,” he added.

Source – Mariah Daily Journal

New Details On Kelly Clarkson’s Upcoming Album

Songwriter Claude Kelly, who worked with Kelly Clarkson on ‘My Life Would Suck Without You’, has teamed up with original American Idol and is dishing new details on Clarkson’s upcoming album release in September.

“I will say that I’d be willing to bet that the reason it was pushed back was not for anything as horrible or earth-shattering as people think — it’s probably [just] a better setup.”

Describing the current pop scene as “congested,” Claude Kelly thinks that a slightly delayed release will work in Clarkson’s favor. “They want to make sure that the arena is clean for Kelly Clarkson’s return, ’cause when she comes back, she always comes back pretty big,” he said. “They want to make sure when her first single comes out, there’s nothing out there that’s competing with it. I don’t know for sure, but Kelly always does it big, so when it comes out, the fans will be happy and she’ll sing her butt off and it’ll be good times.”

“The songs I did write for her were in true Kelly Clarkson form, singer records that showcase her voice, but also show her edge and her attitude and her personality,” he explained. “[It's] always up-tempo for me when it comes to Kelly. I like to hear her in kick-butt mode. She has an edge to her voice that you want to hear her sing high and get in your face.”

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