Category Archives: Competition

‘American Idol’ Returns for Season 11

By doris | Published: January 18, 2012

Full Story at ABCNews.go.com It’s Ba-a-a-ck! The 11th season of “American Idol” arrives on Fox tonight, and host Ryan Seacrest says for some viewers, the return can’t come soon enough. “I’ve been hearing a lot of ‘We can’t wait,’” Seacrest told ABC News Radio. “Actually, I’ve been hearing more ‘I can’t wait for ‘American Idol [...]

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Best Bets: ‘American Idol’ turns on the music

By doris | Published: January 17, 2012

Full Story at  Entertainment.msnbc.msn.com The biggest reality show of the year cranks up the music again this week, as “American Idol” returns. Some thought the singing competition could never survive the loss of Simon Cowell, but judges Jennifer Lopez, Randy Jackson and Steven Tyler proved them wrong. This week kicks off with the infamous auditions, [...]

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Susan Boyle won’t let overnight success go to her head

By doris | Published: October 18, 2011

Full Story at TheClicker.today.msnbc.msn.com There are some overnight success stories who let fame go to their head. And then there’s Susan Boyle. As Boyle told TODAY’s Amy Robach, the attention and sudden wealth that has come her way since she appeared on “Britain’s Got Talent” in 2009 hasn’t really changed her much. She bought a [...]

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Ballroom boo-boo on ‘Dancing’? Bring it on!

By doris | Published: October 15, 2011

Full Story at TheClicker.today.com Sure, “Dancing With the Stars” is one of the most popular reality competitions on TV, but it’s not just the smooth moves that viewers can’t get enough of. It’s the errors. “Dancing” contestant Nancy Grace’s wardrobe malfunction two weeks ago was one of the most popular stories in reality TV. This [...]

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‘Charlie’s Angels’ loses flight; ‘How to Be a Gentleman’ struggles

By doris | Published: October 1, 2011

Full Story at Inside.ew.com The competition took a beating Thursday because of The X Factor, which gave FOX a win in adults 18-49 (3.9 rating/10 share) and another chance to boast about its domination (like, how its the first time ever that Fox has won the first two Thursdays of the season). The two-hour show [...]

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14-year-old rapper wows ‘X Factor’ crowd

By doris | Published: September 30, 2011

Full Story at TheClicker.today.com Thursday was the final night of “X Factor” auditions, and not a moment too soon. Two-hour tryout tracks run together to the point where it all blends into a medley of pop/hip-hop/country twee.  At least Newark, the first stop of the night, offered something unique. For starters, the crowd seemed quicker [...]

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The hottest TV story of the week was

By doris | Published: September 4, 2011

Full Story at TheClicker.today.com Boy, the season hasn’t even officially started yet, and “Dancing With the Stars” is already No. 1! Clicker readers couldn’t get enough of the show, starting with Monday’s cast announcement. And as with previous seasons, there were some “stars” who really got fans of the show talking and bumped the story [...]

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Cher: It took guts for Chaz to do ‘Dancing’

By doris | Published: September 1, 2011

Full Story at TODAY.msnbc.msn.com Cher has leapt to the defense of son Chaz Bono after a host of angry “Dancing With the Stars” fans hit the show’s website and other online portals to protest casting the singer’s son on Season 13 of the show. “Lovelies!” Cher wrote on Twitter, addressing her faithful. “Chaz is Being [...]

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Nancy Grace is reportedly going ‘Dancing’

By doris | Published: August 29, 2011

Full Story at TheClicker.toeay.com Oh boy. If you thought casting Bristol Palin and Kate Gosselin for previous seasons of “Dancing With the Stars” caused an uproar, the latest casting rumor could bring about yet another frenzy of passionate comments. According to TMZ, one of the celebs who will be announced as a “DWTS” competitor tonight [...]

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Queen Latifah, Tiffani Thiessen may go ‘Dancing’

By doris | Published: August 14, 2011

Full Story at TheClicker.today.com Remember when a “Dancing With the Stars” insider confirmed to us that the show was aiming for a higher caliber of celebrities? It looks like the folks behind the ballroom bash may actually be trying to do just that … at least a little bit. Sure, TMZ reported late last month [...]

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