• 'American Idol' Season 15 Recap/Review: Second Auditions Bring Back the Soul, Music

    American Idol's premiere week continued on Thursday night (Jan. 7) as the judges and the entire show's cartel moved on to Little Rock and San Francisco. This episode, logically, had less of a nostalgia factor and less hype surrounding it than Wednesday night's proper premiere, but the talent was far more consistent and impressive. There were plenty of Top 24 contenders in the mix.

  • 'American Idol' Season 15 Recap/Review: Premiere Brings Back Bad Auditions, Top Contenders

    American Idol's 15th season is officially underway, and the show kicked off with a nostalgic flair that emphasized its own importance throughout American pop culture and the music industry over the last 14 years. Welcoming back alumni like Taylor Hicks, Kris Allen, Clay Aiken and Ruben Studdard to help with the auditioning process, the show itself started with an emotional opening, featuring impressionable children and teens watching former Idols with and dream of being on the show themselves. No, shut up. You're the one crying.

  • 'The Voice' Season 9 Recap and Review: And The Winner Is...

    It's all boiled down to this... The Voice season 9 crowned a winner on Tuesday night (Dec. 15). The race was between Jordan Smith, Emily Ann Roberts, Barrett Baber and Jeffery Austin. But, who was to take home the big trophy? Before you could get to the big moment, there was two hours of filler that had to happen. Well, three hours of filler, really, if you count that hour-long rebroadcast of last night's show (minus the coach performances).

  • Stephen Colbert's Musical Guests Are Far Hipper Than Jimmy Fallon's

    Lizzo's performance of "Ain't I," her bombastic song of female empowerment, on "The Late Show With Stephen Colbert" on Thursday was as raw and authentic as late night TV gets in a time where it feels like everything else in that time block, namely "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon," feels washed out.

  • 'The Voice' Season 9 Recap, Review: Top 11 Revealed as the First Twitter Save Gives a Surprise

    And, then there were 11... The Voice season 9 is now in the real thrust of its live playoffs, with this week marking the first time the finalists truly got to show who they were. And, while the performances were wide ranging in their quality on Monday night, the show's new elimination schedule made the stakes pretty low... only one person would be going home. But, who was it?

  • 'The Voice' Season 9 Recap, Review: Teams Cut in Half in Brutal Elimination Results

    There was a major bloodbath on The Voice on Wednesday night (Nov. 11). This week, 24 singers performed, but for week two of the live playoffs, there are only 12 performance slots. Yes, the show cut its field properly in half. Previously, letting two of five singers go was painful but not a punch to the gut. This season, with the new comeback artist twist, this is just brutal.
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