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Music Times spoke with Sonnet Simmons following the Aug. 24 finale of "Rising Star" and touched on what happened behind-the-scenes on one of television's most experimental reality competitions, her own musical and personal past and hopes for the future. -
'Rising Star' ABC Recap and Review: Jesse Kinch Wins Over Austin French with Rousing The Who, Creedence Clearwater Revival Covers
After 10 episodes of varying quality, tons of money invested into a wall and judges Kesha, Brad Paisley and Ludacris and a sea of musical talent, ABC's latest experiment for the musical reality competition Rising Star came to an end last night (Aug, 24). -
'Rising Star' ABC Recap and Review: Semi-Finals Round Dominated by Jesse Kich, Dana Williams with New Twists on Old Classics
Like in the last few weeks, male contestants Austin French and Jesse Kinch stole the show with the perfect blend of song choice, risk factor and (gasp!) audience engagement. Other standouts, like Joshua Peavy and Audrey Kate Geiger failed to resonate as much, in pretty shocking twists. -
'Rising Star' ABC Recap and Review: Top 8 Continues to be Dominated by Austin French, Jesse Kinch and Joshua Peavy as the Women Freeze Up
The men took the cake on "Rising Star" with a strong begging, middle and end of the show thanks to Joshua Peavy, Austin French and Jesse Kinch. As for the females, they struggled a bit more to find comfort on stage, with some particularly wooden and frozen performances from Dana Williams, Maneepat Molloy and Shameia Crawford. -
'Rising Star' ABC Recap and Review: Top 13 Mark Inconsistencies, as Austin French, Jessie Kinch Break Through to Shine
The wide, wide field has finally been narrowed down for ABC's new singing competition Rising Star, with just 13 contestants remaining following three weeks of auditions and three weeks of duels. With a smaller selection of singers, it's finally time for some real stars to shine and develop true personalities, a true lacking feature thus far on the program. -
'Rising Star' ABC Recap and Review: Final Duels Round Finally Features Performers in Music-Heavy Episode
The head-to-head duels portion of 'Rising Star' has finally come to an end. Tonight (July 27), Rising Star wrapped up its second portion of the competition with four head-to-head performances in the most music-heavy episode of the show to date. -
'Rising Star' ABC Recap and Review: April Lockhart, Macy Kate & Austin French Move on From Duels Round Two
ABC's new reality show Rising Star is now in its fifth week, and even though the wall-raising, Kesha/Ludacris/Brad Paisley featuring live broadcast has markedly improved with each new episode, it still has yet to feature any real, mind-blowing talent. The lack of strong, standout singers has never been more clear than in tonight's (July 20) round two of duels. -
'Rising Star' ABC Recap and Review: Duels Show Off Powerhouse Jesse Kinch, Megan Tibbits Performances
ABC's new singing reality competition program Rising Star seems to be little more than an experiment from week to week. Though the scrambling antics of host Josh Groban and judges Kesha, Brad Paisley and Ludacris are mostly in line by now, the singers themselves continue to be a source of elusion and mixed bag-gedness. Week four of Rising Star marks the first week of "duels..." a The Voice-like side-by-side where performers try to out-sing each other for the vote. -
Josh Groban, Reggie Watts: ‘Rising Star’ Host Makes Music With Scott Aukerman’s ‘Comedy Bang! Bang!’ Sidekick
ABC's Rising Star host Josh Groban will sit in as the guest of this coming July 11's episode of IFC's Comedy Bang! Bang!. In order to promote the appearance – or perhaps just to have some good-hearted fun – Groban stepped in alongside CBB's sidekick Reggie Watts to make some sweet, sweet music completely outside of his usual style. -
'Rising Star' ABC Recap and Review: Episode Three Brings Powerhouse Diva Gabrielle Nicole Into Mix Alongside Terrible Groups
With each passing week, it seems as though ABC's new attempt at a musical reality competition Rising Star improves. Week one was a messy, advertisement-filled mess and week two was solid though it felt highly manipulated by producers for ultimate drama and promotion. Now, with the final round of auditions, it seems like the show has found its groove... and its first real powerhouse performer. -
'Rising Star' ABC Recap and Review: Episode Two Features More Performers, Despite Their Mediocre-ness
Rising Star this week was a marked improvement from its debut on June 23, but it's still not quite the game-changing phenomenon ABC is teasing it as. It still just feels like another gimmicky program with largely a pool of mediocre acts. -
'Rising Star' Brings ABC Lukewarm Ratings, Wins on Twitter Trending Topics List
Last night (June 22), ABC began its big gamble of the summer with its new reality singing competition Rising Star. The new show experienced a bit of a bumpy start, with an overload of commercials, lack of focus on talent and some awkward hosting moments. But, despite the show's faults, how did it perform in ratings and on social media? The answer is... it did OK.
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