Syesha Mercado talks about her stage role in Dreamgirls

Ellen DeGeneres was brimming with excitement when she announced to her studio audience yesterday:
“I just finally got the OK . . . just moments ago to announce this to you today. We’ve been dealing with this for the last couple of weeks and I’ve been dying to tell everyone.”
Never fear, Ellen will continue with her [...]

In August the season 8 “Idols” stopped at Boston’s TD Banknorth Garden.

Matt Giraud took some time from the “Idol” tour to chat with Blast.

The original “Idol” includes stops at Mohegan Sun and Agganis Arena

It’s no secret Ryan Seacrest was recently offered $45 million in a three-year contract to continue hosting “American Idol.” Randy Jackson has signed on until at least 2011 and Simon Cowell is currently in negotiations for a new contract. Even Kara DioGuardi wants to come back, and auditions for the ninth season of the hit [...]

“American Idol” audition kick off tomorrow at Gillette Stadium and Blast wants your pictures and videos!

The 16 year-old was the youngest person to ever make it into the competition’s top 12.

For the six people in America who missed the Wednesday night season finale of American Idol, the winner was Kris Allen.
The adorable underdog beat out Adam Lambert, the heavy favorite from the beginning. Lambert was praised by the judges throughout the season for his unmatched voice and, despite a scandal involving his weekend escapades [...]

The popular TV show invades the Apple handheld. Details and images within.

For the “So You Think You Can Dance “tour, the dancers and show producers took the best routines from the show and chose those as the ones to perform. Monukian said that the dancers practiced for three weeks before the tour began.

Authorities are still searching for Jennifer Hudson’s nephew who went missing after Hudson’s mother and brother were shot to death in their Chicago home Friday afternoon.

Rocker David Cook has bested the heavily favored babyface, David Archuleta in American Idol Season 7.

American Idol Season 6 finalist Phil Stacey will release his self-titled debut CD Tuesday on Lyric Street Records. [...]

Arista Records announced recently that Blake Lewis will debut a new single, “How Many Words” in front of the American Idol audience March 6. The beat-boxing sixth season “Idol” finalist will then open up on radio stations nationwide March 11.
“How Many Words,” a fan favorite off of Lewis’ debut album Audio Day Dream, was co-written [...]

Blake Lewis, the popular finalist on the sixth season of American Idol, will release his studio debut album, Audio Day Dream, with 19 Recordings/Arista Records on December 4. The album will feature the single “Break Anotha” co-written by OneRepublic’s Ryan “Alias” Tedder, Sam Watters and Lewis and produced by Tedder.
“Blake comes to the fore as [...]