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AMERICAN IDOL Recap: Lazaro Arbos finally sent packing, 5 Remain

By PETER BROWN 04/12/2013

Lazaro Arbos goes home on AMERICAN IDOL | (c) 2013 Fox/Ray Mickshaw

Stars: Randy Jackson, Keith Urban, Mariah Carey, Nicki Minaj, Ryan Seacrest Network: Airs on Fox, Wednesdays and Thursdays at 8 pm Original Telecast: April 11, 2013 It was decision time once again on the world’s greatest karaoke competition, AMERICAN IDOL. So who went home? By now you know that Lazaro Arbos was voted as the bottom performer and was not saved by the judges. Amber Holcomb was also in the bottom 2. I will spare you the terrible group performance, a song by Scotty McCreary, a song by Kelly Clarkson and a whole ton of filler. They did the whole […]Read On »

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AMERICAN IDOL Season 12 Recap: Paul Jolly booted off the show, 8 left

By PETER BROWN 03/22/2013

Paul Jolly is eliminated on AMERICAN IDOL Season 12 | (c) 2013 Michael Becker/ FOX

Stars: Randy Jackson, Keith Urban, Mariah Carey, Nicki Minaj, Ryan Seacrest Network: Airs on Fox, Wednesdays and Thursdays at 8 pm Original Telecast: March 21, 2013 It is decision time once again on the world’s greatest karaoke competition, AMERICAN IDOL. Who goes home and who is in trouble? Well, by now you know that Paul Jolly got the unceremonious boot from the show with Devin Velez and Amber Holcomb getting the second and third least amount of votes. I’ll spare you the filler on the results show such as a pretty terrible group performance, Casey Abrams (and beard) returning and […]Read On »

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Analysis: Is DANCING WITH THE STARS a Popularity or Talent contest?

By PAMELA HARLAND 10/17/2011

The Mirror Ball trophy from DANCING WITH THE STARS - Season 12 - Week 10 - "Finals" | ©2011 ABC/Adam Taylor

There were a lot of people up in arms over the early dismissal of Chynna Phillips last week on DANCING WITH THE STARS. A few were still peeved over the Kristin Cavallari debacle the previous week as well. So, I decided to do a little investigating and looked up all the scores from seasons 1-12 and compared the scores of the runners up to the official winners to see just how much of an influence the audience actually has in determining the winner. In other words, I added up all the judges’ tallies alone. You might be surprised by what […]Read On »

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DANCING WITH THE STARS Season 13 Recap: Hold on – Chynna Phillips voted off

By PAMELA HARLAND 10/12/2011

Chynna Phillips and Tony Dovolani in DANCING WITH THE STARS Results Show - Season 13 - Week 4 | ©2011 ABC/Adam Taylor

Stars: Chaz Bono, David Arquette, Nancy Grace, Robert Kardashian, Carson Kressley, Ricki Lake, J.R. Martinez, Chynna Phillips, Hope Solo Network: ABC, airs Mondays, Tuesdays Original Telecast: October 11th, 2011 Tonight’s episode of DANCING WITH THE STARS: movie theme week could have easily been titled DWTS: ONE FALSE MOVE. That’s exactly what happened to newly ousted Chynna Phillips who time and time again has performed brilliantly on the dance floor but, sadly, last night she just blanked out and lost concentration which cost her…dearly. She is the fourth celeb eliminated from DWTS: Season 13. Other than the weekly disappointment of […]Read On »

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DANCING WITH THE STARS Season 13 Recap: What? Kristin Cavallari kicked off in Week 3

By PAMELA HARLAND 10/05/2011

Mark Ballas and Kristin Cavallari perform on DANCING WITH THE STARS - Season 13 - Week 3 - "The Most Memorable Year of My Life" | ©2011 ABC/Adam Taylor

Stars: Chaz Bono, David Arquette, Kristin Cavallari, Nancy Grace, Robert Kardashian, Carson Kressley, Ricki Lake, J.R. Martinez, Chynna Phillips, Hope Solo Network: ABC, airs Mondays, Tuesdays Original Telecast: October 4th, 2011 Mary J. Blige opened DANCING WITH THE STARS tonight to an excitable audience after all the melodrama of last night’s “most memorable year” show. If last night’s show was heavy tonight’s was the opposite. It was as if a load had been lifted. DWTS therapy was in session. And then came the shocker! Kristin Cavallari was eliminated from the show. Wow! Although she and partner Mark Ballas tied for […]Read On »

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DANCING WITH THE STARS Season 13 Recap: Quasi-Shocker as Canalis ousted on Week 2

By PAMELA HARLAND 09/28/2011

Elisabetta Canalis and Val Chmerkovskiy on DANCING WITH THE STARS - Season 13 - Week 2 | ©2011 ABC/Adam Taylor

Stars: Chaz Bono, David Arquette, Elisabetta Canalis, Kristin Cavallari, Nancy Grace, Robert Kardashian, Carson Kressley, Ricki Lake, J.R. Martinez, Chynna Phillips, Hope Solo Network: ABC, airs Mondays, Tuesdays Original Telecast: September 27th, 2011 Once again popularity prevails on DANCING WITH THE STARS when Elisabetta Canalis became the second celeb ousted from the season 13 show. With evidently a small fan base, Canalis and partner Val Chmerkovskiy, although not the lowest scorers of the night – in fact they tied for third with three other couples – were just not as popular as David Arquette, Carson Kressley, Hope Solo and believe […]Read On »

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DANCING WITH THE STARS Recap: NBA player Ron Artest is out of the game

By PAMELA HARLAND 09/21/2011

Peta Murgatroyd and Ron Artest are the first elimination on DANCING WITH THE STARS - Season 13 | ©2011 ABC/Adam Taylor

Stars: Chaz Bono, Ron Artest, David Arquette, Elisabetta Canalis, Kristin Cavallari, Nancy Grace, Robert Kardashian, Carson Kressley, Ricki Lake, J.R. Martinez, Chynna Phillips, Hope Solo Network: ABC, airs Mondays, Tuesdays Original Telecast: September 20th, 2011 And so it begins…the first elimination of DANCING WITH THE STARS season 13 has commenced and Ron Artest or whatever his name is now (Metta what?) is cast away. There’s no suspense in his departure, after all, he did receive the lowest scores and maybe, just maybe, people weren’t buying his Dennis Rodman like antics. Still, it is hard to be the first one to […]Read On »

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THE VOICE Recap: The Season 1 winner is … (and it’s a sort of shocker)

By CARL CORTEZ 06/30/2011

Javier Colon, Dia Frampton and Carson Daly on THE VOICE - Season 1 - The Finals Results Show | ©2011 NBC/Lewis Jacobs

Network: NBC Original Telecast: June 29, 2011 A one hour results show for THE VOICE? Really? NBC didn’t feel the need to stretch it to two hours plus? What is wrong with these people! Well, all I can say is Thank you! Thank you NBC for the most painless results show in the history of these reality singing competitions After whittling the contestants down to four finalists (one from each of the Coaches Cee Lo Green, Adam Levine, Blake Shelton and Christina Aguilera), it’s now time to crown a champion. First, every contestant got one more chance to sing – […]Read On »

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DANCING WITH THE STARS Recap: Ralph Macchio is karate kicked off DWTS

By PAMELA HARLAND 05/18/2011

Karina Smirnoff and Ralph Macchio are eliminated on the DANCING WITH THE STARS - Season 12 - Week 9 - Semifinals | ©2011 ABC/Michael Desmond

Lightening didn’t strike twice on DANCING WITH THE STARS as Ralph Macchio (and his partner Karina Smirnoff) were karate chopped off the show, placing him in fourth place for season 12. Unlike last week when somehow he escaped elimination after coming in last – partially due to a knee injury – this week his luck ran out and Hines Ward, Kirstie Alley and Chelsea Kane earned their place in the finals next week. The judges basically made their picks last night…Alley, Ward and Kane would go to the finals. Their low scores for Macchio basically told him that last night. […]Read On »

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DANCING WITH THE STARS Recap: Romeo bids adieu to DWTS

By PAMELA HARLAND 05/10/2011

Romeo bids the judges Len Goodman, Bruno Tonioli, Carrie Ann Inaba goodbye after being eliminated on DANCING WITH THE STARS - Season 12 - Week 8 | ©2011 ABC/Adam Taylor

It’s a DANCING WITH THE STARS miracle! Ralph Macchio is saved while Romeo is cut loose from DWTS. In the biggest shocker since Petra Nemcova got the heave ho a few weeks back, Romeo ends his run (with his partner Chelsie Hightower) on Season 12 of DWTS and places fifth in the competition. The fans have spoken and they want Macchio in the semi-finals, along with Kirstie Alley, Chelsea Kane and Hines Ward. The results show week eight brought Alley the encore, which scored her that coveted first “10”. Her encore may actually have been even better than her Monday […]Read On »