idol banter...

Paula is staying.  Idol finds no proof of any affair.  At least not with Corey Clark.

Trenyce is talking.  She's honest.  She loves her fans, but not the show. 


Idols are charting.  They're everywhere!

And the tour keeps chugging along.

good news constantine fans...

Bo and Carrie may still have their respective singles on the charts, but it will be Constantine Maroulis who will reprise his season performance of Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody on the upcoming CD, Killer Queen:  A Tribute to Queen.

And, it has been selected to be the premiere single from the CD, which is set for release August 9.

Constantine will record the song he so memorably performed on Idol, backed by the Las Vegas cast of We Will Rock You.  It will be one of two renditions of Rhapsody, the other recorded by the Flaming Lips.

Here is the entire track listing:

"We Are the Champions" (Gavin DeGraw)
"Good Old Fashioned Loverboy" (Jason Mraz)
"Bohemian Rhapsody" (Flaming Lips)
"Stone Cold Crazy" (Eleven featuring Josh Homme)
"Death on Two Legs" (Rooney)
"Play the Game" (Jon Brion)
"Tie Your Mother Down" (Shinedown)
"Under Pressure" (Joss Stone)
"Sleepin' on the Sidewalk" (Los Lobos)
"Bicycle Race" (Be Your Own Pet)
"'39" (Ingram Hill)
"Who Wants To Live Forever" (Breaking Benjamin)
"Killer Queen" (Sum 41)
"Fat Bottomed Girls" (Antigone Rising)
"Bohemian Rhapsody" (Constantine Maroulis with Las Vegas cast of "We Will Rock You")

Amazon.com has the CD available for pre-order.

the recovery process begins...

It's Tuesday.

And there's no Idol.

What do we do?

Well, if you're me, you spend time on the computer, looking for new media sources.  And look what I found!

AI Media is a great site that I visit frequently.  In fact, I just finished my Bo Bice collection with the highest quality videos I have found -- high def, widescreen, .avi files.  If you're a Bo fan, check it out.  (You will have to register to have access to the media.)

But better yet -- I have just finished downloading most of season two -- the complete episodes, minus the commercials.  And they have seasons one and three too!  I'll get to those later.

I've downloaded the files.  They're clean, free of viruses or spyware, but they are filled with Ryan.  Don't say I didn't warn you.  And it's interesting to watch the interaction, post Corey claims, between Paula and the bad man.

Hey, a girl's gotta get her Idol fix now, doesn't she...


Oh!  And if you download her media, be sure to click to vote for her site!  Thanks.

 

here she is...

And she's currently number 5 at Barnes and Noble. 

Still waiting for the other cover.

inside your heaven...

Well, it's official!

Carrie's single Inside Your Heaven/Independence Day is available for pre-sale at amazon.com and at Barnes & Noble.  It is currently the third overall bestseller at B&N.

And Bo's single Inside Your Heaven/Vehicle is also available for pre-sale at amazon and at Barnes and Noble.  His is the overall bestseller at B&N.

I'll keep an eye out how well each of them sell at amazon.  Since they just hit the "shelves" there, it's too soon for either a ranking or a CD cover.

Stay tuned.

in honor of memorial day...

The Idols, minus Carrie and Bo, sing the National Anthem.

They finally got this group-singing thing right.  Very nicely done.

And if you missed it, here's the video.  There's little doubt who put this together.  Be certain to check out musical director, Anwar.  Maybe Idol should hire him to orchestrate the group numbers from now on.

 

the battle has begun...

Apparently.  But I'm not exactly sure what to make of it.

Seems Barnes and Noble online is offering for pre-sale both Carrie's and Bo's single.  And both of them are versions of Inside Your Heaven, with Carrie performing Independence Day on the flip and Bo performing Vehicle.  Neither of these recordings is currently available at amazon.com, however.

According to B&N, the date of Carrie's release is June 14, as we've been told, with Bo's scheduled for release one week later, June 21.

And even more interesting, Bo's version is currently the top-seller at Barnes and Noble, snatching the #1 spot from, of all artists, Simon Cowell's baby, Il Divo.  Carrie's version is currently coming in at #16.

I'm less curious about the placements than I am about the CDs themselves, considering producers made a point of informing us that Angels Brought Me Here was the planned flip for Carrie and that Bo's flip (or single) would be the not-fit-to-be-performed-by-William-Hung Long, Long Road.  And that neither is available at amazon.  And I'm even more perplexed that they would have Carrie performing Independence Day on the single, when that is her track on the compilation CD.

Guess we'll find out if all of this is accurate, or if somebody at B&N jumped the gun in the offering.

Nevertheless, both are now up for pre-sale at at least one of the major online outlets.

Whip out those credit cards folks, the kids are going head-to-head again.  And possibly lyric-for-lyric.

UPDATE:  After thinking about it, it wouldn't be the first time that producers put on the winner's CD the same track that is on the compilation CD.  They did it with Fantasia last year and Chain of Fools.  But, last year, both Fantasia and Diana's CD contained three tracks.  It is conceivable that Angels (hopefully) and Road (hopefully not) will also be included.

UPDATE #2:  Since writing this entry, Carrie's sales have skyrocketed.  Way to go people!  Of course, I'm going to take full credit.  (Just kidding, Rach.)  She is now at #4.  Gee, that was fast.  I'll keep an eye out.  Just keep checking back.