A confession: Tim Urban charmed me. Some, like L.A. Times music critic Ann Powers, might call it pointed manipulation, but I've met the kid and there's not a deceitful bone in his happy-go-lucky body. To the contrary, Tim is a gentleman.
Tim Urban
Call him what you will — Teflon Tim, the Comeback Kid, Turban, Big Head Tim (we just made that one up!) — but having extended his “Idol” stay far longer than anyone would have imagined, Tim Urban will go down as one of the most resilient contestants the show's ever seen. So what did the Duncanville, Texas, native do with all that extra time in L.A.? Not too much sightseeing around our neighborhoods, apparently, but he's on intimate terms with the Grove.
:: Idol Gives Back has raised approximately $45 million for charity. Can you imagine how much money it may have raised if it wasn’t insufferable to watch ? [ MJs Big Blog ] :: David Archuleta’s performance of “Imagine” during Season 7 won an MTV reader poll voting for the best American Idol performance of all time. Runner up
With Tim Urban's ouster on Wednesday night, the anti-”Idol” authority VotefortheWorst.com is now throwing its weight behind Siobhan Magnus, citing her “crazy outfits, hilarious screaming” and a few more perceived offenses. Do we agree with the website's verdict? Absolutely not.
Filed under: Features It’s the end of an era. Today, the SomethingPitchy panel sat down to discuss all of the week’s hottest ‘Idol’ topics, from the elimination of Tim Urban (tear!), to Crystal vs. Lee to an otherwise bloated edition of ‘Idol Gives Back.’ Joining host Andy Scott in the studio were Rickey Yaneza ( Rickey.org ), Rae Votta ( AOL Music ) and Jim Cantiello ( MTV News ), with special guest Melinda Green ( TopIdol ) on Skype. Watch the video after the jump, and be sure to follow us on twitter @somethingpitchy
Filed under: Features I should have known better. In its early days, watching ‘American Idol’ was a rewarding experience for me. My favorite contestants, among them Kelly Clarkson and Carrie Underwood, were always female, and they almost always went on to win the whole kit and kaboodle. (Yes, I even preferred Jordin Sparks to Melinda Doolittle and Lakisha Jones.) And then season 7 happened.
Video of Tim Urban singing ‘Better Days’ during Idol Gives Back Week on American Idol 2010 – Top 7 Finalists compete. Was Idol Inspiration Night the night that Tim’s Idol World began or did you find it hard to forgive him his previous performances?
If, after hearing from the President and Mrs. Obama, Bill and Melinda Gates, Annie Lennox and Elton John and all sorts of famous people about how much suffering is going on in the world … If, after seeing children who live without heat in a two-room trailer in rural America, and children who are dying from AIDS and malaria in Africa, and a family of five in a middle-class California town that might not look too different from yours turn to a food bank to survive, even though the father of said family works in our schools as a math teacher … If, after all that, you still care about who was sent home on “American Idol” tonight, during the “Idol Gives Back” special, click here … Hello?
All “Idol” experts have their own method for predicting who's going home, and some of us agonize over the decision more than others. But this
It was barely halfway through Tuesday's “Inspirational” performance show when this tweet popped up on our feed: “So far, the only thing this episode of 'Idol' has inspired me to do is crush on Lee DeWyze.” We second that emotion, but what the show lacked in flair, it made up for in honest-to-goodness from-the-heart delivery, some tears, and one very kooky getup. Read on for this week's burning questions answered by the Idols themselves… What inspired Siobhan Magnus' butterfly look? In part, the 1992 animated movie ” FernGully: The Last Rainforest .” Just don't call those accoutrements leaves, Simon! “They're butterflies,” Siobhan explained after the show
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