
23 May 2012
Jimmy Iovine Talks up Tonight’s Idol Finale!
By Ann Fitzhenry // TV
Let me just put it out there – I love American Idol. I love watching the kids come in, hearts on sleeves, nervous, hoping against hope they will get their …

10 April 2012
Idol v. Voice: The Battle Rounds
By Kelly Bedard // TV
I’ve already talked about my immigration to NBC’s The Voice from FOX’s American Idol, but I’m still watching the latter and as The Voice moves out of those awesome auditions …

17 March 2012
… for The Voice (Part II)
By Kelly Bedard // TV
(see Part I- “Abandoning Idol…“)… which brings me to the show that’s very quickly replacing American Idol in the ratings and has long since replaced it in the minds and …

10 March 2012
Abandoning Idol… (Part I)
By Kelly Bedard // TV
Let me start this article by saying that I used to be the biggest American Idol fan around. I’ve always loved Kelly Clarkson (and always will, more on that in …

04 October 2011
Designing the Music- a joint article with My Music
By Kelly Bedard // TV
*The following is a joint article with My Music. Go check out the original posting on our newest branch* Last week Project Runway played host to Saskatchewan- based rock band …

27 April 2011
The Power of Song Selection
By Kelly Bedard // TV
If there’s one thing you learn from American Idol it’s that song selection is everything (and that Steven Tyler is a god). That rule has never been more true than …

08 January 2011
2010 in Reality TV: the other stuff
By Kelly Bedard // TV
The Amazing Race, So You Think You Can Dance, Survivor, Dancing with the Stars, Top Chef, Project Runway and The Bachelor dominate my TV season by airing at least 2 …

26 May 2010
Where I Stand
By Kelly Bedard // TV
I realize I have fallen behind on the many many things happening in the TV world right now. It’s finale time, which means it’s My TV Season Wrap-Up time so …

09 April 2010
The Reality Reality: Dancing, Dumbassery and some other stuff
By Kelly Bedard // TV
1) Nigel announced who the female hip hop master is going to be for the SYTYCD All-Star pool and it’s the least surprising news since he announced the male hip …

19 September 2009
Questionable Reality TV Decisions
By Kelly Bedard // TV
1) I love Ellen but don’t you think that an American Idol permanent judge should know at least something about the music industry? The recent announcement that Ellen will be …

05 August 2009
No More Ms. Nice Judge
By Kelly Bedard // TV
Paula Abdul has officially left her post as resident shoulder-to-cry-on on the American Idol judging panel. An irreconcilable contract dispute (aka being replaced by the vile but knowledgeable Kara DioGuardi) …

01 April 2009
My Favourite Idol Performance
By Kelly Bedard // TV
This is what a singer sounds like- season 8, LISTEN UP!

01 April 2009
This is American Idol?
By Kelly Bedard // TV
Last night I watched American Idol for the first time in almost 5 years. After season 3 I just sort of quit the reality juggernaut. So going back to it …