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Live-Blogging The "American Idol" Finale, Part II: This, Right Here, Is Our Now

Welcome to our second night of live-blogging the American Idol finale, two hours of spectacle leading up to the crowning of a David as the favorite pop singer of this very phone-equipped nation. I'm watching the TV Guide Channel's preshow, which has Kimberly Caldwell screaming a lot and Justin Guarini laughing dumbly a bunch and Janice Dickinson saying that she's in the tank for Archie too. (For that the producers denied Danny Noriega a ticket? Hmph.) Also, apparently Simon Cowell told Justin Guarini that it was a draw while I was on the phone?! Looks like someone saw our poll! Coverage begins after the jump... More »

7:50 PM on Wed May 21 2008
By Maura Johnston
8,055 views, 50 comments

Latest by n/a: @Lampbane: Bryan Adams always looked like that. It's that "born before Acutane" look.[blog.newsok.com] more »

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Live-Blogging The "American Idol" Finale, Part I: Someone Named David Is Going To Come Out On Top Tonight

Well, here we go, right? Let's just thank the world that the spoiler I saw over at MJ's place about David Cook being given "Perfect Day" by Clive was from a parody site. (At least, I think it was.) My minute-by-minute breakdown of tonight's festivities—in which each singer does three songs—after the jump! More »

7:55 PM on Tue May 20 2008
By Maura Johnston
3,349 views, 49 comments

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Live-Blogging The Top 3 Showdown On "American Idol," Because I Don't Want To Miss A Thing

American Idol's top three contenders—Davids Archuleta and Cook, and Syesha Mercado—hold their last sing-off before next week's big sing-off tonight, and we're coming atcha live, as a band that will probably never get its Ryan Seacrest due would say! Dan Fogelberg, Switchfoot, Billy Joel, Roberta Flack, and a song from Happy Feet that maybe 0.5% of the ever-shrinking Idol audience will know after... the jump. More »

7:55 PM on Tue May 13 2008
By Maura Johnston
2,883 views, 24 comments

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"Is Simon A Good Kisser?": Welcome To Another Awkward Episode Of "American Idol"

I just got home from a dinner out and I turned on my TV to find that American Idol is kind of crazy. Paula Abdul is making MC Skat Kat references! The first girl who Simon Cowell kissed—and his first crush!—is on the call-in segment and saying that he's "aged very well"! Natasha Bedingfield performed a semi-hookless dance song that sounded like a filler track from 1988-ish Z100! The two girls are the bottom two, thus avoiding all "Jason was robbed" spoiler possibilites! Ryan Seacrest is pretty visibly addled, possibly because his saying "We're out" instead of "Seacrest out" last night spelled his certain doom and also possibly because he's still drunk from the bender that he so obviously needed after last night! Live-action commentary of the show's final 15 minutes after the jump. More »

9:45 PM on Wed Apr 30 2008
By Maura Johnston
1,226 views, 9 comments

Latest by n/a: You left out the best part: 9:59:02 pm. Brooke tries to start "I Am, I Said" over again. Ricky and the band are having none of it, because even THEY are embarrassed by this mess of an episode, so more »

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Idolator Live-Blogs The 2008 Grammys: Please Join Us Along The Long Road To Ruin

Welcome to Idolator's liveblog of the 2008 Grammys, a night that will have many generation-spanning performances and a few that might even span the divide between living and dead. We're on the last 30 minutes of the dueling preshows between E! and the TV Guide Channel, where we basically get to see people get asked the same questions about who they're wearing and why they're on our TVs. Also: Debbie Matenopolous! I guess when you get banished from The View you get to comment on Rihanna's nail polish for money. Which could be considered as "failing up," maybe. Our coverage begins after the jump. More »

7:30 PM on Sun Feb 10 2008
By Maura Johnston
24,061 views, 100 comments

Latest by Thierry: I can't make it through the 600+ comments, but am I the only one who thought that Tina Turner actually looked like Robert DeNiro dressed up as Tina Turner? Still, she pwned Beyoncé in that performance... more »

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Live-Blogging The TRL Debut Of Missy Elliott's 3-D Video

Everyone in the TRL studio is screaming! Why? Because it's what they do every day? Because they're waiting for the new video from Lenny Kravitz and the chance to win his guitar? Danity Kane live in the studio? No! It's the premiere of Missy Elliott's new 3-D video! And since we all need a break from the endless post-Super Bowl rigamarole, we'll be reporting live from my new couch. Will it live up to the hype? Will it live up to Captain E-O? Will it mean anything without the glasses? Let's find out! More »

3:30 PM on Mon Feb 4 2008
By Jess Harvell
815 views, 12 comments

Latest by Kate Richardson: @Maura Johnston: From what I've seen that look is kind of big here in Europe. Then again, so are mullets... more »

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Idolator Live-Blogs The 2007 mtvU Woodies: Bring On The (Tape-Delayed) "College Music"

Every year, mtvU holds its sorta-inappropriately-named awards show to celebrate the artists whose record labels have made a concerted effort to market to the college demographic. The channel—perhaps the last thing left under the MTV logo which actually deigns to play blocks of music videos in their entirety—is available only on campus cable, and it is neither as cutting edge, nor as anti-corporate, as it presents itself. But it doesn't have any scripted reality programs, which in this day in age makes it a bastion of integrity. So join me as mtvU attempts to put on an awards show where performers supposedly sing with their God-given voices and do mildly irreverent things that are still too edgy for regular basic cable programming. More »

8:37 PM on Thu Nov 8 2007
By Kate Richardson
1,269 views, 6 comments

Latest by TheMojoPin: "perhaps the last thing left under the MTV logo which actually deigns to play blocks of music videos in their entirety" Oh, pity poor Subterranean. Even the people you're theoretically targeted at don't even know you exist. more »

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Idolator Live-Blogs The CMA Awards: This Should Be Quite The Carnival Ride

Welcome to Idolator's liveblog of the 41st Annual CMA Awards, coming to you live from Nashville and my couch in Astoria. Expected tonight: Carrie Underwood, Brad Paisley with a marching band, and this band called ... Eagles Fly? Where Eagles Dare? Oh, right. The Eagles. I don't know much about them, but apparently they have a new album out? More »

10:59 PM on Wed Nov 7 2007
By mjohnston
2,916 views, 28 comments

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Live-Blogging The Video Music Award Nominations: Hey, MTV Is Actually Showing Music-Related Programming Right Now

Welcome to our liveblog of the announcement of the nominees for the 2007 Video Music Awards—scheduled to coincide with today's airing of TRL, which means that the kids in the audience will be even more excitable/confused by references to pre-2002 pop culture than usual. Our complete, minute-by-minute coverage begins after the jump. More »

12:56 PM on Tue Aug 7 2007
By mjohnston
1,733 views, 11 comments

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Live-Blogging The Finale, Part I: Six Songs That Will Move A Nation Closer ... To Its Cell Phones

Are you all ready for the pageantry of the American Idol finale, and its anything-can-happen aura? The live performances! The special guests! The possibly very crummy coronation song, sung by one winner and one person to whom it'll be utterly meaningless! More »

8:55 PM on Tue May 22 2007
By mjohnston
2,152 views, 25 comments

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Idolator's American Idolatry: Our "Idol" Live-Blogging Skills Are Put To The Test


Welcome to Idolator's American Idolatry, our episode-by-episode breakdown of the hitmaking machine that is American Idol. Tonight is a very special edition of our episode guide—we'll be live-blogging the two-hour "Idol Gives Back" special, which is part telethon, part kick-off show, and part celebrity-filled spectacle. More »

9:00 PM on Wed Apr 25 2007
By mjohnston
4,798 views, 68 comments

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A Reminder: Tonight, Our Idolatry Will Be Broadcast Live


At 8 p.m. ET, we'll be right here, liveblogging the two-hour, Ellen DeGeneres-hosted telethonish edition of American Idol. It'll feature so many celebrity run-ins, it'll feel like the most star-packed episode of The Love Boat in years! According to the Idol boards that we pore over in our spare time, tonight's highlights will include: More »

5:45 PM on Wed Apr 25 2007
By mjohnston
160 views, 2 comments

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Idolator Live-Blogs The Grammys: Sting, Take The Wheel

Welcome to Idolator's first live blog of the Grammy Awards. This year's ceremony will have performances by The Police, Rascal Flatts, and a fan selected by the Yahoo-reading masses, as well as a lot of misplaced adulation for the Red Hot Chili Peppers, whose Stadium Arcadium won three honors in the awards given out before the broadcast. Yes, it's going to be that kind of night. More »

11:27 PM on Sun Feb 11 2007
By mjohnston
2,021 views, 100 comments

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Idolator Live-Blogs The American Music Awards

Welcome to Idolator's first-ever live-blog, which is taking place to honor the American Music Awards, the annual parade through pop's middle of the road. The AMAs, for those of you who might not know, are a Dick Clark-produced celebration of the music industry's most fan-beloved offerings. To break it down for you, numbers-wise: The AMAs are made up of 20 awards, and there are three nominees for each, which equals lots of chances for Fergie, Flea, and the Nickelback guy to give their thanks to "the fans"—approximately 20,000 of them, as that's how many Americans are given a chance to vote. More »

10:58 PM on Tue Nov 21 2006
By mjohnston
1,966 views, 19 comments

Latest by digitallofi: I no longer have the stomach for this kind of crap - it kinda makes my skin crawl. But reading this I can say with some certainty I know what watching it was like. Plus, this was funny. more »