american idol

Thursday night, American Idol auditions rolled into Texas, the state that gave us our first Idol champ, Kelly Clarkson!  Idol has always had good luck in the Lone Star State, so producers figured they could wrangle up some more talent there this year.  And, last night, they snagged a rifle-packin', 4-wheeler-ridin' gal who reminded me very much of Miranda Lambert.  And they found Ramiro Garcia, a 

WBKR's American Idol expert, Steve Thompson, was hoping for a "Rocky Mountain high" last night as Idol auditions rolled into Aspen.  And, while we had the usual assortment of freaks and non-contenders, we did have some folks ready to step up to the plate and knock the socks off Steven Tyler, J. Lo and Randy Jackson.   In fact, several of them sang country!  We had everyone from a gal who

On Sunday night, following the Giants/49ers game, Fox aired the San Diego auditions of American Idol.  And the talent pool was overflowing with everyone from Jim Carrey's daughter. . . to a man named "Wolf," who rocked out Johnny Cash on his "git fiddle."  When it was all said and done, over 50 contestants got "golden tickets" to Hollywood!  WBKR's Idol expert, Steve

The final contestant to earn a golden ticket during ‘American Idol‘ on Sunday night was 24-year-old Jason Hamlin. His friends call him ‘Wolf,’ and it’s easy to see why. The golf course mechanic is a larger, much hairier Johnny Cash lookalike.

Last night, American Idol rolled into Pittsburgh (for the first time ever) to try and round up some big voices for Season 11 of the show.  So, how'd did go?  WBKR's Idol expert Steve Thompson shares his full review of the episode and talks about some of the highlights with Chad!

Last night marked the return of American Idol and, as usual, the first audition episode was a mix of keepers and weepers.  WBKR's Idol expert Steve Thompson was watching and provided us his review of the show.  Take a look and see if Steve and Idol found any contenders in Savannah, Georgia!

1 year ago Scotty McCreery was crowned season 10 champ on American Idol! Coming up this Wednesday & Thursday night don't miss this two-night event on Fox, it will kick off the 11th season of Americal Idol with judges Jennifer Lopez, Steven Tyler & Randy Jackson. I've been an American Idol fan since season two because I missed season one. THIS IS AMERICAN IDOL! Steve Horn Out!

There's nothing wrong with a little friendly rivalry, right?  Now, I am not suggesting that there's any real type of competition between American Idol Season One winner Kelly Clarkson and Season 4 winner Carrie Underwood, but since the two are the show's most successful winners and are constantly in a tug-of-war in the Idol sales figures, one would assume that human nature occasionally gets the be

If you had any doubts about the selling power of American Idol after the past couple of years, think again.  Newest Idol and country teen sensation Scotty McCreery's debut album, Clear as Day, has debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 this week.

Forget what you've heard about the disappointing ratings.  Forget what you've heard about the decline of Simon Cowell's popularity!  As they say in England, it's all rubbish.  The X-Factor debuted on FOX a couple of weeks ago and is doing what talent shows on television are SUPPOSED to do!  (Sorry The Sing Off!  All your groups sound exactly alike to me!)  The show is finding talent and AMAZING ta

As a kid Looney Tunes was a theme song that I've always loved, I even got the Looney Tunes theme as a ringtone on my cell phone for when my kids call me. I seem to always like the catchy ones, like "Three's Company", "American Idol", "Dukes of Hazzard" and so many more! Past or present what is your favorite opening theme song to a T.V. show or cartoon?  Be sure to vis

Everyone here at WBKR would like to welcome our newest addition to the Taste of Country Concert on September 10th at Ellis Park, Casey James! You may recognize James from his successful run on American Idol where he reached the final 3! Casey James will be sharing the stage with Josh Turner, Glen Templeton, Josh Thompson and local band Straight Laced on September 10th! Steve Azar, unfortunately, w