Category Archives: Recap

Read my recap of American Idol, where the top seven did a modern hit and a throwback classic from the soul era.

Colton Dixon: He went outside the box to perform Lady Gaga‘s ‘Bad Romance,’ turning in an exciting interpretation where he went down to go up. His throwback song was Earth, Wind and Fire’s ‘September,’ and while he “Colton-ed” it and gave it his own spin, the judges felt it wasn’t exciting and wished he had flipped a more drastically different song. Meh, we liked it.

Read the rest of my American Idol recap over at Pop Crush.

Read my recap of Ashley De La Rosa being eliminated from The Voice.

De La Rosa sang Lady Gaga‘s ‘You & I’ for the save and it was the perfect song for her, since the tune has that pop rock edge that ADLR favors and knows is her career path. We were shocked she was in the bottom, since every performance she has given has been increasingly strong. Stronger than the week before, in fact. Adam Levine didn’t think it was her best rendition, while Blake Shelton felt that her overall body of work should earn her a spot in the semis. Clearly, Xtina didn’t agree. But it’s her team.

Read the rest of my recap of Ashley De La Rosa being eliminated from The Voice over at Pop Crush.

I wrote about RaeLynn being eliminated from tonights episode of The Voice.

RaeLynn, as mentioned, stayed country, singing the Band Perry‘s smash ballad ‘If I Die Young.’ Her diction is a little strange, but she has a strong country twang and is utterly adorbs. Adam Levine felt it was a bit too safe for his liking.

Read the rest of my post about RaeLynn being eliminated from The Voice over at Pop Crush.

Read my latest recap of The Voice.

On tonight’s episode of ‘The Voice,’ Christina Aguilera and Blake Shelton were forced to instantly eliminate a member of each of their teams, paring their groups down to three before America even had the chance to vote. The herds are thinning as we get closer and closer to choosing the Season 2 winner.

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Check out my latest American Idol recap.

While the ’80s is a fun decade, full of excess and larger-than-life-ness, the Idols focused on the ballad side of the spectrum. Again, it was a little snoozy, with slow song after slow song. The producers wisely paired the contestants up for duets that were sprinkled throughout the individual perfs, to add some life and livelihood to the proceedings.

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Read my recap from week one of the The Voice Live Round.

The live shows finally began on ‘The Voice‘ tonight, so the coaches changed outfits after several pre-taped weeks of battle rounds which saw them dressed in the same thing, like a grandpa cardigan. We’re talking to you, Adam Levine! His bromantic parnter Blake Shelton was fresh off his hosting gig. Cee Lo also rocked a new coif, with some sort of wig-like appendage on his head.

Read the rest of my recap from week one of the The Voice over at Pop Crush.

Check out my ’18 Reasons Why We Love Justin Bieber’ feature.

We at PopCrush could easily come up with a million reasons why we love Bieber, because really, what’s not to love about the ‘Boyfriend’ singer? He’s talented. He’s good-looking. He has a heart made of solid gold. He is a philanthropist and a humanitarian. He can dance his a– off. Put simply: He’s The Biebs.

Read the rest of my ’18 Reasons Why We Love Justin Bieber’ feature over at Pop Crush.

Read my latest recap of American Idol, in which the boys performed Billy Joel songs.

On tonight’s (March 21) episode of ‘American Idol,’ the Top 10 were asked to sample from Billy Joel‘s songbook, with Diddy serving as the mentor. While many of the songs came out when the contestants were young (or not even born yet), they all rose to the occasion and did interesting things with Joel’s songs.

Read the rest of my American Idol recap over at Pop Crush.