Jordin Sparks News About to Break
You know VFTW knows everything before anyone else does. So listen up when we say some news is going to come out that affects Jordin Sparks' career. And it actually made us feel kind of bad for her. Keep your eyes peeled in the news for this one.
HINT: The news about Jordin needing to rest her vocal chords is just the tip of the iceberg. It's not all out yet.
Clive Davis Kicked Out Again
Call it Kelly Clarkson's revenge. This week, the corpse of Clive Davis was replaced as chariman and chief executive officer of BMG. Clive was demoted to the position of Chief Creative Officer, also known as Worthless Token Position Where Clive Can't Do Much. Does this mean we won't have to see him doing the corpse shuffle on the Idol finales anymore? Can we stop looking at his rotting flesh in HD? Well, we hope to look half as good as old Clivey when we're 150 too.
Former Contestant Carmen Rasmusen Says Certain Idols are Favored
Season 2 American Idol contestant Carmen Rasmusen is coming out to say that the Idols who the producers would like to see win are given preferential treatment. In an article she wrote for the Deseret News, Carmen talks about these discrepancies. She says, "I only received minimal vocal coaching from American Idol voice instructor Debra Byrd" while she listened to favored contestants like Clay Aiken receiving over a half hour of quality feedback and lessons each week. She also says she ws given no feedback on her performing or wardrobe choices, while it was obvious other contestants had a lot of help. Is this fair? Of course not. But that's Idol for you. Our guess is that Brooke is going to receive the Rasmusen treatment this week while the Davids are given extra attention.
Brian Dunkleman Alleges that American Idol is Rigged, Fake
If an American Idol host was ever a Worster, it would be Brian Dunkleman, the man who hosted with Seacrest during season 1 before vanishing. In his recent radio interview with Adam Carolla, Dunkleman let out a few interesting tidbits. Who knows what he actually knows, but it would be interesting if what he says is true:
-Dunkleman says the show is fake, that there are re shoots for dramatic effect, with lots of fake tears.
-On his first show, one of AI's producers poked him in the chest and cussed him out because he was comforting to a contestant, and didn't torment them further.
-Dunkleman believes the show is rigged and to decide who's going home, the producers "write a name on a piece of paper and hand it to the host, and say read this."
-Clay Aiken received more votes than Ruben in season 2 but Ruben was given the title anyway.
-Seacrest was scheming to get Dunkelman off the show from the start, and sabotaged him by going off script, leaving Dunkelman with no set up for his punchlines.
Simon Admits this Season Sucks Because the Contestants Have No Personality
So much for the best season ever! Simon Cowell was asked by Variety why season 7 isn't interesting and he said that the contestants have no personality. "They are giving very safe answers to questions, making safe song selections. We are not getting a sense of who they are. We have to try to pull it out of them more." VFTW figured this one out a long time ago. Looks like they should put us on their payroll. Or tell David Archuleta's stage dad to stop beating the contestants into submission.
Naomi Judd Talks about David Archuleta's Awful Stage Dad
Skip to 3:35. Naomi Judd talks about how horrible David Archuleta's stage dad was when she was a judge on Star Search. Poor kid, he was probably locked in his cage after he wasn't sure what to do when Seacrest asked him to pick a side. We'll send food soon, David!
VFTW Confronts Michael Johns About His Negative Comments Toward Sanjaya
VFTW's own Brooklyn brought her camera to visit Michael Johns and ask him why he was such a douche to Sanjaya. Then Michael pretends as if he called Sanjaya a "genius." No you didn't, Michael. Stop taking the Carly route and lying to look better. The best part of the video is when Brooklyn says, "So how does it feel to be eliminated before Sanjaya?" and Michael suddenly looks like, "Wait? Someone doesn't like me?" VFTW victory!
It’s one of Simon Cowell’s favorite insults, and it once again proves just how painfully ignorant he is of the modern music scene. Someone needs to bring Cowell up to speed: cabaret is fabulous.
Name one other genre that brings the same degree of artsy eccentricity. These are songs for fire-breathers and stilt-walkers. Nobody understands the theater of music more than cabaret performers, and a recent surge in popularity has seen caba-rock and caba-pop finding mainstream success. So don your feather boa, drink some Absinthe, and listen to the music of these three amazing cabaret-inspired groups:
Antony & the Johnsons