John and Edward Will Perform "Ice Ice Baby" on Tonight's X Factor
Kris Allen Performs "Live Like We're Dying" on Conan O'Brien Last Night
His voice is sounding very tired, he probably needs a good rest. Definitely not the best he's done. Funniest part of the video: When Conan comes out and makes Kris look even shorter than he is.
Sting Calls X-Factor "Televised Karaoke"
Sting told BBC News that UK's X Factor, a British Idol show, is just "televised karaoke." Preach it, brother! But he didn't just stop there. He also said that the show is a "soap opera which has nothing to do with music", "they are either Mariah Carey, Whitney Houston, or Boyzone and are not ecouraged to create any real signature or fingerprint", and "none of those kids are going to go anywhere, and I say that sadly." Oh snap! But he also reserved his harshest criticism for the judges: "you have judges who have no recognizable talent apart from self-promotion... it is appaling." Sting must be a Worster.
Adam Lambert's Single "For Your Entertainment" Fails To Chart in Its First Week
Wow, that's even worse than we expected. After "Time for Miracles" debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 at #50 and then disappeared the week after, we expected a similar fate for his new single "For Your Entertainment". However, "For Your Entertainment" failed to even debut on the Hot 100 at all because it's so bad. It's currently on the Bubbling Under chart (for songs that aren't good enough to be in the top 100) at #107. Wow, that's pretty sad that his official single can't even top a bad movie song. Not even the rabid Sparkle Cows and their multiple iTunes accounts could help Adam debut in the top 100 songs of the week? It's not that hard to do. For comparison purposes, Rihanna's "Russian Roulette" debuted by selling 132,000 copies. Adam sold only 18,000. Where are all of the fans who voted for him on Idol? Did they finally realize he has no talent?
Chinese Idol Contestant is a Victim of Racism
Lou Jing, a contestant on a Chinese American Idol-like show called Let's Go! Oriental Angel, has been the victim of a storm of attacks after participating on the show according to The Age. It's not because she was a bad singer or because she did anything wrong, it's just because she's half Black. Lou Jing, who is half Chinese and half Black, was the victim of a large amount of racist attacks online and in the media when she appeared on the talent show. Lou Jing was part of the top 30 contestants, but was eliminated shortly after. It's kind of heartbreaking to read her quotes in the article about how she doesn't consider herself attractive anymore. See, Idol-like shows are ruining the world. It's now proven.
Carrie Underwood Performs "Cowboy Casanova" on the CMA Awards 2009
She's become slightly less wooden since her days on Idol, but her looks are carrying this otherwise bland performance. And even still, she's worlds better than rat-faced Taylor Swift.
Vote for the Worst Presents: The Worst Songs of 2004
Each week, we'll be featuring the worst songs from each year this decade. We'll be counting down the absolute worst songs to come out each year from 2000 to 2009, and we'll be bringing back all of the songs you wish you'd forgotten. These are the songs that people just can't seem to believe exist, because they're just so terrible. There is a good mixture of guilty pleasures (the awfully funny) and complete crapfests (the awful with no merit). At the end of the 10 weeks, you'll have an opportunity to vote on the worst song of the decade.
2004 had a lot of bad music, but one family took up about 1/3 of this list with their awful voices. And the rest of the list is populated by some odd stuff you couldn't invent again if you tried. So what made you want to slit your wrists in 2004? These songs:
10. Five for Fighting – 100 Years
The song’s concept is stupid, but that isn’t really why it’s on this list. This guy’s voice is so fucking annoying. Who could listen to this without shooting themselves in the face? Do they torture war criminals with this song on replay? Do dogs in heat run into the room when it’s played? Whatever the song’s use, it shouldn’t ever be considered decent music.
Unreality TV Joins in the Fight for Jedward to Win X Factor
People are jumping on the John and Edward bandwagon every day, and another blog is encouraging its readers to help make the UK X Factor twins into stars. Unreality TV has joined us in encouraging everyone to vote for John and Edward every week. Thanks for the support, guys! They seem to totally understand what we're about and want the twins to win for the same reason. Let's keep spreading the word.
Seriously. We love Louis Walsh! Jedward will be performing a mashup of "Ice Ice Baby" and "Under Pressure" for Queen Week tonight. It just keeps getting better. Make sure you tune in tonight and vote for Jedward if you live in the UK. And if you don't, call all of your friends who do live there, and let them know that VFTW supports Jedward and needs their help to keep them in. By the way, here's a funny picture from the Belfast Telegraph: