American Idol

Hulk TV series planned

A Hulk TV series is in development according to ABC president Paul Lee. The adaptation of the Marvel comic in being planned for release in 2013.

Harold & Kumar animated series to be developed

An animated series based on the Harold & Kumar films is on the cards at Adult Swim. The channel announced plans to develop the show alongside the films’ producers Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg. Continue reading »

7:30pm Saturday, May 19 on TV2

Brace yourself for the highly anticipated finale of American Idol. It has come down to two – who will win?

This Saturday, May 19th at 7.30pm the final two are revealed as the third is sent packing, before they take to the stage on Friday, May 25th to battle it out in a war of voices and star power. These performances will determine their fates.

Back at 8.30pm, after taking a break for a special Shortland Street bloopers reel, it’s the grand finale – audiences will be taken back to the moments where the dream and the journey began and witness a montage of the performers at their best and worst in what has been an emotional roller-coaster, all before the new American Idol is revealed.

Gervais comedy picked up for full season

Ricky Gervais has had his one-off comedy Derek commissioned for a full season by Channel 4 in the UK. The series features Gervais and An Idiot Abroad’s Karl Pilkington as men working in an old folks home.

Rihanna to perform on Idol

Rihanna has been confirmed to perform her new single on the grand finale of American idol later this month. Continue reading »

Coldplay to perform on Idol

Coldplay has signed on to perform on American Idol nest week. The British band will perform two tracks on the results show next week.

More An Idiot Abroad officially confirmed

Two more episodes of An Idiot Abroad have been officially confirmed to be going ahead with Karl Pilkington and another of Ricky Gervais’s collaborators, Warwick Davis. Continue reading »

Seacrest returning to Idol

Ryan Seacrest has confirmed he will be continuing on as host of American Idol. His new deal is said to last at least two years.

New series from Sons of Anarchy creator

The creator of Sons of Anarchy, Kurt Sutter, is launching a new Discovery Channel series that will focus on the world’s most notorious gangs and crime families. Continue reading »

7:30pm Friday, April 27 on TV2

We know they’ve got the voice to make it – but have they got that special star quality? It’s American Idol.

The top eight are whittled down to the lucky seven this Saturday, April 21st…who will be left standing? Then on Friday April 27th watch as they perform.

It’s crunch time and this week we see the selection of contestants diminish once more. The fans will go crazy as the top seven contestants are announced on Saturday. Will your favourite contestant make it through?

Then, on Friday the remaining contenders give it their all, in a bid to showcase their voice and personality to the millions of Idol fans. It’s no longer about the judges – it’s about the opinions of the fans and whether or not each individual contestant has the star quality to make it big in Hollywood.

It’s been a while since we had a major entertainment show of our own in New Zealand and while Prime had a crack at this format back in 2008, this time around it’s looking like it’s going to be a much bigger deal.

Firstly, check out the list of audition venues. It’s a 14 city tour!  If you’ve ever seen an episode from the Got Talent franchise, you’ll realise that the auditions are filmed in front of a live audience.  Taking this show to the provinces like this has the potential to be massive. Continue reading »

Remember when Rove dominated the Friday night slot? Gosh that seems a looong time ago. Now everyone talks about sitting down to enjoy a few laughs on TV3 thanks to The Graham Norton Show and local shows 7 Days and WANNA-BEn.

My favourite part of 7 Days is the panels choosing captions for the photos, or explanations for a word in the news that week. I haven’t found the viewer caption competition very funny to date, but I think that’s more a limitation of just seeing the words printed on screen versus hearing comedians joke around and bounce ideas off each other.

WANNA-BEn is really growing on me too – I love all the well-known Kiwi cameos and his interactions with American celebrities – especially how they handle his randomness with such dignity and control. Here’s the preview for tonight’s episode (the final for this season): Continue reading »

Martha Stewart to guest on Law & Order: SVU

Martha Stewart will reportedly make a guest appearance on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, playing a private school headmaster.

Minaj to perform on Idol

Nicki Minaj has tweeted that she will be performing on American Idol next week. The show is yet to confirm the appearance. Continue reading »

TMZ has now named the contestant who will be kicked out of American Idol.

Jermaine Jones will be kicked off “American Idol” Wednesday night, after producers learned he concealed the fact that he was arrested twice last years and has outstanding warrants … TMZ has learned.

As we first reported, producers discovered Tuesday that Jermaine had lied about his criminal history and that triggered the decision to confront him on camera Tuesday afternoon.  

We’re told one of the incidents involved violence, which was particularly troublesome to producers.  He also lied to cops by giving them fake names both times he was arrested.

“A.I.” sources tell us … Jermaine will appear on the show tomorrow night before he is sent packing.

Over the last few days, we’ve been reporting that Jermaine told producers his father abandoned him 10 years ago, but his dad called TMZ and called B.S. on his son, saying they see each other regularly.  

Jermaine began tweeting that he never told producers about his dad abandoning him.  We’re told the producers — who knew Jermaine had made the statement — became generally suspicious and began looking more closely at his background, and that’s what led to the revelation of his criminal history. 

TMZ originally reported one of the remaining 12 contestants was about to be kicked out of American Idol for concealing mulitple crimes and having outstanding warrants for their arrest.

 

A contestant on “American Idol” will be kicked off the show Wednesday because the singer concealed multiple crimes from producers … TMZ has learned.

Sources connected with the show tell us … the contestant — one of the final 12 — was charged with 2 crimes in 2011, one involving violence.  We’re told in both cases the contestant gave a fake name to cops when arrested.

In addition, we’re told the contestant has outstanding warrants — again, the singer concealed it from producers.

We’re told the contestant was confronted with the information on camera today and the footage will air on Wednesday’s show.