![]() ![]() That is a testament to Idol itself for choosing the right kind of performers with the right kind of mindset, but also to the performers themselves for really coming into it with the desire to serve and to do their best and to really give as much as they can of themselves.Ĭlay Aiken: It was surreal. I love that when came in, they were so open and eager and ready to learn and grow and work. It speaks to the power of the show and the power of the gift that it was to my life and my career. I’m able to take everything that American Idol gave me over the past 20 years, everything it gave me access to, and come back to help the next generation of performers potentially achieve what I have been able to achieve, or more. I always look forward to coming back and it was very special for me because there are contestants this year who weren’t even born when I was doing the show. I feel so blessed to have been a part of Idol from its inception and to have seen it grow from that little, tiny postage stamp of a stage to this international juggernaut. Justin Guarini: It feels like a reunion every time I come back because of that core group of people that was there in the beginning, like (senior supervising producer) Patrick (Lynn). He will open for Luke Combs on the country star’s upcoming tour.īillboard spoke to the returning seven to find out about their latest experience of coming home to Idol. Noah Thompson won last season’s competition and has been touring and recording new material since then. Catie Turner has gone from season 16’s quirky songwriter to pop song perfectionist and has a new single out now. ![]() Phillip Phillips’s season 11 coronation song “Home” is considered to be the best of all the winners’ initial singles his new album will be released this summer. David Archuleta has consistently recorded and toured since he was the runner-up on season 7, and made national headlines in 2021 when he came out as gay. Jordin Sparks, the winner of season 6, has graced the Broadway stage in Into The Heights and is working on a new album. with Ruben Studdard, commemorating the 20th anniversary of their season 2 finale. Clay Aiken has run for Congress twice and will be touring the U.S. He teaches actors and performers about confidence and how to successfully audition. He is just starting work on his seventh Broadway show and is the author of the book Audition Secrets. Justin Guarini was the very first runner-up, coming in second to Kelly Clarkson in season 1. Executive producer and showrunner Megan Michaels Wolflick invited Justin Guarini (season 1), Clay Aiken (season 2), Jordin Sparks (season 6), David Archuleta (season 7), Phillip Phillips (season 11), Catie Turner (season 16) and Noah Thompson (season 20) to return to Idol to lend their expertise in three different areas: confidence, songwriting and stage presence. KISS reached a higher level of international popularity in 1979 with their disco-flavoured stormer "I Was Made for Lovin' You", but were ridiculed for such ill-advised ventures as the simultaneous release of solo albums by all four band members and the TV movie KISS Meets the Phantom of the Park in 1978.Hollywood Week takes a new twist this Sunday (April 2) when seven American Idol finalists from past seasons return to mentor the season 21 contestants during what is famously a grueling and challenging period. Indeed, the success of KISS helped turn Casablanca's fortunes around and enabled Bogart to sign Donna Summer and Village People and turn the label into a disco powerhouse. Aucoin was impressed and chucked in his TV job.Īucoin promised Simmons and his bandmates he would get them a deal within a month of becoming their manager and was true to his word. This attracted the attention of the members of KISS, who invited him to their early gigs in New York. He helped develop the much-exported format of Supermarket Sweep and for NBC devised a show called Flipside, which went behind the scenes and into the studio with superstars Stevie Wonder and John Lennon. ![]() After graduating he moved to New York, where he proved a versatile cinematographer and director, working on a Barbra Streisand special one week and a documentary on John F Kennedy the next. His interest in broadcasting continued and, while studying film and business administration he did casual shifts at WGBH, the PBS affiliate in Boston. ![]()
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