Kris Allen On The Bonnie Hunt Show

Kris Allen paid a visit to the Bonnie Hunt Show for an interview and performance of "Live Like We're Dying". Bonnie and Kris talked about family, marriage, and Adam Lambert's AMA performance (very deftly handled by Kris). Kris will be back on the Bonnie Hunt Show later in December, performing "The Christmas Song".

Allison Iraheta Press Junket Interviews

It's Allison Iraheta's turn to do the satellite TV interviews this week with the Fox affiliates. I'll post some of the interviews as I find them.

Providence:


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Detroit:

Kelly Clarkson, Eric Hutchinson Rock With You

Kelly Clarkson and opening act Eric Hutchinson did a surprise duet at their concert Sunday night in San Jose, singing Michael Jackson's "Rock With You". Their dancing! HA! So adorkable.

New Megan Joy Music

American Idol Season 8 finalist Megan Joy released new music today on MySpace - "Incomplete" and "Feel Love". Megan tweeted that she wrote all of the lyrics. She sounds great in the studio - very Adele-like. I'm sure Randy Jackson and Kara DioGuardi will be pleased.

You can listen to Megan's new songs on her MySpace page: myspace.com/ MeganJoySings.

David Archuleta Orchestral Crush

This tweet from David Archuleta Friday night certainly piqued my attention: "Intermission! Wow! Performing an orchestral arrangement of Crush was so cool!!"

So I made a point of seeking video out of this performance. It seems as if the venue was pretty strict about recording, so the video below is only audio (stealth videotaping credit/thanks goes to YouTube user emilyluvsarchie), but it's pretty cool to hear "Crush" performed in this manner. It's really pretty! Accompanying David is the Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra:

Listen To Allison Iraheta's CD

Pixie rocker Allison Iraheta's upcoming CD Just Like You is being streamed on her MySpace page. Or at least half of the tracks are. Maybe they are spreading this out over a few days?

Listen here: myspace.com/AllisonIraheta.

And if you can't wait for them to add the other half of the songs, visit IdolBlogLive.com to hear the rest.

I'm loving "Scars" and "Still Breathing"!

Allison's CD comes out on Dec. 1. If you pre-order at iTunes, you get the bonus track "Don't Wanna Be Wrong", which was co-written by Chris Daughtry.

Anoop Sings Christmas Songs At Macy's Tree-Lighting Ceremony

Anoop Desai performed at the Macy's Tree-Lighting Ceremony in San Francisco on Friday, singing "The Christmas Song" and Mariah Carey's "All I Want For Christmas Is You".

Listen to the two songs below (too many heads in the way in the video), from YouTube user coolgirl21:

5 Questions With Kris Allen

Kris Allen answered 5 Questions for VH1.com. The questions were:
1. What is the coolest animal on the planet? (video)
2. What would his last death row meal be? (video)
3. What is his favorite childhood memory? (video)
4. Is he a talk-on-the-phone or send-a-text type of guy? (video)
5. What is his favorite sport to watch and play? (video)

Here's the first video, where Kris talks about he and Daniel scaring his mom with snakes "all the time". Oh boys.

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Win Trip To Z100's Jingle Ball To Meet Jordin Sparks

Canon is sponsoring a contest to win a VIP trip to New York City to meet Jordin Sparks at Z100's Jingle Ball.

You can enter the drawing to win a four-day trip (with three friends) to New York City, a VIP experience at the Jingle Ball, a backstage tour, a meet and greet with Jordin and a Canon PowerShot SD1200 IS Digital ELPH to capture the experience.

Jingle Ball takes place at Madison Square Garden on Dec. 11 and features Jordin, Kris Allen, Taylor Swift, John Mayer, The Fray and more.

To enter the drawing, click here. The sweepstakes ends at 11:59 pm ET on Dec. 2.

More Idol Black Friday Deals

In addition to the Black Friday $5 mp3 album sales I posted earlier, Amazon.com has physical CDs featuring Idol music on sale for $6.99:

Carrie Underwood - Play On - $6.99
Carrie Underwood - Some Hearts - $6.99
Daughtry - Daughtry - $6.99

Also on sale are the two Glee CDs. Glee Vol. 1 is on sale for $6.99, and a preorder for Glee Vol. 2 is on sale for $8.99.

Amazon is also taking a vote for a bonus Lightning Deal on Monday. The top 5 vote-getters will be on sale for $5. Amongst the CDs to choose from is David Archuleta's Christmas from the Heart. To vote, click here.

The Latest From The Krim Show

Jim Cantiello indulged us with more Krim Show moments featuring himself and Kris Allen just being adorably funny. Check out his blog and the video outtakes. Find out what Kris thinks about his mom tweeting Jim, who Jim refuses to have as a third host of the Krim Show, and plenty more below:

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Kris Allen Sings, Makes Audience Swoon On Ellen

Kris Allen gave a great performance of "Live Like We're Dying" on yesterday's Ellen and then made the audience swoon when talking about his wife Katy in the post-performance interview.

Kris said, "People were like, 'Why'd you get married so young?', and I was like, 'I just knew, you know?'" When the audience awwww'd at him, he got all embarrassed and covered his face with his hand, saying "I'm not trying to be all cuddly and nice, but if you know, you know. I didn't want to try anything else." (cue more awwwwww's)

Seriously, Kris. How are you even real?

American Idol Season 9 To Begin Jan. 12

American Idol will kick off its ninth season (!!!!) with a two-night premiere on Jan. 12 and 13. A promo ran tonight during So You Think You Can Dance. It featured a male singer singing "Feelin' Good" during his audition. He obviously doesn't know that "Feelin' Good" is the kiss of death on that show.

The singer in question looks like Justin Williams, who was in Kris Allen and Matt Giraud's White Chocolate group during Hollywood Week last year. What do you think?

AI9 Promo:


White Chocolate:

Adam's Video Is Here For Your Entertainment

Here's Adam Lambert's music video for "For Your Entertainment". It's basically a performance piece set in a club. You can definitely see the rave influences here. There are a few quick cuts that are seizure-inducing, and I'm very grateful that it's this song they're doing these cuts on and not "If I Had You", aka the Pokemon song. Can you just imagine thousands of Glamberts being taken to the hospital with photosensitive epilepsy?! PEW! PEW! PEW!

Video Of The Day - Muppets Bohemian Rhapsody

The Muppets sing Bohemian Rhapsody. This is sure to brighten anyone's day!

Arkansas About To Claim Another Winner

Kris Allen is the American Idol, and his close friend and bandmate Cale Mills, representing Arkansas, is very close to becoming the 2009 Cosmo Bachelor of the Year.

Ahhh Arkansas. What a year for the state. Kris wins American Idol, Cale is about to win the Cosmo Bachelor of the Year. Little Rock is winning the Kradison concert. If we could vote on what the U.S. capital could be, I swear, Little Rock would win.

(And seriously? What are they feeding them in Arkansas to come out with two hot, talented guys like Kris and Cale?)

Kris put his official endorsement on Cale's candidacy at MTV.com. "He doesn't have to take his shirt off to be sexy. The other guy does," Kris said. "And he's got a beard. Which always wins."

You can vote for Cale (and against Matt Smith. Sorry, just saying!) at Cosmo in the Bachelor Wars. Cale is currently in the lead with 59% wins and 41% losses.

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