American Idol Season 9 Hollywood Week is upon us. Now the show gets good. Over the next two weeks we will find out who makes it into the Top 24. One21music focuses our American Idol coverage on Christian music artists trying to make their dreams come true by running the American Idol gauntlet. Last year we followed the triumphs of Kris Allen and Danny Gokey, the inspiring stories of Michael Sarver and Scott MacIntyre and the way too early ousters of Mishavonna Henson and Felica Barton.
American Idol Hollywood Week Season 9 should feature several Christian music artist favorites and we want to help you keep an eye out for them. We have already featured, Alex Nestor (who for some reason… Continue reading
American Idol Season 9 auditions are almost over (only Denver left and I saw Christian music artist Alex Nestor in the promos), thank goodness. As we wrap up the auditions phase I want to highlight another Christian who seems to be a contender and I want to have a little fun by ranking the celebrity judges. But first we need a little help.
One21music covers American Idol from a Christian perspective and we attempt to highlight and follow Christian music artists through their American Idol journey. We need your help. We are feverously researching Season 9 contestants in an attempt to identify your
Here are a few artists we are researching:
Aaron Kelly
Alexander “Alex” Lambert
Andrew Garcia
Ashley (Makailah) Rodriguez
Casey James
Christopher “Chris” Golightly
Crystal Bowersox
David Duke
Haeley Vaughn
Janell Wheeler
Jermaine Sellers
John Park
Jose Munoz
Katelyn… Continue reading
We are four auditions in to American Idol Season 9 and we are finding some contenders who are Christian music artists. We cover the American Idol from a Christian perspective. We highlight and follow Christian music artist performing on American Idol. Check out our American Idol Season 8 archives where we were an early champion of Kris Allen and season long fans of Danny Gokey and Matt Giraud.
So far, the American Idol Season 9 auditions have been your usual string of greatness, intermingled with catastrophes. However, some exciting Christian artists are starting to emerge. Last week highlighted amazing soul artist Alex Nestor. Today we will show you a Christian artist from the Atlanta auditions, Ben Honeycutt . In order to find all of the Christians competing on American… Continue reading
One21music.com will cover American Idol’s Season 9. However, as we did in Season 8, we will take a little different slant. We will identify and focus on American Idol contestants of faith. We are in the throws of the auditions and as usual there were train wrecks and revelations. While American Idol’s Hollywood theater of torture airs in a few weeks we will research the candidates to find those who profess their faith in Christ and then we will follow their progress, with you, throughout Season 9.
We have already found one terrific Christian performer that you need to look for in the audtions. See below.
Here is how One21music will cover American Idol Season 9
Christian music artist Kris Allen (see our artist profile) won American Idol Season 9 over Adam Lambert. Many considered it a travesty at worst, an upset at best. We thought America got it right. We thought then that Kris Allen was the most soulful, nuanced winner of American Idol since Season One’s Kelly Clarkson.
Both Kris Allen and Adam Lambert have new CDs releasing this month. Judging by the first real videos we have seen from Kris Allen and Adam Lambert, we believe even more strongly that America got it right.
Here is the video for “Live Like We Are Dying” Kris Allen’s single off of his debut album entitled Kris Allen.
“Live Like We Are Dying” is a soulful funky uptempo song about gratitude and… Continue reading
This declaration of Christian faith from the Jewish poet and conscious of the Baby Boomer’s social revolution in the 60’s. It is really a simple expression in God’s love and faithfulness in times of trouble and times of joy. Dylan’s conversion, expressed in his 1979 album Slow Train Coming, caused him much trouble in his counterculture circles. This was the generation that rejected the traditional church and in their immaturity rejected the faith. Dylan’s conversion was a betrayal. Dylan balks at being labeled a Christian music artist but he performs… Continue reading
Tonight is the night and we are live blogging the American Idol Season 8 Finale.. The votes are in and we find out if Kris Allen or Adam Lambert is the Season 8 American Idol. Last night’s performance show proved nothing and everything (see our Top 2 Performance Review). Adam Lambert had more good performances and Kris Allen’s “Ain’t No Sunshine” was the best of the night. According to dialidol, the voting is a virtual dead heat, the closest final vote since dialidol started tracking votes.
Rod Stewart, Steve Martin,, Queen Latifah, Black Eyed Peas, Carlos Santanta and Jason Mraz are rumored to perform .
According to MJ, Idol duets will feature Allison Iraheta with Cyndi Lauper, Kris Allen with Keith Urban, Danny Gokey with Lionel Richie.. … Continue reading | 11 Comments
Well, American Idol Season 8 is done. All the auditions, good and bad; all the drama of Hollywood Week; all great, mediocre and (few) bad live performances are done. America has voted. It is all over but the counting.
The American Idol Season 8 finale was pretty good tonight. Not great, but pretty good. After we went back to back, with Kris Allen’s performance of “Ain’t No Sunshine” and Adam Lambert’s “A Change Is Gonna Come”, I thought we may have a classic, but not so much. Adam Lambert was slightly better tonight but Kris Allen had the best performance of the night. I am adding several of these performances to my American Idol Season 8 playlist.
The American Idol Season 8 finale could not be any more different in style and persona. The wild, and wildly popular, Adam Lambert with more than a decade of professional and amateur stage and singing experience comes into tonight’s show as the favorite. Christian music artist Kris Allen, the business major from Conway, Arkansas whose experience has been limited to leading worship in his church, in his fraternity and on overseas mission trips rose from obscurity through American Idol’s eighth season. Both have taken risks with arrangements and performances. The question will be: Does America love Adam Lambert’s mad vocals and flamboyant performance style or does America love Kris Allen’s uncanny song selection and arrangement skills and his insightful ability to interpret songs?
It would be a short article if we did an American Idol Season 8 Top 2 Power Ranking, so I thought we could take a look back at the Season 8. The top story of the year is the very visual presence of Christian music artists in American Idol Season 8, followed by the emergence of Christian music artist, star Kris Allen. I will also share a couple of my favorite moments. We will finish the article with the Top 15 Performances of American Idol Season 8.
Christian Music Artists on American Idol Season 8
Season 8 enjoyed the largest, most visible group of Christian music artists in the history of American Idol. There was much attention in the press about their participation in American Idol and Christian music artists experienced… Continue reading | 2 Comments
