Please find out what happened with Gedeon McKinney's music. He was only 17yrs. old on season 5 but I have never forgotten his music. Neither have other friends who grew up on the Georgia coast. We may be middle-aged white folks but we grew up loving the music of Sam Cooke, Otis Redding, Percy Sledge, etc. What happened? This boy had one of the very best voices to come off this show and probably the ONLY voice that I would have purchased music by. Find this young man and get his sound out there.

Chris Sligh has posted three new songs on his myspace. The songs are titled "Something Beautiful," "Running Back," and "Love Is Raining Down," and are demos of songs he has been working on while on the American Idols tour. It's not really my style of music but for demos, I think they are pretty good. Chris Sligh also talks about his decision to make a contemporary Christian record on his blog, if you want to find out more about why he is making the kind of music that you hear on the myspace!

Jordin Sparks released her first single today, a song titled "Tattoo." I actually really like the song, and it makes me really excited for her record to come out! You can listen to "Tattoo" by going to AOL Music which also says that Jordin Sparks's debut album will be out in November!

This video features Phil Stacey singing live on American Idol Season 6. He does the song the Change by Garth Brooks. Phil made it into the top six. This is a great performance by Phil.

The American Idols Live tour started last week, and it looks like they are really mixing things up this year. I have gone to all of the past tours, and this one is way different, which is exciting. There is a lot more group/duet/trio type stuff which is always fun! Here is the setlist for the tour:

Let’s Get It Started - Entire Group
Baby Love and Stop In The name Of Love - Girls
Heard It Through The Grapevine - Chris Richardson and the Girls
Proud mary - Sanjaya Malakar and Melinda Doolittle
Blaze of Glory - Phil Stacey
Thanks For The Memories - Chris Sligh and Gina Glocksen
When God Fearing Women Get the Blues - Haley Scarnato
Thriller and The Way You Make Me Feel - Sanjaya Malakar
Typical - Chris Sligh
Lady Marmalade - Haley Scarnato, Gina Glocksen and LaKisha Jones
What Hurts The Most - Chris Richardson & Jordin Sparks
This Will Be - Jordin Sparks & Melinda Doolittle
Time Of The Season - Blake Lewis
She Will Be Loved - Blake Lewis
You Give Love A bad Name - Blake Lewis

INTERMISSION

Crazy - Guys (all playing instruments)
Who Knew - Gina Glockson
Virtual Insanity - Blake Lewis and Chris Richardson
Ain’t No Sunshine - Blake Lewis and Chris Richardson
Geek In The Pink - Blake Lewis and Chris Richardson
I Will Always Love You - LaKisha Jones
Killing Me Softly - Melinda Doolittle (with Blake beatboxing and Chris singing near the end)
This Love - Chris Richardson
Another One Bites the Dust - Phil Stacey and Gina Glocksen
It’s Your Love - Chris Sligh
Life Is A Highway - Chris Richardson, Sanjaya Malakar and Haley Scarnato
Natural Woman - Melinda Doolittle
Ain’t No Other Man - Haley Scarnato, Gina Glocksen, LaKisha Jones and Melinda Doolittle
I Who Have Nothing - Jordin Sparks
You Were Meant For Me - Jordin Sparks
Broken Wing - Jordin Sparks
Living On A Prayer - Jordin Sparks
This Is My Now - Jordin Sparks  read more »

Here's a video from the finale it features Jordin Sparks mopping the floor with Blake with her version of This is My now.

Jordin Sparks beat Blake Lewis on American Idol Season 6! Jordin Sparks has been crowned the new American Idol. It was an emotional finale. I was pulling for Jordin. She has definitely has shown her enormous talent this season. She is amazing at 17 and will only get better. Go Jordin!!

Last night was the first part of the two part American Idol finale, and I thought it was one of the best finales yet. I'm gonna have to agree with the the judges by saying that Jordin really did mop the floor with Blake, at least at the end. Blake is a great performer, but he really isn't that great of a singer, so when he wasn't allowed to beatbox or perform, it was kind of like....uhhh, why is he here?  read more »

Tonight is the finale of American Idol, and I found some spoilers...yay! Jordin will be singing A Broken Wing, Fighter (by Christina Aguilera) and the new coronations song. Blake will be singing She Will Be Loved (Maroon 5) and You Give Love A Bad Name, along with the winner's song. I am very excited for Jordin's choices and am glad she is doing an upbeat song amongst the ballads!  read more »

To decide who gets to sing last in the finale, every year there is a coin toss, and the winner gets to choose when they perform. Blake Lewis won the coin toss, but, he let Jordin choose. After winning Blake said that it didn't really matter to him, so he asked Jordin if she wanted to go first....she said no, and so Jordin will be singing second next week. This might not seem all that important, but 4 out of 5 years the person to go last wins....Anyway, I think that as sweet of Blake to do, even if it does make his chance of winning even slimmer.  read more »