Congratulations to Jennifer Hudson and Carrie Underwood who were both winners at the Grammy Awards this past weekend. Each lady performed and Ms. Hudson won best R&B Album for Jennifer Hudson, and Ms. Underwood won Best Female Vocal Performance for "Last Name".
Carrie was also just nominated yesterday for three Academy of Country Music Awards including Entertainer of the Year (an award that only six females have won before), Top Female Vocalist, and Best Video for "Just a Dream". The ACM Awards will air live on April 5, 2009 on CBS and will be hosted by Reba McEntire. George Strait will receive the artist of the decade award and Leann Rimes will receive the Home Depot Humanitarian Award.
Jordin Sparks will peform the National Anthem this weekend, February 15th at the NBA All Star Game which is taking place in her hometown of Phoenix, Arizona.
The Top 36 were announced on American Idol Season 8 last night; 18 guys and 18 girls. The 36 will be split into three groups of 12 and will perform for the nest three weeks. On the results show, the top guy and the top girl vote getters will move into the final 12 as will the next guy or girl top vote getter. Then there will be three wild card spots up for grabs in a show in which the judges will invite back their favorite singers who failed to make it into the final 12.
Here are the top 36 for Season 8:
The Top 18 Guys:
Anoop Desai, 21, from Chapel Hill, NC; auditioned in Kansas City, MO *
Von Smith, 22, from Kansas City, MO; auditioned in Kansas City, MO
Alex Wagner Trugman, 19, from Studio City, MA; auditioned in Phoenix, AZ
Adam Lambert, 26, from Los Angeles, CA; auditioned in San Francisco, CA
Scott Macintyre, 23, from Scottsdale, AZ; auditioned in Phoenix, AZ
Danny Gokey, 28, from Milwaukee, WI; auditioned in Kansas City, MO *
Ricky Braddy, 25, from Nashville, TN; auditioned in Louisville, KY *
Matt Giraud, 23, from Kalamazoo, MI; auditioned in Louisville, KY
Ju'Not Joyner, 26, from Bowie, MD; auditioned in New York, NY
Jorge Nunez-Mendez, 20, from Carolina, Puerto Rico; auditioned in San Juan, Puerto Rico
Brent Keith, 28, from Blanchester, OH; auditioned in Louisville, KY *
Stephen Fowler, 26, from Beachwood, OH; auditioned in New York, NY *
Nick Mitchell (aka Norman Gentle), 27, from Brookfield, CT; auditioned in New York, NY
Nathaniel Marshall, 18, from Malone, NY; auditioned in New York, NY
Kai Kalama, 26, from San Clemente, CA; auditioned in San Francisco, CA
Kris Allen, 23, from Conway, AR; auditioned in Louisville, KY
Matt Breitzke, 27, from Bixby, OK; auditioned in Kansas City, MO
Michael Sarver, 27, from Jasper, TX; auditioned in Phoenix, AZ *
The Top 18 Girls:
Taylor Vaifanua, 16, from Hurricane, UT; auditioned in Salt Lake City, UT
Jasmine Murray, 16, from Starkville, MS; auditioned in Jacksonville, FL
Arianna Afsar, 16, from San Diego, CA; auditioned in Phoenix, AZ
Casey Carlson, 20, from Minneapolis, MN; auditioned in Kansas City, MO *
Megan Corkery, 22, from Sandy, UT; auditioned in Salt Lake City, UT
Mishavonna Henson, 18, from Irvine, CA; auditioned in Phoenix, AZ
Stevie Wright, 16, from Phelan, CA; auditioned in Phoenix, AZ
Kendall Beard, 23, from Austin, TX; auditioned in San Juan, Puerto Rico
Kristen McNamara, 22, from Napa Valley, CA; auditioned in Louisville KY
Alexis Grace, 20, from Memphis, TN; auditioned in Louisville, KY *
Lil Rounds, 23, from Memphis, TN; auditioned in Kansas City, MO
Jesse Langseth, 25, from Minneapolis, MN; auditioned in Kansas City, MO
Allison Iraheta, 16, from Los Angeles, CA; auditioned in San Francisco, CA
Jackie Tohn, 27, from Silver Lake, CA; auditiolned in New York, NY *
Tatiana Nicole Del Toro, 23, from Los Angeles, CA; auditioned in San Francisco, CA *
Jeanine Vailes, 27, from Sherman Oaks, CA; auditioned in San Francisco, CA
Anne Marie Boskovich, 22, from Nashville, TN; auditioned in Jacksonville, FL *
Felicia Barton, 26, from Virginia Beach, VA; auditioned in Louisville, KY
Those contestants with a * after their name will be performing next week in the first group of 12. As a note, Joanna Pacitti who was selected as part of the top 36 on last night's show has been replaced by Felicia Barton; it was determined that Ms. Pacitti was ineligible to compete. I will continue to try and find out exactly why she was deemed ineligible.
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