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3 unusual facts about idol


Idol: The Musical

When the cloth is stripped away the audience realizes this is a fan club for Clay Aiken!

The story is about a group of "dork-like" characters who dream of winning a spot as the opening act in Clay Aiken's new tour.

They all take turns bashing Idol's most popular judge, Simon Cowell, and ultimately tell him in their minds that he does not matter and neither do his harsh statements ("Simon Says").


Adam de la Peña

In 2003, de La Peña created and co-starred in a reality show, Comedy Central's I'm with Busey, in which he documented days in the life of his childhood idol, actor Gary Busey.

Arab Idol

On finale night, March 24, 2012, Carmen Suleiman from Egypt was crowned the winner of the first season of Arab Idol in a tough competition against Dounia Batma from Morocco.

Bankstown Girls High School

Paulini Curuenavuli, R&B Singer and former Australian Idol contestant and Young Divas member.

Baseball superstition

Justin Morneau, the 2006 American League Most Valuable Player winner, wears number 33 to honour his idol, ex-NHL goaltender Patrick Roy.

Brett Epstein

Epstein is a writer on the Kimberly Caldwell (American Idol) debut album "Without Regret", co-writing "Taking Back My Life".

Byatis

In ancient times, Byatis' idol was brought down to earth by the Deep Ones.

Chad Doucette

Soon after their appearances on Idol, Doucette and Canadian Idol winner Eva Avila spoke publicly about a budding romantic relationship.

Charity Projects Entertainment Fund

On 24/25 April 2007 CPEF teamed up with Fox and American Idol to create "Idol Gives Back" which raised over $70 million for various projects.

Cool Center

This show has guested David Archuleta and David Cook who both came from the reality show 'American Idol'.

Cradle of Love

"Cradle of Love" is a rock song written by Billy Idol and David Werner for Idol's 1990 fourth studio album Charmed Life.

Daughtry

Chris Daughtry, American Idol finalist in 2006 and lead vocalist for Daughtry

Eri Yoshida

On August 21, 2010, she was the feature story on FOX Sports' This Week In Baseball, where she was shown meeting her idol, Boston Red Sox pitcher Tim Wakefield.

Erina Mano

She's sent to Japan as a spy for the Queen of England, and ends up passing an idol audition, so she has trouble with her espionage duties.

Guarini

Justin Guarini (born 1978), American singer who rose to fame on the television show American Idol

Guilnar Majdalani

Guilnar who comes from a family of musicians and who started learning how to play the piano at a very tender age, does not limit herself to one music style, but she specializes in the music of Raúl di Blasio who became her idol since the day she attended one of his concerts.

Haley Reinhart

On May 28, 2011, Reinhart and the other American Idol top 4 performed at the opening of the new Microsoft Store at Lenox Square Mall in Atlanta, Georgia.

Hawley Harvey Crippen

In the song "Coffee Homeground," when Kate Bush sings, "Pictures of Crippen lipstick smeared," she implies that Hawley Crippen is somewhat of an idol to the song's Arsenic and Old Lace-esque murderesses.

Hemmige

Thereafter, Sage Mrigashinga dug the Ant hill and found a beautiful Moorthy (stone Idol) of Lord Varadharaja with Shanku, Chakra and Gada and with Abhaya Hastha pose with his Consorts Sri Devi and Bhoo Devi seated on Garuda Peetam.

House of Perkūnas

At the end of the 19th Century it was renamed "House of Perkūnas", when a figure, interpreted by the romantic historians of that time as an idol of the Baltic pagan god of thunder and the sky Perkūnas was found in one of its walls.

I Never Told You

Later on the song was completed during a three week "writing camp" in Hawaii that Caillat organized with fellow singer/songwriter Jason Reeves and American Idol judge Kara DioGuardi.

Jack Diamond Morning Show

Host Jack Diamond has also worked in TV, both part and full-time, including co-hosting "Broadcast House Live" in D.C. on WUSA and is currently on "Idol Chatter" as part of the American Idol phenomenon on WTTG.

Jack Marx

It was during his time as a music journalist that Marx went in search of his childhood rock and roll idol, Stevie Wright, of legendary Australian '60s band, The Easybeats. He found Wright allegedly living as a drug-addicted recluse in a small coastal town in southern New South Wales and Wright's life story, along with Marx's near-disastrous attempts to extract it from him, was documented in Sorry: The Wretched Tale of Little Stevie Wright (1999).

Jack Vitek

He co-authored (with Jerry Oppenheimer) the 1986 biography Idol Rock Hudson: The True Story of an American Film Hero. The biography by Vitek and Oppenheimer generated controversy because it reported that Hudson continued to have unprotected sex with other men after he had been diagnosed with AIDS.

Jérôme Anthony

He was also a host of Nouvelle Star, a French version of Idol on W9 and later M6 with Estelle Denis and in Nouvelle Star, ça continue with Camille Combal.

Leah LaBelle

Her rendition of the soul classic "Betcha by Golly, Wow" by The Stylistics was included on the Season 3 American Idol finalist compilation album American Idol Season 3: Greatest Soul Classics.

Macross: Do You Remember Love?

During the latest assault, Valkyrie pilot Hikaru Ichijyo rescues pop idol Lynn Minmay, but are both trapped in a section of the fortress for days.

Masako Mori

Masako Mori (singer) - Japanese singer and former 1970s idol (born 1958), see 25th Japan Record Awards

Matt Bronleewe

Outside of the Christian music genre, Bronleewe has worked with artists such as Australian Natalie Imbruglia, actress Hayden Panettiere, former Tonic frontman Emerson Hart and American Idol finalist Kimberley Locke.

Melvin Sia

Recently, he made debut in a mainland idol drama through Love Destiny alongside Qi Wei, iPartment stars Chen He, Lou Yi Xiao and many more.

Mihiro

Mihiro continued her singing career with an all AV Idol group, the Man-zoku ディーバ Divas which originally consisted of Mihiro, Akiho Yoshizawa and Naho Ozawa.

Monaco in the Eurovision Song Contest 1970

"Marlène" was a song in a pastiche style, in which Dussault compared herself unfavourably to her idol Marlene Dietrich.

Nakamoto

Suzuka Nakamoto (born 1997), Japanese idol singer, member of groups Karen Girl's, Sakura Gakuin, and Babymetal

Onavillu

The Anantha Sayanam version of the villu is consecrated to Lord Padmanabha (Vishnu); the one with the Dasavathram painting is offered to Lord Narasimha; the one showing the Krishna-leela is dedicated to Lord Krishna; the one with the painting of Shri Rama Pattabhishekam is consecrated to the idol of Shri Rama.

Our Little Genius

Because of the abrupt pulling of the series, American Idol aired for 90 minutes that night, with a repeat showing of the "Once Upon a Time in Springfield" episode of The Simpsons following at 9:30 PM.

Outsiders Inn

Episode Two, titled "Pigeon Idol," was shot at Fiddler's Roost in Parrottsville, Tennessee on June 15, 2008, where the celebs judged a talent contest hosted by Ross Mathews from The Tonight Show.

Patrick Ntsoelengoe

An idol in his own country, Ace spent only one season with Miami, missed the 1974 season but returned to the NASL in 1975 to play for the Denver Dynamos.

Ray Gillen

The Eternal Idol (Released as Disc 2 on Deluxe Version of "The Eternal Idol" November 2010)

Riverfest, Limerick

This year's event will also feature Beloit's very own version of American Idol called Beloit Idol, with a cash prize of 2007 dollars.

Rocky Balboa

He trained very hard so he could grow up to be like his idol Rocky Marciano.

Sangeet Siddharth

In their few years of music direction, the duo has composed hit songs from Murder 2, Blood Money, Aatma, Fruit & Nut, Bird Idol and Hum Hai Raahi Car Ke.

Saptur

The name Saptur comes from the Telegu sapa (mat) and uta (spring), referring to the location where the Rajakambalam Nayakar settlers worshipped their deity by placing its idol on a mat near a spring.

Seen the Light

The video ends with a wild audience applauding 1950s teen idol Fabian Forte, and finally a preacher proclaiming; "When you get to heaven, it'll all be out, and over."

Selene 6.23

"Selene 6.23" (alternative Korean: "너와 나의 거리"; literally: The Distance Between Us) is an orchestral song performed by the contemporary R&B idol group SHINee in their first collaboration with the internationally-known pianist Yiruma.

Snorri

Snorri Snorrason (born 1977), an Icelandic singer who rose to popularity after winning the Icelandic version of Pop Idol,

Straight-Jacket

Things turn sour for the film idol when a fellow actor, Freddie Stevens (Jack Plotnick) (famous in the film for portraying "Captain Astro" in a succession of Buck Rogers or Flash Gordon-type serial films), decides to steal the lead in Ben-Hur from Guy by taking a picture of Guy exiting a gay bar.

Tamang people

Prashant Tamang an Indian citizen of Tamang community was the winner of Indian Idol Season 3 in 2007.

The Crimson Idol

Unusually, the album's tour—named The Crimson Idol Tour—took place fifteen years after its release to mark its fifteenth anniversary, commencing on October 26, 2007 at the Principal Club Theater in Thessaloniki, Greece.

Tola

Kejsi Tola (born 1992), an Albanian singer and the winner of Albanian Idol 2007

Trine Rein

The song has later been covered by child star actress Danielle Brisebois (who wrote the song with Scott Cutler), Estonian Eurovision participant Maarja-Liis Ilus, American Idol winner Kelly Clarkson, and a pre-American Idol Carly Hennessy (a.k.a. Carly Smithson), among others.


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