Archive for the 'Chris Richardson' Category

Seacrest Interview

Published by pj August 10th, 2007 in Blake Lewis, Jordin Sparks, Chris Richardson and Album News. 53 Comments

Unlike past seasons, we have yet to receive any official press releases regarding record deals for the top two Idols.  So instead, we’ve had to piece together snippets of info gleaned from interviews, gossip from insiders, etc.  Well, the latest piece of the puzzle comes straight from the horse’s mouth. Check out Blake’s interview with Ryan Seacrest.

Highlights:

  • Blake met with Clive Davis a week and a half ago, presented his album, and has been given some creative control
  • Blake has recorded 8 songs to date
  • Blake is working on a new song with Chris Richardson
  • Chris Richardson is also writing songs for Jordin

SeaTac and Portland Vids

Published by pj July 30th, 2007 in Blake Lewis, Chris Richardson, Tour and Tour Videos. 40 Comments

Livehead16 has published some awesome (ding!) videos on youtube. Enjoy!

She Will Be Loved - Tacoma

Blake and Chris R - Tacoma

Blake Beatboxing - Tacoma

Blake Beatboxing - Portland

Thanks Livehead16

We Want Your Recaps!

Published by Sarah July 2nd, 2007 in Blake Lewis, Recaps, Melinda Doolittle, Jordin Sparks, Sanjaya Malakar, Chris Richardson, Phil Stacey, Haley Scarnato, Lakisha Jones, Chris Sligh, Tour and Gina Glocksen. 27 Comments

As most of you know, the American Idols Live tour finally kicks off this Friday, July 6, in Sunrise, FL. For the next 2 1/2 months, the top 10 contestants will travel around the country in one of the summer’s biggest tours, and five of your very own readers, posters, and/or admins will be there firsthand at the second stop of the tour in Tampa, FL this Saturday night. Yes, we are just slightly excited. In addition to those of us going on Saturday night, all of the admins here at Team Plaid are going to at least one tour stop, and we’ll do our best to report on all the details from the stops that we attend.

However, we obviously cannot cover 50+ tour stops alone, so here’s where you come in. We want your recaps!!! We know that there are lots of you out there who are going to a stop of the tour this summer, and we want to hear how your concert went! We know that you are fabulous writers, photographers, and videographers, and we’d love to put up the details of your Disney on Ice AI tour experience. We will open a blog post for each concert, so please feel free to post your recaps there. Or, simply email us at teamplaid@gmail.com with pics, links to photobucket accounts, and… recaps! Sure, the songs at each concert will be the same, but there are always fun little details that differ from city to city, and we love to know this stuff! And we especially want to know if you were lucky enough to score Meet and Greets and got to meet the Idols, or if you were just patient enough to wait by the busses for a quick hug, picture, and autograph!

Please use this space to find others who are going to your same tour stop. Feel free to post which city you plan to go to, but please DO NOT post detailed information about where you are sitting or eating beforehand, etc. If you would like to contact someone about meeting up at a specific concert, and you do not already have their contact info, please email us at teamplaid@gmail.com, and we’ll be happy to get y’all hooked up. But please, for your own safety, do not post your email address or any detailed information here.

Thanks to you all! Here’s to a summer of fun tour info!!

Discussion - Finale Results

Published by pj May 23rd, 2007 in Blake Lewis, American Idol, Results, Chris Richardson, Phil Stacey and Chris Sligh. 67 Comments

This is it y’all. Tonight is the last night we’ll see Blake perform on the American Idol stage. What a long strange trip it’s been from “Somewhere Only We Know” to the “This is My Now.” I’ve rewatched last night’s performances and what strikes me every time is Blake’s obvious joy at being on stage. When his eyes scan the audience and look into the balconies of cheering fans, my tear ducts go into overdrive. It doesn’t help when I see Chris R, Phil and Sligh cheering him on with such pride and passion on their faces.

I’ll be the first to admit I wasn’t crazy about Blake’s audition, but he won me over week after week as he effortlessly oozed charisma, originality, style, charm and talent just by being himself. I looked forward to his performances every Tuesday, learning not to fret over his song choices or his ability to handle a particular genre or theme. I recognized him not only as a musician who understands himself as an artist, but also as a kick ass producer.

Will Blake Lewis win American Idol? I don’t know, but we’ll find out tonight. I do know this: Blake Lewis has won me as a fan and I‘m greedily anticipating an album of original music. Win or lose this competition, Blake’s future is so bright he better wear shades.

Blake is Safe!

Published by pj May 3rd, 2007 in Blake Lewis, American Idol, Results and Chris Richardson. 46 Comments

Last night Blake and Chris stood on stage together facing elimination. Reminiscent of Chris and Ace last year, the show exploited highlighted their friendship for the sake of good tee vee. I have to admit… it was cute.

UK Edits and Other Randomness

Published by pj April 30th, 2007 in Blake Lewis, American Idol, Chris Richardson, Cat Deeley and Doug E Fresh. 32 Comments

While we eagerly await tomorrow’s return of beatboxing Blake, enjoy this video of Cat Deeley’s top six interview with Blake.

His proudest moment? Meeting legendary beatboxer Doug E. Fresh.

This Columbus Dispatch article on beatboxing mentions Blake:

The 25-year-old Lewis, who will learn tonight whether he survives for another week on Idol, has helped make beatboxing sound fresh to modern ears, said Matthew A. Donahue, an instructor in the Popular Culture Department at Bowling Green State University.

“He brings something contemporary to beatboxing,” said Donahue, author of the forthcoming book “The Message Behind the Beat: American Rap and Punk Music and Message.”

Finally, the online gossip rag TMZ has posted some footage of Blake and Chris hitting the LA Club scene.  The spin?  Chris is corrupting Blake.  Right.

Pics and Tats

Published by pj April 27th, 2007 in Blake Lewis, Ethan Newberry, American Idol and Chris Richardson. 17 Comments

Ethan Newberry has posted some pictures from his trip to LA this week on his myspace profile. You can check them out there, but here’s a sample:

Ethan and Blake do a happy dance!

And make serious faces with Chris.

And finally, Blake’s room revealed!

If that’s not enough, check out this UK Edit of Top 20 night where Blake talks about his tattoos and rocks the plaid.

Blake and Chris on Idol Extra!

Published by LB2 April 27th, 2007 in Blake Lewis and Chris Richardson. 45 Comments

So cute! Enjoy.

Blake is SAFE! And Videos!

Published by LB2 April 26th, 2007 in Blake Lewis, American Idol, Performances, Results, Melinda Doolittle, Jordin Sparks, Chris Richardson, Phil Stacey, Lakisha Jones, Idol Gives Back and Bono. 29 Comments

So is everyone else! See for yourself!

Here are the groups songs from last night:

“Time to Care” - Quincy Jones”

“American Prayer” - Bono and Dave Stewart:

And finally, here is Blake’s version of “Imagine” (without judges’ comments):

The Blake Effect

Published by pj April 20th, 2007 in Blake Lewis, American Idol, Melinda Doolittle, Jordin Sparks, Sanjaya Malakar, Chris Richardson, Phil Stacey, Lakisha Jones and Ryan Adams. 32 Comments

Bean99 mentioned yesterday that Tim McGraw’s version of “When The Stars Go Blue” had climbed to number 30 on iTunes Top 100 song list. I decided to do some comparison shopping. Here’s how the songs the Idols sang on country night stack up on the iTunes Top 100 today.

In order of appearance:

Phil Stacey - “Where the Blacktop Ends” by Keith Urban - not charting on the iTunes Top 100.

Jordin Sparks- “A Broken Wing” by Martina McBride - charting at 66 on the iTunes Top 100.

Sanjaya Malakar- “Something to Talk About” by Bonnie Raitt - not charting on the iTunes Top 100.

Lakisha Jones- “Jesus Take the Wheel” by Carrie Underwood - charting at 84 on the iTunes Top 100.

Chris Richardson- “Mayberry” by Rascal Flatts - not charting on the iTunes Top 100.

Melinda Doolittle - “Trouble is a Woman” by Julie Reeves - not charting on the iTunes Top 100.

Blake Lewis - “When the Stars Go Blue” by Tim McGraw - charting at 22 on the iTunes Top 100.

Go Blake! Too bad the original version by Ryan Adams wasn’t mentioned on AI. I’d prefer it to receive the boost in sales from Blake’s performance Tuesday night. If you don’t have it, rush on over to iTunes and download it now.

Oh, and don’t forget to buy Blake’s studio version from the official AI site. It is love.

Note: I didn’t check the iTunes Country 100. Could be that some of these songs are charting there.


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