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  • Blogs

    May 17, 2012

    American Idol recap: Phillip Phillips will sail through to the final, but who will join him?

    It's down to the wire now. Last night's performances will determine which of the three remaining Idol contestants will make it through to the final and ultimately win the entire competition, which, with the elimination of Hollie Cavanagh last week, is anyone's game at this point. The contestants eac ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 15, 2012

    American Idol recap: Jermaine Jones booted when producers discover his criminal past

    Even before the contestants performed last night, one had been eliminated. Jermaine Jones, the "gentle giant" of this season's American Idol, was forced to leave the show after Idol staff's discovery of his criminal activity -- oh, and him lying to Idol producers about the whole thing didn't help th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 2, 2012

    American Idol: From 25 to the Top 13

    After weeks of anticipation, the top thirteen contestants of American Idol were revealed. Last night's episode, however seemingly straightforward, wasn't short of Adele-drenched drama, though. Spoilers: Jen Hirsh, Reed Grimm and Brielle Von Hugel all had to sing for their lives -- and all fell flat ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 1, 2012

    American Idol Live Show: Two women sing Adele, only one truly shines

    Over two days of competition, three American Idol contestants took on Adele -- Eben Franckewitz, Elise Testone and Jen Hirsh. Adele's not easy to sing, as Franckewitz proved two nights ago, but the ladies brought the vocal power last night to do the British soulstress justice. Testone's take on "On ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 23, 2012

    American Idol Top 24: Stop toying with us, Randy Jackson

    Fourteen of the 24 semifinalists were revealed last night on American Idol. For most of these, it was fairly predictable whom was going to be sent on and whom was going to be cut, but that didn't stop Randy Jackson from again having his fun with the contestants' emotions. The format to last night's ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 17, 2012

    American Idol Las Vegas: more groups, more tears

    American Idol hit a high point last night. For the first time in the season, it was about the music (a change in focus that has needed to happen since day one of the preliminary audition rounds). Contestants who deserved to be pushed through to the next round do, while others are sent home. In the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 16, 2012

    American Idol Hollywood Round 3: fear and illness hit the groups hard

    American Idol is really coming down to the wire now. As last night marked the last episode of Hollywood week, we saw many contestants fold under the pressure -- a pressure which plagued the episode as either stage fright or actual illness. And while the judges managed to stay clear of the contagion, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 10, 2012

    Meet Su Charles, the latest American Idol hopeful from Denver

    Denver, meet Su Charles (aka SuCh), the latest American Idol hopeful from our city. Aside from having an exceptional voice, Charles has quite an inspiring story. The child of Haitian immigrants, Charles was born in Boston to a pastor and a school teacher. Raised in Long Island, New York, Charles beg ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 10, 2012

    American Idol Hollywood round two: Symone Black is okay, but the show is limping along

    Symone Black's plummet from the stage doesn't compare to the decline in viewers Idol will see next week if it doesn't focus more on singing and less on drama.​Listen here, American Idol producers: Spending a large majority of last night's show, the second part of the Hollywood round, on anythi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 9, 2012

    American Idol: Hollywood auditions, round 1

    Last night's first Hollywood round of auditions on American Idol played like a rapid fire of hopes and dreams realized and shattered and realized and shattered, like an endless loop of Aerosmith songs -- at times, entertaining; at others, it dragged on. Even so, the three judges, Randy Jackson, Jen ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 3, 2012

    American Idol in St. Louis: When the contestants are good, they're really good

    Ah, the last of the auditions round of American Idol . With mediocre expectations of the talent going into the Hollywood round, there aren't more than ten contestants who truly blew us away thus far in the competition. However, in last night's St. Louis episode, a few contestants managed to at least ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 2, 2012

    America Idol in Portland: The judges were spot on, but the contestants were a mixed bag

    If you're going to take on Freddie Mercury's vocal prowess on "Somebody To Love" and use it as an audition piece for American Idol, you better be able to hit those notes. Unfortunately for the baby-faced Ben Harrison, 28, none of the judges loved his take. The falsetto, on blast, would have made Mer ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 27, 2012

    American Idol in Galveston: Just like the good ol' days

    Last night's episode of American Idol offered us a few strong contenders and an out-of-place space shuttle opening sequence. Houston, we have a problem: we're not actually in Houston -- despite misleading promos, we're in Galveston, Texas. Don't be deceived, people. Skylar Laine, a sweet seventeen ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 26, 2012

    American Idol in Aspen: Magic Cyclops befriends Steven Tyler... 'nuf said

    ​The fourth episode of American Idol auditions took us four hours from the Mile High City to Aspen, where we saw many a Denver hopeful either break through to the Hollywood round or get the good ol' Randy Jackson boot. Unlike previous audition episodes thus far in the season, last night we fi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 23, 2012

    American Idol in San Diego: The only one to be idolized is Jennifer Lopez

    Last night's episode of American Idol saw auditions in a vastly different location than usual: the USS Midway aircraft carrier in San Diego, California. At points, the industrial and fly-over noise was a nuisance, but it didn't stop nearly all of the contestants who saw air time during the episode k ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 20, 2012

    American Idol in Pittsburgh: Judges still too soft

    American Idol glided through Pittsburgh last night without blemish. There weren't any major breakdowns, nor letdowns, nor catty digs at Steven Tyler's wacky facial expressions. No, the Steel City produced a cornucopia of talented, Hollywood-bound contestants -- a whopping 38 in total, with big ambit ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 19, 2012

    American Idol is back, with a new host of hopefuls

    If the hat Steven Tyler wore during last night's premiere of American Idol is anything to go by, it's going to be an interesting season.​Nearly eight months since Scotty McCreery became America's latest Idol in May 2011, it's good to have the cast of American Idol 2.0 back in action. To wit, R ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 3, 2011

    American Idol: Julie Zorrilla's performance underwhelming on "Girls' Night"

    ​Don't know if you happened to catch Idol last night. If you didn't, you missed "Girls' Night" in which all of the top twelve ladies had a chance to perform individually. Despite being early boosters of Julie Zorrilla, if we're being honest here, we have to say it just wasn't a good look for h ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 25, 2011

    Julie Zorrilla in American Idol Top 24

    ​Evidently, Julie Zorrilla not only has a lock on cute dresses and shoes, but she now holds the distinction of being one of only twelve girls in the the American Idol Top 24. When we last checked in with Zorrilla, she sailed through Hollywood week with her take on "Love Song" by Sara Bareilles ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 27, 2011

    American Idol, Emma Henry: Colorado produces another hopeful from Littleton

    Egads. Just when you thought it was safe to peaceably ignore the new-and-nowhere-near-improved version of American Idol like the rest of the country, along comes another homegrown contestant to follow. Meet Emma Henry, a fifteen-year-old hopeful from Littleton, sophomore at Chatfield High School. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 24, 2010

    Seven Reasons American Idol Should Be Cancelled

    ​American Idol has been around for eight years and going on ten seasons. And really, anything has a natural lifespan, and television shows, for the most part, live theirs in close to dog years. Like Great Dane years. Which means, essentially, that American Idol is long in the tooth. It's blind ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 10, 2010

    American Idol: Lilly Scott takes on Patsy Cline and helps keep things interesting. Is she too interesting or just interesting enough? We'll see.

    If Lilly Scott doesn't win this whole thing on the strength of her talent, she should win just by virtue of the fact that she's infinitely more interesting than, well, everyone else on Idol this season. Really. Her song choices alone ("Lullaby of Birdland," "A Change Is Gonna Come" and "I Fall to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 13, 2010

    We Are the World 25/2010 performers pull off impressive performance

    All right, so we were admittedly skeptical of how this whole "We Are the World" remake was going to turn out with the seemingly random cast of characters organizers assembled. When we first glimpsed the initial list of those present the night of the recording, there were some head scratchers in the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 3, 2010

    Bikini Boy speaks!: Ty Hemmerling on his revealing American Idol performance

    Ty Hemmerling ties one on.​Last night's American Idol episode focusing on the show's Denver auditions introduced America to Fort Collins' Haeley Vaughn, who's clearly Colorado's great Idol hope. But arguably the most memorable moment came courtesy of Ty Hemmerling, dubbed "Bikini Boy" by judg ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 2, 2010

    We Are the World 2010: List of performers seems a little underwhelming -- the idea is to get people to buy the song, right?

    Our friends over at CNN just posted a partial list of performers appearing on the "We Are the World" remake. From the looks of it, we put more thought into this whole thing than the organizers did. Okay, sure, there were a handful of bona fied stars that took part -- and we're assuming they've be ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 7, 2009

    Victoria Beckham in Denver for American Idol auditions?

    The Posh one.​Many locals are no doubt still emotionally distraught by Paula Abdul's absence from today's latest round of American Idol judging in Denver. But it looks as if such people will be getting a celebrity booster shot to assist in their recovery. To whit: X17online.com reports that Vi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 16, 2009

    Nuggets reps can't outshine JabbaWockeeZ during NBA All-Star Weekend

    The JabbaWockeeZ unmasked. Three representatives of the Denver Nuggets took part in NBA's All-Star Weekend, with varying degrees of success. J.R. Smith didn't embarrass himself during the Slam Dunk competition, as Chris "The Birdman" Anderson did a few years ago as a member of the New Orleans Horne ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 6, 2008

    Q&A with Kid Rainen of America's Best Dance Crew winners JabbaWockeeZ

    The JabbaWockeeZ unmasked. Three representatives of the Denver Nuggets took part in NBA's All-Star Weekend, with varying degrees of success. J.R. Smith didn't embarrass himself during the Slam Dunk competition, as Chris "The Birdman" Anderson did a few years ago as a member of the New Orleans Horne ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 28, 2008

    Live Review: KTCL's Big Gig at Fiddler's Green

    The JabbaWockeeZ unmasked. Three representatives of the Denver Nuggets took part in NBA's All-Star Weekend, with varying degrees of success. J.R. Smith didn't embarrass himself during the Slam Dunk competition, as Chris "The Birdman" Anderson did a few years ago as a member of the New Orleans Horne ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 11, 2007

    Oriental Express

    The JabbaWockeeZ unmasked. Three representatives of the Denver Nuggets took part in NBA's All-Star Weekend, with varying degrees of success. J.R. Smith didn't embarrass himself during the Slam Dunk competition, as Chris "The Birdman" Anderson did a few years ago as a member of the New Orleans Horne ... More >>

  • Culture

    April 13, 2006

    Hit Parade

    It's business as usual for the Civic Center, Denver's premier urban space.

  • Music

    August 25, 2005

    American I-Dull

    Since anointing Kelly Clarkson, the star machine's been running on empty.

  • Calendar

    October 1, 1998

    Classical Rock

    Since anointing Kelly Clarkson, the star machine's been running on empty.

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