Fred Bronson
Encyclopedia
Fredric M. Bronson is an American
journalist, author and writer. He is best known for his appearances on American Idol, the weekly "Chart Beat" column in Billboard
magazine, and as the author of books related to Billboard charts.
Born to Irving and Mildred Bronson and raised in Culver City, California
, Bronson showed an early aptitude for gauging the popularity of artists and songs. At age 11, Bronson won a contest in the Los Angeles
Mirror-News requiring him to select favorites in several music categories. His prize was a lunch with actress Connie Stevens
. As Bronson later wrote, "I realized that keeping track of records and artists wasn't such a bad idea." That wasn't the first brush with show business for Bronson. When he was five, he was selected to portray actor/writer/producer Jack Webb as a child in a series of photographs in the May 1954 issue of Cosmopolitan.
One of Bronson's earliest published works was in the first letters column of The Amazing Spider-Man
, in issue 3 published in 1962. A follow-up letter was printed in The Amazing Spider-Man No. 608, published 47 years later. His letters were also published on a regular basis in issues of Superman
, Action Comics
, Adventure Comics
, The Flash
and other DC Comics
publications.
At age 14, Bronson noticed Billboard magazine published a pop singles chart ranking the top 100 hits. By age 15, he was a regular weekly reader of the magazine.
From 1971-1982, he was a publicist for NBC-TV, based in Burbank, California. Bronson handled publicity for a number of TV series, including "Sanford and Son
", "Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
", "B. J. and the Bear", "Man from Atlantis", "The Bionic Woman
", "Police Story", "Police Woman
", "Bonanza
", "Quark
", "Joe and Valerie", "Voyagers!
" and "The Powers of Matthew Star
", as well as "Hollywood Squares
", "The Tomorrow Show
with Tom Snyder
" and the Bob Hope
specials.
He has been called "America's foremost music chart journalist". His regular "Chart Beat" column appeared weekly in Billboard magazine from January 1993, when he took over from Paul Grein who originated the column in March 1981, until April 2005, when it was transferred completely to Billboard.com. The online "Chart Beat Chat" column appeared at Billboard.com from April 1996 until March 5, 2009. Both dealt with notable activity on the Billboard charts including the Hot 100 for songs and Billboard 200
for albums. He is the author of several chart related books, including Billboard's Hottest Hot 100 Hits, and The Billboard Book of Number One Hits. With Dick Clark, he authored Dick Clark's American Bandstand. His newest book, due for publication in late 2011, is The Sound Of Music Family Scrapbook, the story of the seven actors who played the von Trapp children in the beloved 1965 movie. Bronson also co-created the syndicated comic strip
Dick Clark's Rock, Roll and Remember in 1995 with Dick Clark and Don Sherwood.
Bronson has written for numerous award shows including both the World Music Awards
and American Music Awards
. He has also appeared as a repertoire expert four times on American Idol
, during seasons two, four, seven and nine. He was seen on 11 Mar 2008 discussing the oeuvre of Lennon/McCartney
and on 23 Mar 2010 talking about the history of Billboard magazine and the Hot 100. He was identified as "Author, Billboard Books." As in episodes from seasons two and four, his Number One Hits book was the exclusive basis of repertoire selection. His book also served as source material for the first episode of CMT's series, "CMT's Next Superstar," executive produced by Nigel Lythgoe and Simon Lythgoe. Bronson appeared on the first episode as a guest judge, along with Kristin Chenoweth and permanent judge Matt Serletic. The series premiered on April 8, 2011, the eighth anniversary of Bronson's first appearance on American Idol.
Bronson's musical tastes are eclectic (although he admits to disliking heavy metal
) and his knowledge of pop music encyclopaedic. His preferences can be heard on his own music program Pop Goes the World and the online radio station Radio Fred Bronson link. For seven years, he wrote "The Billboard Radio Countdown," a weekly webcast hosted by Billboard magazine's Chuck Taylor.
Bronson is also the co-writer on two episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation
: "The Game" and "Ménage à Troi". He also wrote one episode of the Star Trek: The Animated Series
, "The Counter-Clock Incident", under the name John Culver.
His other writing credits for television include two-hour tributes to Brooks & Dunn, George Strait, and the superstar women of country music (including Carrie Underwood, Miranda Lambert, Martina McBride, Reba, the Judds, Loretta Lynn and Jennifer Nettles of Sugarland) on "Girls' Night Out" for CBS, a Motown 45th anniversary special, the original Live Aid, and a disco music special for ABC as well as the annual "Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve With Ran Seacrest," also for ABC. Bronson was head writer on NBC's January 2005 telethon to raise funds for victims of the December 2004 tsunami in South East Asia.
On March 5, 2009, Bronson announced in his weekly Chart Beat column that this was his last Chart Beat and Chart Beat Chat. In August 2009, he wrote his first articles for the Los Angeles Times. The latimes.com website posted his interviews with American Idol finalists Adam Lambert, Kris Allen and Allison Iraheta. In 2011, Bronson began writing for Billboard again on a regular basis. His articles appear on the Billboard.biz website. He also writes for The Hollywood Reporter's Idol Worship section.
Bronson has also done interviews for Sirius XM including Paul McCartney
, Benny Andersson
and Björn Ulvaeus
and Ulf Ekberg
from Ace of Base
. Bronson also announced that he would be a guest on Jon Peter Lewis
’ internet TV series, “American Nobody.” Episode 4 in March 2009. He returned as a guest on the episode of "American Nobody" posted Feb. 20, 2010. In 2010 he also filled in as guest host for JPL.
Bronson was a member of the international jury of Melodifestivalen 2009
, national preselection event to choose the Swedish
representative in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009
. He had previously been one of the international judges for the national final in Malta in 1998, which resulted in Chiara representing Malta at the Eurovision Song Contest with "The One That I Love."
In 2010, Bronson began reporting on previous American Idol contestants for a new free app for the iPhone
and iPod touch
, IdolsNow. The app includes news of all 10 seasons of "Idol" finalists and exclusive interviews conducted by Bronson with Idols like Kris Allen
, David Cook
, David Archuleta
, Anoop Desai
, Bo Bice
, Kimberley Locke
, Diana DeGarmo
, Elliott Yamin
, Scott MacIntyre
, Fantasia
, Danny Gokey
, Kimberly Caldwell
, Lee DeWyze
, Crystal Bowersox
, Ruben Studdard
, Megan Joy
, Casey James
, Siobhan Magnus
, Tim Urban
, Katie Stevens
, Michael Lynche
, Vonzell Solomon
, Aaron Kelly
, Syesha Mercado
, Didi Benami
, Andrew Garcia
, La Toya London, Carmen Rasmusen
, Anthony Fedorov
, RJ Helton, Sanjaya Malakar
, Alex Lambert
, Nick Mitchell ("Norman Gentle") and many others. Information about the app available at www.getidolsnow.com.
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journalist, author and writer. He is best known for his appearances on American Idol, the weekly "Chart Beat" column in Billboard
Billboard (magazine)
Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...
magazine, and as the author of books related to Billboard charts.
Born to Irving and Mildred Bronson and raised in Culver City, California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
, Bronson showed an early aptitude for gauging the popularity of artists and songs. At age 11, Bronson won a contest in the Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
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Mirror-News requiring him to select favorites in several music categories. His prize was a lunch with actress Connie Stevens
Connie Stevens
Connie Stevens is an American actress and singer, best known for her roles in the television series Hawaiian Eye and other TV and film work.-Early life:...
. As Bronson later wrote, "I realized that keeping track of records and artists wasn't such a bad idea." That wasn't the first brush with show business for Bronson. When he was five, he was selected to portray actor/writer/producer Jack Webb as a child in a series of photographs in the May 1954 issue of Cosmopolitan.
One of Bronson's earliest published works was in the first letters column of The Amazing Spider-Man
The Amazing Spider-Man
The Amazing Spider-Man is an American comic book series published by Marvel Comics, featuring the adventures of the fictional superhero Spider-Man. Being the mainstream continuity of the franchise, it began publication in 1963 as a monthly periodical and was published continuously until it was...
, in issue 3 published in 1962. A follow-up letter was printed in The Amazing Spider-Man No. 608, published 47 years later. His letters were also published on a regular basis in issues of Superman
Superman (comic book)
Superman is an ongoing comic book series featuring the DC Comics hero of the same name. The character Superman began as one of several anthology features in the National Periodical Publications comic book Action Comics #1 in June 1938...
, Action Comics
Action Comics
Action Comics is an American comic book series that introduced Superman, the first major superhero character as the term is popularly defined...
, Adventure Comics
Adventure Comics
Adventure Comics was a comic book series published by DC Comics from 1935 to 1983 and then revamped from 2009 to 2011. In its first era, the series ran for 503 issues , making it the fifth-longest-running DC series, behind Detective Comics, Action Comics, Superman, and Batman...
, The Flash
Flash (comics)
The Flash is a name shared by several fictional comic book superheroes from the DC Comics universe. Created by writer Gardner Fox and artist Harry Lampert, the original Flash first appeared in Flash Comics #1 ....
and other DC Comics
DC Comics
DC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner...
publications.
At age 14, Bronson noticed Billboard magazine published a pop singles chart ranking the top 100 hits. By age 15, he was a regular weekly reader of the magazine.
From 1971-1982, he was a publicist for NBC-TV, based in Burbank, California. Bronson handled publicity for a number of TV series, including "Sanford and Son
Sanford and Son
Sanford and Son is an American sitcom, based on the BBC's Steptoe and Son, that ran on the NBC television network from January 14, 1972, to March 25, 1977....
", "Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (TV series)
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century is an American science fiction adventure television series produced by Universal Studios. The series ran for two seasons between 1979–1981, and the feature-length pilot episode for the series was released as a theatrical film several months before the series aired....
", "B. J. and the Bear", "Man from Atlantis", "The Bionic Woman
The Bionic Woman
The Bionic Woman is an American television series starring Lindsay Wagner that aired for three seasons between 1976 and 1978 as a spin off from The Six Million Dollar Man. Wagner stars as tennis pro Jaime Sommers who is nearly killed in a skydiving accident. Sommers' life is saved by Oscar Goldman ...
", "Police Story", "Police Woman
Police Woman (TV series)
Police Woman is an American television police drama starring Angie Dickinson that ran on NBC for four seasons, from September 13, 1974, to March 29, 1978.-Synopsis:...
", "Bonanza
Bonanza
Bonanza is an American western television series that both ran on and was a production of NBC from September 12, 1959 to January 16, 1973. Lasting 14 seasons and 430 episodes, it ranks as the second longest running western series and still continues to air in syndication. It centers on the...
", "Quark
Quark (TV series)
Quark is an American science fiction situation comedy starring Richard Benjamin broadcast on NBC. The pilot first aired on May 7, 1977, and the series followed as a mid-season replacement in February 1978. The series was cancelled in April 1978. Quark was created by Buck Henry, co-creator of the...
", "Joe and Valerie", "Voyagers!
Voyagers!
Voyagers! is an American science fiction time travel-based television series that aired on NBC during the 1982–1983 season. The series stars Jon-Erik Hexum and Meeno Peluce.-Plot:...
" and "The Powers of Matthew Star
The Powers of Matthew Star
The Powers of Matthew Star is an American sci-fi television series that aired from September 17, 1982 through April 8, 1983, on NBC. It starred Peter Barton The Powers of Matthew Star is an American sci-fi television series that aired from September 17, 1982 through April 8, 1983, on NBC. It...
", as well as "Hollywood Squares
Hollywood Squares
Hollywood Squares is an American panel game show in which two contestants play tic-tac-toe to win cash and prizes. The "board" for the game is a 3 × 3 vertical stack of open-faced cubes, each occupied by a celebrity seated at a desk and facing the contestants...
", "The Tomorrow Show
Tomorrow (TV series)
Tomorrow was an American late-night television talk show hosted by Tom Snyder...
with Tom Snyder
Tom Snyder
Thomas James "Tom" Snyder was an American television personality, news anchor and radio personality best known for his late night talk shows The Tomorrow Show, on the NBC television network in the 1970s and 1980s, and The Late Late Show, on the CBS Television Network in the 1990s...
" and the Bob Hope
Bob Hope
Bob Hope, KBE, KCSG, KSS was a British-born American comedian and actor who appeared in vaudeville, on Broadway, and in radio, television and movies. He was also noted for his work with the US Armed Forces and his numerous USO shows entertaining American military personnel...
specials.
He has been called "America's foremost music chart journalist". His regular "Chart Beat" column appeared weekly in Billboard magazine from January 1993, when he took over from Paul Grein who originated the column in March 1981, until April 2005, when it was transferred completely to Billboard.com. The online "Chart Beat Chat" column appeared at Billboard.com from April 1996 until March 5, 2009. Both dealt with notable activity on the Billboard charts including the Hot 100 for songs and Billboard 200
Billboard 200
The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...
for albums. He is the author of several chart related books, including Billboard's Hottest Hot 100 Hits, and The Billboard Book of Number One Hits. With Dick Clark, he authored Dick Clark's American Bandstand. His newest book, due for publication in late 2011, is The Sound Of Music Family Scrapbook, the story of the seven actors who played the von Trapp children in the beloved 1965 movie. Bronson also co-created the syndicated comic strip
Comic strip
A comic strip is a sequence of drawings arranged in interrelated panels to display brief humor or form a narrative, often serialized, with text in balloons and captions....
Dick Clark's Rock, Roll and Remember in 1995 with Dick Clark and Don Sherwood.
Bronson has written for numerous award shows including both the World Music Awards
World Music Awards
The World Music Awards is an international awards show founded in 1989 that annually honors recording artists based on worldwide sales figures provided by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry . John Martinotti is an executive producer and co-founder of the show...
and American Music Awards
American Music Awards
-Conception:The AMAs were created by Dick Clark in 1973 to compete with the Grammys after the move of that year's show to Nashville, Tennessee led to CBS picking up the Grammy telecasts after its first two in 1971 and 1972 were broadcast on ABC...
. He has also appeared as a repertoire expert four times on American Idol
American Idol
American Idol, titled American Idol: The Search for a Superstar for the first season, is a reality television singing competition created by Simon Fuller and produced by FremantleMedia North America and 19 Entertainment...
, during seasons two, four, seven and nine. He was seen on 11 Mar 2008 discussing the oeuvre of Lennon/McCartney
Lennon/McCartney
The Lennon–McCartney songwriting partnership is one of the best-known and most successful musical collaborations in history...
and on 23 Mar 2010 talking about the history of Billboard magazine and the Hot 100. He was identified as "Author, Billboard Books." As in episodes from seasons two and four, his Number One Hits book was the exclusive basis of repertoire selection. His book also served as source material for the first episode of CMT's series, "CMT's Next Superstar," executive produced by Nigel Lythgoe and Simon Lythgoe. Bronson appeared on the first episode as a guest judge, along with Kristin Chenoweth and permanent judge Matt Serletic. The series premiered on April 8, 2011, the eighth anniversary of Bronson's first appearance on American Idol.
Bronson's musical tastes are eclectic (although he admits to disliking heavy metal
Heavy metal music
Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the Midlands of the United Kingdom and the United States...
) and his knowledge of pop music encyclopaedic. His preferences can be heard on his own music program Pop Goes the World and the online radio station Radio Fred Bronson link. For seven years, he wrote "The Billboard Radio Countdown," a weekly webcast hosted by Billboard magazine's Chuck Taylor.
Bronson is also the co-writer on two episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Star Trek: The Next Generation is an American science fiction television series created by Gene Roddenberry as part of the Star Trek franchise. Roddenberry, Rick Berman, and Michael Piller served as executive producers at different times throughout the production...
: "The Game" and "Ménage à Troi". He also wrote one episode of the Star Trek: The Animated Series
Star Trek: The Animated Series
Star Trek: The Animated Series is an animated science fiction television series set in the Star Trek universe following the events of Star Trek: The Original Series of the 1960s...
, "The Counter-Clock Incident", under the name John Culver.
His other writing credits for television include two-hour tributes to Brooks & Dunn, George Strait, and the superstar women of country music (including Carrie Underwood, Miranda Lambert, Martina McBride, Reba, the Judds, Loretta Lynn and Jennifer Nettles of Sugarland) on "Girls' Night Out" for CBS, a Motown 45th anniversary special, the original Live Aid, and a disco music special for ABC as well as the annual "Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve With Ran Seacrest," also for ABC. Bronson was head writer on NBC's January 2005 telethon to raise funds for victims of the December 2004 tsunami in South East Asia.
On March 5, 2009, Bronson announced in his weekly Chart Beat column that this was his last Chart Beat and Chart Beat Chat. In August 2009, he wrote his first articles for the Los Angeles Times. The latimes.com website posted his interviews with American Idol finalists Adam Lambert, Kris Allen and Allison Iraheta. In 2011, Bronson began writing for Billboard again on a regular basis. His articles appear on the Billboard.biz website. He also writes for The Hollywood Reporter's Idol Worship section.
Bronson has also done interviews for Sirius XM including Paul McCartney
Paul McCartney
Sir James Paul McCartney, MBE, Hon RAM, FRCM is an English musician, singer-songwriter and composer. Formerly of The Beatles and Wings , McCartney is listed in Guinness World Records as the "most successful musician and composer in popular music history", with 60 gold discs and sales of 100...
, Benny Andersson
Benny Andersson
Göran Bror "Benny" Andersson is a Swedish musician, composer, a former member of the Swedish musical group ABBA , and co-composer of the musicals Chess, Kristina från Duvemåla, and Mamma Mia!...
and Björn Ulvaeus
Björn Ulvaeus
Björn Kristian Ulvaeus is a Swedish songwriter, composer, musician, writer, producer, a former member of the Swedish musical group ABBA , and co-composer of the musicals Chess, Kristina från Duvemåla, and Mamma Mia!...
and Ulf Ekberg
Ulf Ekberg
Ulf Gunnar Ekberg , a.k.a. "Buddha", along with the three siblings of Jonas Berggren , Linn Berggren, and Jenny Berggren, is a founding member of the Swedish pop group Ace of Base.-Life and career:...
from Ace of Base
Ace of Base
Ace of Base is a pop band based in Gothenburg, Sweden. Its original lineup consisted of Ulf "Buddha" Ekberg, and three siblings, Jonas "Joker" Berggren, Malin "Linn" Berggren and Jenny Berggren...
. Bronson also announced that he would be a guest on Jon Peter Lewis
Jon Peter Lewis
Jon Peter Lewis is an American singer and songwriter, and was one of the finalists on the third season of the reality/talent-search television series American Idol...
’ internet TV series, “American Nobody.” Episode 4 in March 2009. He returned as a guest on the episode of "American Nobody" posted Feb. 20, 2010. In 2010 he also filled in as guest host for JPL.
Bronson was a member of the international jury of Melodifestivalen 2009
Melodifestivalen 2009
Melodifestivalen 2009 was a Swedish song contest held between February and March 2009. It was the selection for the 49th song to represent Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest, and was the 48th edition of Melodifestivalen...
, national preselection event to choose the Swedish
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
representative in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009
Eurovision Song Contest 2009
The Eurovision Song Contest 2009 was the 54th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest and was hosted by Russia after their win in 2008. It took place between 12 and 16 May 2009 at the Olympic Indoor Arena in Moscow, Russia....
. He had previously been one of the international judges for the national final in Malta in 1998, which resulted in Chiara representing Malta at the Eurovision Song Contest with "The One That I Love."
In 2010, Bronson began reporting on previous American Idol contestants for a new free app for the iPhone
IPhone
The iPhone is a line of Internet and multimedia-enabled smartphones marketed by Apple Inc. The first iPhone was unveiled by Steve Jobs, then CEO of Apple, on January 9, 2007, and released on June 29, 2007...
and iPod touch
IPod touch
The iPod Touch is a portable media player, personal digital assistant, handheld game console, and Wi-Fi mobile device designed and marketed by Apple Inc. The iPod Touch adds the multi-touch graphical user interface to the iPod line...
, IdolsNow. The app includes news of all 10 seasons of "Idol" finalists and exclusive interviews conducted by Bronson with Idols like Kris Allen
Kris Allen
Kristopher Neil "Kris" Allen is an American musician and singer-songwriter from Conway, Arkansas, and the winner of the eighth season of American Idol...
, David Cook
David Cook (singer)
David Roland Cook is an American rock singer-songwriter, who rose to fame after winning the seventh season of the reality television show American Idol...
, David Archuleta
David Archuleta
David Archuleta, is a former United States Air Force Airman of Okinawan stationary troops and is currently an American male kickboxer.-Biography:...
, Anoop Desai
Anoop Desai
Anoop Desai is an American singer-songwriter best known for his time as a contestant on the eighth season of American Idol. Motivated by the death of his friend Eve Carson, Desai auditioned for American Idol. Desai made American Idol history by being the first ever 13th finalist on American Idol...
, Bo Bice
Bo Bice
Harold Elwin "Bo" Bice, Jr. is an American singer and musician who placed second to Carrie Underwood in the fourth season of American Idol. He has recorded three studio albums, including one on RCA Records...
, Kimberley Locke
Kimberley Locke
Kimberley Dawn Locke is an American singer-songwriter and model. She has recorded in the dance, pop and adult contemporary music genres....
, Diana DeGarmo
Diana DeGarmo
Diana Nicole DeGarmo is an American singer and Broadway actress. She finished as the runner-up on the third season of the reality/talent-search television series American Idol, narrowly missing the win by about 2% out of over 65 million votes...
, Elliott Yamin
Elliott Yamin
Elliott Yamin , born Efraym Elliott Yamin, is an American singer known for his hit single "Wait for You" and placing third on the fifth season of American Idol....
, Scott MacIntyre
Scott MacIntyre
Scott Douglas MacIntyre is an American singer, songwriter, and pianist, and the eighth place finalist on the eighth season of American Idol...
, Fantasia
Fantasia Barrino
Fantasia Monique Barrino commonly known as Fantasia, is an American R&B singer, Broadway and television actress who rose to fame as the winner of the third season of the reality television series American Idol in 2004. Following her victory, she released her debut single, "I Believe", which...
, Danny Gokey
Danny Gokey
Daniel Jay "Danny" Gokey is an American country music singer and church music director from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He was the third place finalist on the eighth season of American Idol...
, Kimberly Caldwell
Kimberly Caldwell
Kimberly Ann Caldwell is an American singer, actress, and television hostess, from Katy, Texas who was the seventh place finalist on the second season of American Idol. She used to work as an entertainment correspondent and hosted various shows on the TV Guide Network...
, Lee DeWyze
Lee DeWyze
Leon James "Lee" DeWyze, Jr. is an American singer-songwriter from Mount Prospect, Illinois, and the winner of the ninth season of American Idol. Prior to Idol, DeWyze had a solo career and formed the Lee DeWyze Band. He had also released two independent albums called So I'm Told in 2007 and...
, Crystal Bowersox
Crystal Bowersox
Crystal Lynn Bowersox is an American singer-songwriter and actress, who was the runner-up on the ninth season of American Idol...
, Ruben Studdard
Ruben Studdard
Christopher Theodore Ruben Studdard , best known as Ruben Studdard, is an American R&B, pop, and gospel singer. He rose to fame as winner of the second season of American Idol...
, Megan Joy
Megan Joy
Megan Joy Allman , formerly known as Megan Joy Corkrey, is an American singer-songwriter and actress from Sandy, Utah, who was the ninth place finalist on the eighth season of American Idol. Joy made her acting debut with a small role in the 2011 film Hall Pass...
, Casey James
Casey James
Casey Everett James is an American singer and guitarist from Fort Worth, Texas, who was the third-place finalist on the ninth season of American Idol.-Early life:...
, Siobhan Magnus
Siobhan Magnus
Siobhan Evelyn Magnus is an American singer-songwriter from Barnstable, Massachusetts who was the sixth place finalist on the ninth season of American Idol.-Early life:...
, Tim Urban
Tim Urban
Timothy Joseph "Tim" Urban is an American singer-songwriter from Duncanville, Texas, who was the seventh place finalist on the ninth season of American Idol. Urban's debut album and EP titled Heart of Me is due for a November 8, 2010, iTunes release. Hard copies of the EP are on sale on his...
, Katie Stevens
Katie Stevens
Katherine Mari "Katie" Stevens is an American singer from Middlebury, Connecticut who finished in eighth place on the ninth season of American Idol.-Biography:...
, Michael Lynche
Michael Lynche
Michael Alexander Lynche is an American singer from St. Petersburg, Florida who was the fourth place finalist on the ninth season of American Idol. He is the second finalist ever to receive the judges' save, which was introduced in season eight.-Early life:Lynche was born to Michele and Marque...
, Vonzell Solomon
Vonzell Solomon
Vonzell Monique Solomon , nicknamed Baby V, is an American singer and aspiring actress who finished in third place in the fourth season of the televised singing competition American Idol. She also appeared in the independent movie Still Green.-Biography:Born in Baxley, Georgia, Solomon's family...
, Aaron Kelly
Aaron Kelly (singer)
Aaron Wayne Kelly is an American singer from Sonestown, Pennsylvania who finished fifth on the ninth season of American Idol. Prior to Idol, Kelly was a finalist on America's Most Talented Kid at age 11.-Early life:...
, Syesha Mercado
Syesha Mercado
Syesha Raquel Mercado is an American singer, songwriter, actress and model. Mercado was the third place finalist on the seventh season of American Idol. Prior to Idol, Mercado was on The One: Making a Music Star and she won Florida Super Singer...
, Didi Benami
Didi Benami
Vered "Didi" Benami is an American singer/songwriter from Knoxville, Tennessee, who was the tenth place finalist on the ninth season of American Idol.-Early life:...
, Andrew Garcia
Andrew Garcia
Andrew Adrian Garcia is an American singer from Moreno Valley, California who was the ninth place finalist on the ninth season of American Idol.-Personal life:...
, La Toya London, Carmen Rasmusen
Carmen Rasmusen
Carmen Rasmusen is a Canadian-American country music artist who ranked sixth on the second season of American Idol in 2003. Rasmusen also plays piano and guitar.-Early life:...
, Anthony Fedorov
Anthony Fedorov
Anatoliy Vladimirovich "Anthony" Fedorov is an American singer who was the fourth place finalist on the fourth season of the American Idol.- Biography :...
, RJ Helton, Sanjaya Malakar
Sanjaya Malakar
Sanjaya Joseph Malakar is an American singer of Indian origin, who was a finalist on the sixth season of American Idol. He gained national attention on the series, controversially advancing to 7th place with public votes, despite being poorly received by the show's judges, particularly Simon...
, Alex Lambert
Alex Lambert
Alexander Don "Alex" Lambert is an American singer-songwriter from North Richland Hills, Texas, who was a semi-finalist on the ninth season of American Idol and starred on Simon Fuller’s “post-reality” web show, If I Can Dream....
, Nick Mitchell ("Norman Gentle") and many others. Information about the app available at www.getidolsnow.com.