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Url:http://miamiherald.typepad.com/idol_watch/
Author(s):Howard Cohen
Language:English
Tags:American Idol, Pop Music, Entertainment
Description:Howard Cohen has been writing about pop music for The Miami Herald since 1991, and has written the Idol Watch column since 2005. His weekly critique of American Idol and its contestants runs throughout the popular series and, in the blog, through the entire year. In addition to all things Idol, Idol Watch offers commentary on pop, rock and country music and other music-related pop culture items.
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Fallen Idols
Despite the Adam Lambert Media Explosion, it doesn't appear the recent season of Idol will do anything to reverse the trend of popular show, unpopular CDs.This week, only Season 4 winner Carri...more
2009-12-10
ABC: A ban channel for Adam Lambert
  I can't say I blamed Good Morning America for immediately axing Adam Lambert's appearance in the wake of his misguided American Music Awards performance the evening before. The progra...more
2009-12-03
Susan Boyle blasts chart record; bests Adam Lambert
Guyliner was no match for the feel-good story of the season as British singer Susan Boyle's album of ballad covers, I Dreamed a Dream, exploded onto the Billboard 200 at No. 1 with the year&#...more
2009-12-02
Review: Allison Iraheta and the Idol curse
Allison Iraheta, Just Like You (19/Jive, 2.5 stars)On American Idol this year, teenager Allison Iraheta sang if she mainlined cigarettes for decades and revealed herself as one of the most credibl...more
2009-11-27
Review: Adam Lambert on CD not as outre as expected
Adam Lambert, For Your Entertainment (RCA, 2.5 stars.)On Music Again, the catchiest dance-rock number on Glambert's anticipated -- I was going to say "much anticipated," but judging...more
2009-11-27
Adam Lambert's defense of performance holds no water
  Idol Watch fans might wonder why I haven't reviewed Adam Lambert's For Your Entertainment yet, given how much I championed the finalist who I'd praised as the most interesting Idol...more
2009-11-24
Review: Susan Boyle's not so dreamy debut
 Susan Boyle, I Dreamed a Dream  (Syco Music/Columbia; 2 stars)To get the full impact from Susan Boyle, the unlikely spinster superstar who hailed from Britain's Got Talent and captivated the ...more
2009-11-24
Get on an American Idol commercial
 If you can't sing your way onto American Idol, maybe you can shill for those who do.In yet another scheme to generate interest in another season of American Idol, Fox has a new contest that c...more
2009-11-17
Review: Kris Allen, the kid's alright
 Kris Allen's victory over Adam Lambert in May on the eighth season finale of American Idol, not to mention other lop-sided, questionable victories such as Ruben Studdard over Clay Aiken on se...more
2009-11-06
Review: Carrie Underwood plays on -- and it's OK
Hold on to something because the earth could skip a beat off its rotation. I come in praise of Carrie Underwood.Regular readers might recall I've not exactly held the American Idol winner in...more
2009-11-06

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