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Scotty McCreery went into last night's American Idol finals as the front-runner, and his poise and talent shined all the way through. In three spot-on performances, he showed his usual, rock-solid stage presence and command over his deep voice. But entering tonight's two-hour finale, airing at 8 p.m. ET on Fox, he's now the underdog.
Why? Because even before it began, Tuesday night belonged Lauren Alaina. News leaked that she'd lost her voice just hours before she was to take the stage. In fact, in the interval between rehearsals and her performance, she was reportedly communicating by writing on a notepad. And TMZ learned that the No. 3 finisher, Haley Reinhart, was on set and rehearsing to take Alaina's place if necessary.
Ryan Seacrest opened the show by questioning Lauren about this dramatic turn. (She said she was "fine" to sing.) Then he brought a doctor up on stage to explain to viewers that she "blew out one of her vocal chords" and had been given medicine that would allow her to sing. Idol associate music director and arranger Michael Orland told Entertainment Weekly, "I don't know exactly what (the doctor) gave her, but it just numbs the vocal chords a little bit so she can get through it."
All this led to a very suspenseful moment of truth. When Alaina opened her mouth to sing her first song, would anything come out? To everyone's relief (except for maybe Reinhart and her family), Alaina's voice was as lovely as ever.
Scotty and Lauren performed three times each. First, they were asked to sing their favorite of all the songs they'd performed on Idol. Second, they each sang a song chosen for them by their musical heroes, Carrie Underwood (for Alaina) and George Strait (for McCreery). Finally, they each sang the song that would be their first single if they won.
McCreery met the challenge head on, delivering a solid performance of Montgomery Gentry's "Gone," and looked calm and comfortable throughout his rendition of Strait's "Check Yes or No" (chosen for him by, ahem, Strait). His final song, "I Love You This Big," won him compliments from the judges like "amazing job" and "you nailed it." (Watch Scotty's performance of "Gone" below.)
But Alaina's equally good performances seemed harder-earned, and thus more moving. She would have won over the audience simply by making it through Underwood's "Flat on the Floor" in the first round but she also sang it beautifully. She maintained her poise and vocals during Pam Tillis' "Maybe It Was Memphis" (chosen for her by Underwood). And when she sang her final song, "Like My Mother Does," she hugged her weeping mom in an emotionally charged moment that seemed to clinch the competition. (Watch Lauren's performance of "Like My Mother Does" below.)
Of course, both singers will win record contracts, whether through Universal Music Group (American Idol's partner) or another label. But who will wear the Idol crown? That's up to you now, America.
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In MTV's upcoming 'Lady Gaga: Inside the Outside' special, Gaga reveals that the band's Dookie was the first album she ever bought.
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Lady Gaga's songs certainly sound like they take inspiration from all forms of music, including disco, pop, industrial, metal and even punk. In an hour-long exclusive interview, "Lady Gaga: Inside the Outside," set to air Thursday, May 26, at 9 p.m. and 11 p.m. ET/PT on MTV, the pop superstar opens up about the music she listened to in her youth, and how it helped shape her and make her the artist she is today.
"It was Green Day, Dookie, with my own money," she recalls in the special when asked about the first album she ever bought. "But my parents got me Stevie Wonder, Signed, Sealed [and] Delivered, and the Beatles when I was younger — A Hard Day's Night. Yeah, they were two CDs and they were given to me with [a] little boom box for Christmas when I was young."
She continues, "Just good choices, Mom and Dad. They could have chose anything, but Stevie Wonder and the Beatles? I mean, it's totally their fault. Don't spoon feed me the Beatles and Stevie Wonder and Bruce Springsteen and Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin and Elton John and expect for me not to turn out this way. Nobody made you do that."
During the intimate chat, Mother Monster opens up about her rise to fame — from being bullied by classmates during her school days to the moment she decided to pursue her dream of pop stardom. She speaks in depth about the moments that shaped her as an artist, including working on her highly anticipated just-released album, Born This Way.
"Lady Gaga: Inside the Outside" also focuses on the pop superstar at home, spotlighting her close relationship with her family and her life growing up in Manhattan before she made the decision to move out on her own to New York City's Lower East Side. Fans will get to intimately know the girl that became Lady Gaga.
Don't miss MTV News' hour-long exclusive interview, "Lady Gaga: Inside the Outside," airing Thursday, May 26, at 9 p.m. and 11 p.m. ET/PT on MTV.
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Without revealing my political leanings, I, like many people, find Sarah Palin to be an intriguing enigma. Is she as self-serving as she seems? What's her favorite type of running shoe? Will she ever run for president -- and could she win?
It’s with these questions in mind that I eagerly await Tuesday’s arrival of Blind Allegiance to Sarah Palin: A Memoir of Our Tumultuous Years by Frank Bailey. The former Palin aide has written what the Associated Press calls “a scathing tell-all” that claims, among other things, that Palin hated being Alaska’s governor, had an obsession with the media and an “empathetic void,” at times for even her family. Sounds like a page-turner, no?
But my curiosity about the book doesn’t stem from a place of disdain for the woman; instead, more so of what new -- and more sympathetic -- details it may ultimately reveal about her.
As a journalism major in college (of which Palin is also a disciple) I was taught to always consider the source. With that in mind, how could you not question Bailey’s motives? Not only does a tell-all book reek of opportunism, Bailey is, after all, a man.
And I’m not alone in my skepticism of Bailey, as these two points were not lost on members of the iVillage community when we first posted the story “The 3 Most Damaging Details in the Palin Tell-All” back in February. “Let me start by saying I am no fan of Palin's” wrote iVillage member bordwithyou. “Quite the opposite. However, I am less than shocked that she hated her job, at least at times, and that somebody thinks she's a bad mom. Honestly, isn't that charge leveled at just about every WOH at some time? Any woman with a demanding career who sometimes has to say to her spouse, ‘Hey, you deal with little Johnny this time, I have to catch a plane,’ is open to criticism for being neglectful…The Palin kids have two parents. If the couple has decided that Sarah will be the politician and Todd will be the one taking the kids to their medical and therapy appointments, it's okay by me.” To which I, like many women, say “Amen, sister!”
For his part, Bailey “dismisses any suggestion he’s disgruntled or bitter,” the AP notes, but instead is “sad at a lot of wasted potential.”
Say what you will about Palin, but I happen to think she’s made quite a name for herself since she first came on the scene in 2008, and has quite a lot of potential left in her. Now whether or not you believe that potential is for better or worse is between you and the commenting function on this article below. All of this just leads me to believe that we women know there is more to Palin's "faults" than meets the eye, and that we shouldn’t be so quick to judge a book by its cover.