Cooking is a journey. And making a meal is about more than just food. It’s about appreciating friends, family and tradition. An opportunity to come together. To learn, to share and to celebrate different flavors, cultures and people. The Chef Show is Executive Produced and directed by Jon Favreau. Roy Choi and Annie Johnson also serve as Executive Producers. Coming to Netflix June 7.
Hearing Ryan Seacrest say…”The new…American Idol…..LAINE HARDY” was the finale of the show we needed. To celebrate Laine’s victory, here are 5 of my personal favorites from this season.
It was at this point in time where I thought to myself, Laine has a real chance at winning this. At one point, I had thought that it might come down to these two. I am glad it didn’t. I felt like this was Laine’s real turning point.
During this performance, Laine really showcased his vocal skills. He spent time with a voice coach.
Have no fear, Last Man Standing fans: Fox is bringing the sitcom back for a second season on the network!
Late last year, fans of the sitcom were worried when it was announced that Fox would be bringing WWE’s Smackdown Live to the network and moving LMS to a different night, or possibly canceling the show entirely.
According to Deadline, LMS will return to Fox on Thursday Nights following Thursday Night Football’s conclusion. For the first time in the shows history, LMS will not be in the fall lineup.
LMS performed strongly for the Fox. In fact, the show performed so well that they are moving the show to the Spring season.
It is no surprise to anyone who reads my blogs that I am rooting 100% for Laine Hardy to win American Idol 2019. This last season of Idol has has the best talent in years. The American Idol fans loved almost everyone.
The top 3 this season are Alejandro Aranda, Madison VanDenBerg, and Laine Hardy. The odds on favorites are Alejandro and Laine. Honestly, I am not sure how Madison made it to the top 3 considering the alternative could have been Wade Cota or Laci Kay Booth.
I am going to rank how I think the top 3 should play out.
Third Place should be Madison VanDenBerg. Madison is a talented singer, but not American Idol finale material, in my opinion. She’s the least popular of the top 3 (and the top 5). It is very rare that an unpopular contestant ends up winning the whole show.
Second place, in my opinion, should be Alejandro Aranda. He’s extremely talented, but boring. He has one song he sings over and over again. I literally cannot think of one of his performances that showcases his talent and sounds different from his audition. Alejandro will have a nice little youtube career, but I don’t see him really being able to sell records.
First place, Laine Hardy. Laine has grown on the show and has showcased that he is ready for the victory of American Idol. Hardy has shown that he is a great performer. I would like to see him perform an original as I think he would also be a great artist.
While I believe Laine Hardy should win, but I think America might be willing to allow the unoriginal Alejandro win Idol. Most likely, it will be Alejandro winning Idol.
I haven’t seen an American Idol comeback story quite like Laine Hardy has had on Idol this last season. Hardy got eliminated early in the last season and now, he’s in the top 4!
From the moment Hardy stepped foot on the Idol audition room, he stole America (he also stole the audition from his friend). Hardy then took week after week to show off his skills and why he deserved to be the next, American Idol.
Hardy has learned to take the stage by storm and put on a show. His most recent performance of “Johnny B Goode” show cased Laine’s youthful take on classic hits. Hardy will be your next American Idol. Much like Maddie Poppe stood out last year, Hardy is doing that same. Making each performance his own.
Fear not, Designated Survivor fans, the show is back! Netflix announced that the Kiefer Sutherland Presidential Drama will return on June 7. They announced this on Twitter with a 2 minute recap of the first two seasons and a quick preview of season 3.
We are all so stoked for this!
We have an important message from the President. Season 3 of Designated Survivor hits @Netflix on June 7. Get caught up with @realkiefer now. pic.twitter.com/H71uQ4IA5f
— Designated Survivor (@DesignatedNFLX) April 24, 2019
In a moving return to American Idol, season 16 top 24 finalist Alyssa Raghu returned for season 17 and impressed the judges. Raghu told her story of being eliminated from the show, going out and playing over 200 shows, and taking vocal and dancing lessons.
The judges gave her some really solid advice and gave her the golden ticket to Hollywood.
Late last month, Carson Daly announced that he was leaving his late night show, Last Call With Carson Daly. Last night on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Lilly Sing announced that she will be replacing Carson Daly.
The new show at the 1:35am time slot will be called A Little Late.
“Lilly is truly a star and we’re thrilled to welcome her to our NBC family,” said Doug Vaughan, executive vice president, special programs and late night, NBC Entertainment. “She is a multi-talented performer who will surely have a great rapport with not only all her guests but also with our devoted late-night audience. We can’t wait to get started.”
“An Indian-Canadian woman with her own late night show? Now that is a dream come true,” Singh said. “I’m thrilled to bring it to life on NBC, and I hope my parents consider this to be as exciting as a grandchild.”
In an incredible moment on The Voice UK, Coach Ollie Murs challenged fellow coaches Jennifer Hudson and Tom Jones to battle. Tom Jones chooses “It’s A Man’s World” to battle Hudson, and this incredible showdown takes place.
Watch Tom Jones And Jennifer Hudson Perform “It’s A Man’s World”
In a video that played on ABC’s The View, Whoopi Goldberg announced that she almost died while battling pneumonia.
“Hey, yes, it’s me. I am here,” she began. “I am up and moving around. Not as fast as I’d like to be, but I am okay. I’m not dead. So here’s what happened: I had pneumonia and I was septic. Pneumonia in both lungs, which mean there was fluid, there was all kinds of stuff going on.”
Whoopi went on to say that she almost died but didn’t. Goldberg would continue to say that she will be back on the show soon. Check out the video below.