Unsurprisingly, another seventh-season finalist was crowned as the winner of IDOL LIVE's poll of the week champion series when readers were surveyed on which eighth-place finalist of all eight seasons they prefer.
Michael Johns, who saw his post-Idol album Hold Back My Heart hit store shelves yesterday, took home 40 of the 62 votes cast in all, good for a whopping 64% of the total vote count.
Following was behind in second place was Bucky Covington with seven votes (11%), who is the most successful eighth-place finisher to date. And this past season's Scott MacIntyre was only able to nab six votes (9%).
In the next installment of IDOL LIVE's poll of the week champion series, readers are asked which 7th-place finalist is their favorite of all eight seasons. Voting will be open for exactly one week.
A.J. Gil 0 (0%)
Rickey Smith 1 (1%)
Jon Peter Lewis 6 (9%)
Nadia Turner 0 (0%)
Bucky Covington 7 (11%)
Haley Scarnato 2 (3%)
Michael Johns 40 (64%)
Scott MacIntyre 6 (9%)
Total votes: 62
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Poll of the week: MJ doesn't hold back in champion series
Monday, September 1, 2008
Keeping up with AJ Gil
AJ Gil was one of the first Idol finalists to lose their dreams of becoming the country's next big singing sensation when he placed eighth on the show's first season back in 2002. Although this placing did not automatically set him up with a record deal, AJ was able to pursue another sector in the music industry - producing.
Per his official music MySpace page, AJ, who was born in San Diego, Calif., and hails from Mexico, is working with Hollywood, Calif.-based production team The Order, which has worked with talents like Ruben Studdard, Toni Braxton and JoJo.
Even though the majority of AJ's involvement in music is on the producer's side of the recording studio glass, he has three R&B/Hip Hop-tinged tracks up on his MySpace: the club banger"Lollypop," the Usher-like "Overtime" and the even more Usher-like "What Do You Like." A few of the tracks are available to purchase via the digital music retailer SnoCap.
AJ will next appear at King King in Los Angeles, Calif., on Thurs., Sept. 11.