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Metal rocker and fourth place contestant on American Idol, James Durbin took the stage for last night’s finale with Judas Priest!

The rocker belted out two Priest classics, Living After Midnight and Breaking The Law. WATCH:

He really rocked the stage! Good for him. He said that he’s on a mission to bring heavy metal back to the younger audiences. We here at Earsucker headquarters, are right behind him as he accomplishes this goal.

We hope he comes out with an awesome heavy metal debut album and outsells all of them ala Chris Daughtry!

Who do you think will do better on the charts? James Durbin or Pia Toscano? We have to ask!

What did you think of the show last night? Too long? Were you surprised at all by the results??? Sound off in the comments!

It looks like James Durbin’s shocking American Idol elimination has an upside! Now that the singer has been voted off of the popular singing competition, he has time to plan his wedding!

He too, was caught off guard by the elimination episode last Thursday, but says that he was reassured by his girlfriend Heidi. He said, “She said she loves me to death and it’s all that really matters. Looking back, I auditioned because we couldn’t afford diapers – and I don’t think I have to worry about affording diapers now.”

He went on to reveal that he started dating Heidi, and that she changed him for the better. He said, “I was 19 with no car, no money, no license, no diploma. I was as low as you could get. I met her and everything changed and I wanted to be a better person.”

Looking to the future, James says that he is stoked to appear on the Idol summer tour and hopes to begin working on his debut album soon. Still, he has bigger plans before making all of that happen — he wants to get married!

He said, “Stefano will be my best man. Paul will be a groomsman.”

Are you excited for James to start the next chapter in his life? You don’t always have to win the show to make it big! Let us know your thoughts!

Twenty-two year old American Idol castoff James Durbin has covered a lot of songs during this season of the show. He made it to fourth place in the singing competition, and says that he still feels like he’s accomplished a lot on the show.

In Thursday’s shocking elimination, James was sent home, in lieu of Lauren Alania or Haley Reinhart, which some thought would be eliminated before him. James was the rocker, the Chris Daughtry and Adam Lambert of the tenth season.

In a recent interview, he talked about the elimination, Chris Daughtry and how he doesn’t feel he has failed. (continue reading…)

Despite being eliminated from American Idol on last Thursday’s show, James Durbin was welcomed into his hometown of Santa Cruz, California.

The singer announced on his Twitter that he is close to signing a record contract with someone based in Los Angeles. His wife Heidi commented to the media that he was ready to sign a deal.

After his shocking elimination from the show, he was welcomed back to Santa Cruz. He gave a homecoming concert on Saturday and performed Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow, While My Guitar Gently Weeps and Don’t Stop Believing.

Check out the video, below:

What was your favorite performance by James? Let us know in the comments!

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Pop singer Lady Gaga has unveiled her new single cover for Hair.

Along with adding the above photo to her Facebook wall, she said, “Radio 1 show was killer! The Born This Way Itunes Countdown will release my song HAIR 2moro 1pm PST.”

The album, Born This Way, is set for release on May 23rd. So far, she has debuted the title track, along with Judas and The Edge Of Glory.

Recently, the singer broke up with her boyfriend, Luc Carl. She told Graham Norton in an interview that she does not have a boyfriend and hasn’t been dating.

American Idol castoff James Durbin also talked about Gaga’s mentoring during her coaching time on the show. During the show, she got behind him and made him move his hips like Elvis Presley, but he later revealed that he didn’t like it.

He said, “It was unexpected and very uncomfortable. To sum it up in one word: awkward!”

I thought it was funny. Did you watch? Are you excited for the release of her new song? I can’t wait for the album to be released already!

Tears ran down the face of James Durbin as he made his American Idol exit performance of Paul McCartney’s song, Maybe I’m Amazed. Ryan Seacrest announced that Lauren Alania was safe first last night, leaving all of the viewers thinking that Haley Reinhart to be eliminated.

We were under the impression that James would be safe, considering that he has a whole lot of talent. Most of our audience polled came to the conclusion that Haley should’ve left last night due to her attitude. So when she was announced as the second person safe, all bets were off.

Then, as the night progressed, we had to ponder who exactly could be sent home out of the guys. Both James and Scotty McCreery gave pretty excellent performances last night, so we had to think that the rumors of “no one” being eliminated were true.

We covered the show live last night, check out our FULL RECAP here.

Check out the elimination video, below:

When it was announced that Scotty McCreery was going to be part of the top three in the singing competition, a collective shock swept across the nation. He performed well and cried during his final song.

What did you think of the results??? Let us know your thoughts in the comments!

American Idol is heating up! We’re down to the top four in the singing competition — and it’s anyone’s guess who’s going to sent home tonight! In case you missed last night’s performances, check out our recap right here!

The competition has been narrowed down to Haley Reinhart, James Durbin, Scotty McCreery and Lauren Alania. James really wow’ed the judges last night, with them laying most of the night’s criticism on Haley.

Next week, the Idol hopefuls will be taking camera crews to their hometowns for their Hometown Heroes segment. Will we be left with three contestants? According to our poll, most of our votes say that Haley will be sent home.

Enrique Iglesias and Jordin Sparks are there, along with a performance by Lady Gaga!

James and Scotty are performing Brad Paisley’s song, Start A Band, on the show now. They’re doing a pretty good job, for a country song.

Stay tuned for the latest updates as we recap the show live! (continue reading…)

James Durbin is versatile, there’s no doubt about that. On American Idol last night, he started off with Journey’s song, Don’t Stop Believin’, much to the judge’s delight.

Randy said that he covered one of the songs from the greatest rock band ever. The judges seemed very pleased with the song choice and touted James’ singing abilities. As a big Journey fan, I wasn’t that impressed with his version of the song. However, it proved that he can change it up with the best of them.

As far as the songs from the Leiber & Stoller songbook, he gave a different take on Love Potion No. 9. While Lady Gaga mentored the budding singer, she got up behind him and made him shake his hips. During his performance, he brought the song alive with his rock version. We saw a twinkle of Adam Lambert in his performance, which was surprisingly nice.

Jennifer commented that the song just proved that he really can just sing anything. Steven and Randy ate up the performance, and the crowd loved it.

Does James Durbin have the chops and versatility to become the next winner of American Idol? Let us know your thoughts in the comments!

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It’s down to the final four on American Idol, and while we admit that we haven’t been watching up until now, it’s getting down to the wire!

For the first round, the contestants are covering songs that are inspirational. For their second songs, the contestants are covering songs from the Lieber & Stoller Songbook. Tonight’s mentor is Lady Gaga!

James Durbin started off tonight’s competition with his version of Journey’s famous song, Don’t Stop Believin’. In my honest opinion, he should not have chosen this song, it was truly awful. Steve Perry you are NOT!

Steven Tyler said it was “nice goin’”. Jennifer Lopez said it was “amazing” and a really great job. Randy Jackson commented that he paid homage to his friends, who are the greatest rock bands ever.

Stay tuned as we cover the show, live! Watch this space for updates! (continue reading…)