The Vonzell Project

By now, I'm sure you know that I love me some Vonzell Solomon. It may have been over six years since she was on American Idol, but unfortunately, we still haven't gotten an album, let alone an EP, from the talented songstress. Come January 24th, all that is set to change with the release of her debut EP--but Vonzell needs our support! She'll tell you the rest & when she does, you just might find this HERE link worth taking a look at.

Vonzell Solomon Covers Aretha Franklin

Not only does Vonzell Solomon cover "Respect" in the video above... but so does Boonquisha! Vonzell also does a fantastic cover of "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" below. If you like what you've been hearing from Vonzell, head on over to her Twitter @VonzellSolomon or her YouTube channel & give her your requests!

Vonzell Solomon Covers Etta James & Mary Mary

If you're in need of your vocal, or just general, life, look no further because Vonzell Solomon more than delivers with her latest covers of Etta James' "At Last" (above) & Mary Mary's "I'm Running" (below)!

Vonzell Solomon Covers Beyonce & Jessie J

The best voice in the world, I mean, Vonzell Solomon has posted new videos of herself covering Beyonce's "Best Thing I Never Had" (above) & Jessie J's "Casualty Of Love" (below). Naturally, she killed it on both. The Beyonce cover gave me everything though!

Vonzell Solomon Joins "Burn The Floor" National Tour

Vonzell Solomon has signed on to be the female vocalist for the national tour of "Burn The Floor", "Broadway's Latin & Ballroom dance spectacular," beginning October 12th in San Diego. To find out more about the show, which features multiple So You Think You Can Dance alumni, & to see a full list of tour dates, click HERE. This is a very exciting opportunity for Vonzell & I can't wait to see the "dazzling" (The New York Times) dancing set to her incredible voice!

Love Vonzell's voice? In the New York area? Check our girl out in the play "He Who Findeth A Good Wife, Findeth A Good Thing" on October 22nd & 23rd!

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Vonzell Solomon "The BabyV Show" August 19th

Vonzell Solomon "The BabyV Show" August 5th

Vonzell Solomon "The BabyV Show" July 29th

Vonzell Solomon "The BabyV Show" July 22nd

Vonzell Solomon "The BabyV Show" I'm Baaaaack

While I Was Away... (2/3)

• Mariah Carey "Lollipop Bling" Ad

• Kelis Performs In London
• Usher Performs "OMG" On So You Think You Can Dance
• Sarah McLachlan Performs "Forgiveness" On Sirius XM Artist Confidential

• Janelle Monae ft. B.o.B & Lupe Fiasco "Tightrope (Wondamix)" Video Trailer (Listen HERE)
• Justin Bieber ft. Usher "Somebody To Love (Remix)" Video Premiere
• Billboard Update:

^#1 Album #1 Single^

The latest Glee soundtrack Journey To Regionals tops this week's Billboard 200 album chart, where Christina Aguilera debuts @ #3 with Bionic following first-week sales of 111,000 copies. Katy Perry & Snoop Dogg's "California Gurls" continues its reign atop the Hot 100 singles chart this week, while Christina Aguilera debuts @ #66 with "Bionic" & re-enters @ #73 & #99 with "Not Myself Tonight" & the Nicki Minaj-assisted "Woohoo", respectively. In addition, OneRepublic's "Secrets" debuts @ #98. (Photo Credit: Wikipedia)

• Vonzell Solomon "The BabyV Show" June 17th
• Adam Lambert Performs On MTV UK Live Sessions
• New Cassie "Op" Ads (HERE, HERE, & HERE)
• Pink Performs At Isle Of Wight Festival

Vonzell Solomon "The BabyV Show" Chocolate & Vanilla

Vonzell Solomon "The BabyV Show" June 3rd

American Idol Finale Performance Highlights

Christina Aguilera "You Lost Me"



Janet Jackson & Finalists - Medley



Idols Tribute Simon Cowell

Carrie Underwood "Undo It"
Kris Allen "The Truth"
Christina Aguilera & Top 6 Girls - Medley
Paula Abdul Roasts Simon Cowell
General Larry Platt & William Hung "Pants On The Ground"

Christina Aguilera & tributes to Simon made the finale of American Idol this year's best episode, sad as it may be. Christina rocked the house with one of my favorite songs off her new album, reminding America what singing actually sounds like in the process. While I enjoyed Janet Jackson's performance (& I hate to be a party pooper)... 1) I wish she hadn't lipsynched "Nothing", 2) she could've actually danced during "Nasty", & 3) her hair looked better when it wasn't stuck to her head. Now that I have that off my chest, I'm fully aware that Janet simply being on that stage is more entertaining that anything any contestant did this season. And Siobhan, don't try to sing "Again". The Simon tribute was cool, as all the previous winners (except David Cook) & several other former finalists shared the stage together. Kelly, Fantasia, & Jordin sure did their thing too! As for Old Yeller 2.0 winning... I don't reeeally care, but considering he's a poor man's David Cook, it would've been a decent change of pace to have a girl win. I mean, I was so used to hearing such awful singing that when Crystal sang with Alanis, it actually sounded OK..! (Heck, I thought Katie & even Michael almost sounded talented during the finale.) Mainly, I just wish people would realize how pathetic & detrimental to the show it is that they vote for the winner like it's a popularity contest rather than a singing competition. If you continue to change your minds about who should win in the last few weeks of the competition & instead of picking the contestant who deserves it, you pick the one whose personality you like best, the winners are going to continue painting a bad picture of the show by not selling anything & it will spell the end of Idol. I guess it doesn't matter much though, since this show has apparently lost its ability to find people who can actually sing anyway. But speaking of people who can actually sing, check out Vonzell singing part of her single "Dirt Bag" on this week's episode of The BabyV Show:

Idol Review: Top 3

By now, you know I'm appalled by this season of American Idol, but this week especially... wow. In particular, I'm talking about Old Yeller 2.0's final performance. It would be a compliment to even say that he sounded just like the original--& although it was incredibly inappropriate for him to be accompanied by a black choir, if only for the sake of a fabricated "moment," I'm willing to forgive even that--but what absolutely kills me is that he performed JASON CASTRO's "Hallelujah" & they acted like he did a brilliant job! Only idiots perform songs that previous contestants have had "moments" with (Yes, I'm looking at you, Aaron Kelly & Tim Urban...) & the best they can hope for is mediocrity, which just proves that if Simon Cowell himself has to stoop to this level to create a "moment" that would never have happened organically, this show has undeniably lost it. Not that his other performance wasn't awful... or Casey's... or either of Crystal's terrible or tone-deaf (respectively) performances. But, hey, at least the producers got the finale they wanted (Bye Casey!)... that is, the worst finale ever, which fits in just grand with the rest of this pathetic season! Get excited though because on this week's episode of The BabyV Show, Boonquisha plays a snippet of a new Vonzell song called "Moma's Boy":

Idol Review: Top 4

Fantasia "Bittersweet"



Daughtry "September"
Ah, just to think how exciting Idol normally is at this stage... *sigh* at least there were finally some decent performances on results night again this week! You show 'em what sangin' sounds like, 'Tasia!! (Daughtry sounded good, even if the song sounds like all their other ones lol.) I guess I'll get into Tuesday night's mess... Old Yeller 2.0 was awful & had no business doing that song. Michael was a fool for thinking he could take on the song J-Hud sang at MJ's funeral. Crystal & Lee took what Kris made so beautiful & turned it into a complete joke. Casey made one of the worst song choices I can remember anyone ever making. Crystal squawked something. Casey & Michael made for one heck of an odd (talentless) couple. Michael finally went where America sent him five weeks ago. Aaand Casey is in the top three ROFLMFAO!!! Now, onto someone who was actually worthy of making the top three when she did... the latest episode of The BabyV Show:

Idol Review: Top 5

Another lame week, as I find it hilarious (yet painful) that they choose this bunch for a Frank Sinatra theme, one that is COMPLETELY out of their element. Hilarious, yet painful perfectly sums up watching Casey perform without his guitar this week. Crystal keeps screwing up so badly that even her biggest fans the judges don't like her, paving the way for the awful Old Yeller 2.0 to win... 3 years in a row, people? Really?! Michael may be the only one who has a smooth enough voice to sing this kind of music, but that certainly doesn't mean he was any good. As for Aaron leaving, I would be more excited if Casey hadn't been so unbelievably deserving of having to pack his bags this week... oh, who am I kidding, I'm ecstatic! Now, here's Vonzell to remind all of y'all what singing's supposed to sound like on this week's The BabyV Show:

Idol Review: Top 6

It was basically country week on the show this week, but even though there were more guest performances on the results show than I can ever remember there being, the mentor & only person I would've cared to hear sing (Shania Twain), for whatever reason, didn't. Instead, Old Yeller 2.0 (was awful... &) chose to ruin one of her nicest songs--as did Michael, for that matter. Casey was praised by the judges & still ended up in the bottom two... -_- , while Crystal finally got an itty bitty bit of the judges' disapproval that she so deserves. Aaron... I'm running out of energy... welp, I don't care. But here's something that got me excited: Siobhan is gone! Weee!! Now, check out Boonquisha on The BabyV Show:

Idol Review: Top 7

Mary J. Blige "Stairway To Heaven"



Alicia Keys - Medley



The Black-Eyed Peas "Rock That Body"



Carrie Underwood "Change"
So, Idol Gives Back had its moments. My favorite was Mary J. Blige's performance with her all-star band (Travis Barker, Randy Jackson, Ron Fair, Steve Vai, Orianthi...). It's really cool that they got them all together to perform this, especially on American Idol & for charity. The week's mentor Alicia Keys performed "Un-thinkable (I'm Ready)" & a pitchy "Empire State Of Mind (Part 2) Broken Down". I wish she had just done her new single. Also there were The Black-Eyed Peas, who were their typical selves, & Carrie Underwood, who reminded us of the days when talent actually came from this show.

On Tuesday night, the only thing the contestants inspired me to do was bang my head against a wall. Casey continued to treat the competition like his first audition & the judges FINALLY started to catch on. Old Yeller 2.0 was awful & Aaron embarassed the crap out of himself, as he does best. Siobhan deserved a whoopin', Michael was pathetic, & Crystal was dumb! Tim, being the only contestant the show would've sent home this week anyway, especially deserved his ticket home this week for disrespecting that song the way he did. Overall, the show made me wanna cry.

Below, you will see this week's episode of The BabyV Show. I recommend that you watch. ;)

Idol Review: Top 9 (Pt. 2)

Adam Lambert "Whataya Want From Me"



Elliott Yamin & Kara DioGuardi Visit Africa
To cap off a week of trying to help this sad, sad group with their stage presence (& failing... but don't worry, Adam--it's not your fault! Ya gotta work with what ya got!) as mentor, trusty ol' Adam Lambert gave a stellar performance of his stale current single. He was easily the week's highlight... but--imagine--what if that performance had been of "Aftermath"?! (Or "Broken Open"... or "Sleepwalker"... or "Soaked"... or anything something else!) Anyway, also putting in an appearance, more or less, during the results show, Elliott made a return trip to Africa to kick off this year's Idol Gives Back, which occurs next week. Throughout his segment, they played his James Fauntleroy-penned Fight For Love bonus track "Doorway", which is my JAM! Onto the contestants though... Crystal was her typical BowersUx self, Tim was his typical snoozy self, Old Yeller 2.0 was his typical awful self, Aaron actually managed to embarass himself more than usual, Siobhan was her typical talentless self, Michael was his typical snoozy self (They're so boring, my mind isn't even bothered to come up with different adjectives!), & Casey was his typical headache-inducing self. It was definitely Andrew's time to go, while I actually thought Katie was halfway decent for once... oh well. On to The BabyV Show(!):