Hey, Jamal Roberts, you won American Idol. What are you going to do next?
Did he record an album? Did he prepare to go on tour? Nope!
So what did he do? He went back to work as a physical education teacher. That’s right. And he explained to Jennifer Hudson on her show today why he did. He said to her, “I love the kids. That’s why I did it.”
Hudson wanted to know if he sings with his students. Not only does he do that, but he also started a gospel choir with elementary school children.
To me, there is more to being an American Idol besides singing. Being a role model is another important part. And the humble winner has that in strides.
I hope the girl dad, of three daughters, continues to find success. And it sounds like he is, because he is going on tour with Brandy and Monica. May that push his career forward, as being on the road did for Sabrina Carpenter, who opened for Taylor Swift.
Simon Cowell was a guest on The Jennifer Hudson Show today, and her team had the perfect song for him to walk through the Spirit Tunnel to. What was it? The Greatest Show from The Greatest Showman!
While he is a showman who can pick the best acts for his circus, he is like P.T. Barnum and can’t do what they do! But the Ringmaster can still enjoy getting the attention from the crowd, and he did.
He told his old friend from his American Idol days, Jennifer Hudson, “The best way of coming on a show, seriously, I have ever done in my life.” And he has done a lot of shows through the decades.
Then he asked her if he could steal the idea for America’s Got Talent. She had one requirement for that to happen. What is it? That her people do it. And with that, they shook on it.
Will they be there? We will find out during AGT’s season finale episodes tomorrow and Wednesday! It is not like they have to travel far to get there. Warner Bros is across the street from Universal Studios, where the latter goes live!
Marlon Wayans was on The Jennifer Hudson Show to promote his movie Him, and you know what that means.
That means he had to walk through the Spirit Tunnel to get to the stage. However, no one walks through it; they dance their way through it.
Wayans was no different, especially since the happy crew reworked Bobby Brown’s Every Little Step for him. Even I got my toes tapping. And it got his feet doing a lot more!
What is the Spirit Tunnel? The show’s crew stands alongside the walls as the guests walk from the green room to the stage. As they walk past the crew, they sing a song or chant to welcome them to the show. And the celebrity dances their way to Hudson.
It is an extremely positive thing that became a viral sensation for the daytime talk show. In fact, it became so popular that it might even be bigger than the host.
Therefore, now that they are coming back for season 4, they changed up the Spirit Tunnel to make it even bigger. They added pictures of past guests to the wall and added purple paint to the bottom half.
Instead of resembling most of Hollywood’s dingy offices, it appears to be part of the show, which it is. You might even say it saved it.
J-Hud is back on Monday with all new Spirit Tunnels.
Earlier this month, Kelly Clarkson’s ex-husband, Brian Blackstock, passed away from cancer at the age of 48. Even though they split in 2020, he was still the father of her two children, River and Remy.
Therefore, she needed to spend some time with her kids as they mourn the loss of their father. So, she postponed all of her August dates for her Las Vegas residency.
But that was not all. According to Deadline, she also took a break from The Voice, which is currently filming its Spring season with her, John Legend, and Adam Levine.
During her absence, fellow American Idol contestant and daytime talk show host Jennifer Hudson filled in for her. But now, Clarkson is back in the red spinning chair.
Hudson was a coach on The Voice in the UK and a mega mentor for season 26 in the States.
Clarkson is not the only Voice coach who was affected by Blackstock’s death. He was Reba McEntire’s stepson, and she helped raise him. Unlike Kelly, she did not take any time off from the singing competition, which is concurrently filming, but the Fall season.
Reba’s edition of The Voice will premiere on September 22nd, and Kelly will debut in 2026.
