Video - Jackie Evancho Takes the Stage During Americas Got Talent Finale for Nessun Dorma

Last night NBC brought to a close season 6 of their hit talent competition show “America’s Got Talent”.

This year’s winner was jazz singer and Frank Sinatra sound-alike Landau Eugene Murphy Jr., who beat out PopLyfe, Team iLuminate, and the Silhouettes to take the season’s crown.

In addition to naming this year’s winner, the finale show also included a compilation of the top four acts and guest appearances from Stevie Wonder, Patti Labelle, OneRepublic, and last summer’s “America’s Got Talent” cross-over opera sensation Jackie Evancho.

Ah Jackie…. She’s the real reason so many people tuned in.

We’re sure Landau will do just fine with his career – as will the other three runners up.

But we are biased here at InfoStar (snicker) and all we really cared about Wednesday night was watching our favorite little shining star Jackie Evancho!

Reading through all the reviews and public comments on her performance it is clear that not everyone was happy.

But we’re not here to judge – we are here to enjoy.

So for those of you who missed Jackie’s performance we present to you Jackie Evancho singing “Nessun Dorma”.



What can you say after watching that?

We love watching her giggle and jump up and down as she reacts to the crowds standing ovation.

When asked by Nick Cannon what she had been up to the last year it seemed to take her by surprise and she muttered,

“Um, well, I, um, I made a new CD called Dream With Me … and it’s out now, and I’m really excited about it, and I um …”

“You’ve done a lot,” Cannon exclaimed.

“Yes, I’ve done a lot,” she laughed.

So sweat. Such pure honesty – that’s why we love Jackie!

Here is a backstage interview with Jackie done after the show.



We are still rooting for Jackie for a Grammy nod this year and all reports are indicating album sales are still stable and consistent.

Related: Jackie Evancho already getting Grammy nods

Jackie’s current album “Dream with Me” has already gone gold and as long as sales stay as they are it should reach platinum status soon.

Related: Jackie Evancho “Dream with Me” goes gold

You can also look forward to a new line of Jackie Evancho dolls and various other toys and gadgets to be released later this year.

Related: New Jackie Evancho doll and toy line ready for launch

We’re not sure we like the whole toy and merchandise idea but realize it is a natural part of any new celebrity artist and will be an important revenue stream for Jackie and her family.

We love you Jackie and wish you the best in whatever you decide to do with your talents. Don’t let them change you or try and turn you into somebody you don’t want to be.

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Jackie Evancho Confirms She is Releasing a Christmas Album!

Good news for fans of our favorite little crossover singer Jackie Evancho!

Jackie confirmed today that she will be releasing a Christmas Album this December.

This won’t be the first Holiday album for Evancho either.

Last year she released “O Holy Night” and sold 240,000 units within the first ten days and it later went on to become her first platinum selling CD-DVD.

Details are thin but we do know she will be working with producer Rob Mounsey who has also produced some of her stage shows.

Watch Jackie Evancho Sing “O Holy Night”


Jackie took to her Facebook page today to announce,

“Yes the rumors are true. I am releasing a Christmas cd this year. So excited for you to hear it and I hope that you are liking my Dream with Me cd :)”

And yes, we ARE enjoying your “Dream with Me CD”. The album has already gone gold and will soon be verified as platinum.

Related: Jackie Evancho’s “Dream With Me” Goes Gold!

Jackie is also getting Grammy nods and is expected to perform at this year’s ceremonies and hopefully take home an award.

The rules for the competition have changed this year and there seems to be some confusion as to what category Jackie would fall into.

Related: Jackie Evancho already getting Grammy nods

Jackie is also scheduled to perform "Nessun Dorma" live during the September 14th finale of “Americas Got Talent”.

This performance has been confirmed on her official website.

Keep on doing what you do Jackie because the World loves you.

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Video - Christine O'Donnell Walks Off Piers Morgan’s Terrible CNN Show

Poor Piers Morgan.

People hate him on America’s Got Talent and apparently people hate him on his CNN talk show as well.

Last night, Piers had Christine O’Donnell on his show and it was a disaster.

First, Morgan started the segment with a taped playback of O’Donnell’s now infamous MTV show where she talked about sex and masturbation.

It was indeed quite an embarrassing way to start the segment and you could tell O’Donnell was clearly uncomfortable from the first moment.

Second, Morgan could not seem to talk about anything else except her masturbation comments, views on abortion, views on same sex marriage, etc.

Instead of talking about current issues Piers seemed to be stuck in the past until O’Donnell had enough and walked off.

The condescending smugness in his voice almost made me sick – I really hate this guy.

Watch Christine O'Donnell Walk Off on Piers Morgan


It seems Piers is having a hard time of things these days.

He is now caught up in the News of The World phone hacking scandal, his CNN show has the lowest ratings of any CNN show ever, and people hate him as a judge on America’s Got Talent.

Related: Do Piers Morgan and Howie Mandel really hate each other? – Video

Poor Piers Morgan – everybody hates him.

We do - and think he is smug and pretentious.

What about you? Surely you agree.

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Dani Shay Sings “Babylon” Live on AGT - Judges Mixed

Orlando singer and Justin Bieber look-a-like Dani Shay performed tonight live for the first time on America’s Got Talent.

After letting her nerves get the best of her during her audition and forgetting the words to her own song, tonight she sang live for the first time saying,

“I’m feeling extremely excited. It feels surreal. I got a guitar when I was 16 and it was my way of putting everything aside that was happening to me. It was just a way for me to connect. Now I get to perform in front of millions of people live.”

Related: Meet Dani Shay – No, it was not Justin Bieber on AGT - Video

Dani sang “Babylon” by David Grayand, and started while sitting on a couch in a living room type set that was subdued and appealing. There were pictures on the tables of her real family and an old shag carpet on the floor.

It was a nice touch.

We thought at times she sounded a bit like Alanis Morissette, not that there’s anything wrong with that, but her performance could have been stronger.

There were a few moments when things sounded a bit flat but overall we thought she nailed it.

The reactions from the AGT judges were mixed.

Sharon Osbourne loved her performance saying,

“Amazing. I love your purity. You sing with your heart.”

Howie Mandel said his only concern was her song choices. He felt she really wanted to say something with her music and her song choices showed that. He felt she needed to pick more popular songs that the young people would like”.

Piers Morgan said Shay looked more like a performer than she ever had. He felt a few of her notes were a bit off key and the performance was not perfect.

But we all hate Piers and don’t listen to anything he says, right?

Related: Singer Dani Shay going to Hollywood on AGT - Video

So the judges liked Dani’s performance overall but criticized her for her song choices agreeing she may have to pick more popular songs that more people can connect with.

Okay, we think Dani will probably get voted through because she has become a viewer and fan favorite.

If the hits to this blog for anything “Dani Shay” are any indication, there are a lot of people who want to know more about her.

And she wants you to know more about her.

In fact, Dani has just released a new video talking about her life, her music, and how she sees herself fitting into the world.

Related: Dani Shay Releases New Video of Her Personal Journey Through Life and Music

Come on America, you know what you need to do now.

All you have to do is pick up the phone and call in your vote for Dani and there is no doubt we will see her again.

Dani – take the judges advice and pick a more popular song for next week. Pick something bizarre but emotional - think outside of the box.

Remember, these judges want you to be a million dollar act so you may have to pick a million dollar song even if you don’t want to.

This is your chance. Take it.

And Piers Morgan – you are the biggest douchebag in the world. You are a jerk and really distract from the show. Producers need to take a hard look, and listen to the booing audience, and decide if they really want this jerk on their show.

We don’t. America doesn’t. And we wish there was a number we could call to vote his a## off the show.

We hate you Piers Morgan.

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Dani Shay Going to Hollywood Round on America’s Got Talent - Video

Congratulations to Dani Shay!

Dani is the 22-year-old Justin Bieber look-a-like that comes from Orlando Florida and impressed the AGT judges in Houston.

Last month Dani wowed the America’s Got Talent judges during auditions by joking about how she looks like Justin Bieber, and belting out her own rendition of his pop tune “Baby” – it was classic!

Related: Was that Justin Bieber on AGT? – Video

But during last night’s callback auditions Dani almost blew it.

After starting her latest audition with an original song “Super Hero’s”, Piers warned her that singing original music was a terrible mistake and may cost her in the end.

Indeed it was a mistake.

After stumbling threw a few bars, Shay’s nerves got the best of her and she choked and had to stop the song, at one point looking like she was getting ready to pass out.

But the judges saw something they liked in the singer and they gave her another chance later in the show.

After sending her backstage, Dani quickly learned “Trouble” by Ray LaMontagne and got another chance in front of the judges.

And it paid off.

While the show only seemed to play a portion of her audition the bottom line results were positive and Dani Shay is going to Hollywood and will be part of the live shows!

And we have to agree about her decision to play an original song. We found her tune “Super Hero’s” on her YouTube channel and are glad she decided to go with a more recognizable song.

Not that there’s anything wrong with that…….

Watch Dani Shay Sing Super Hero


But this whole issue does bring up a potential problem for Shay.

If Dani doesn’t know a lot of good cover songs she may have trouble going the distance and winning the grand prize.

Let’s hope she’s a fast learner.

InfoStar is rooting for you Dani!

And at least she takes the attention away from the feuding Howie and Piers.

Related: Is AGT turning into the new Gong Show?

Seriously, do Howie Mandel and Piers Morgan really hate each other that much? Dial it back guys – it’s about the contestants, not you judges.

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