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The Voice's Season 3 Top three finalists from left Nicholas David (3rd), Cassadee Pope (winner) and Terry McDermott (2nd) - Wet Paint photo

CASSADEE POPE WINS THE VOICE

Can Christina Aguilera WALK THE WALK after TALKING THE TALK? - (Nick Stepowyj photo)

CAN CHRISTINA AGUILERA WALK THE TALK?

The talented Trevin Hunte was voted off The Voice but now the question is will Christina Aguilera take him on tour with her and show him the ropes? - (NBC photo)

Major underdogs the TV show Fabulous Beekman Boys stars Josh Kilmer-Purcell and Brent Ridge walked away with the Amazing Race title and the million dollar 1st prize - (CBS photo)

George Harrison was the mysterious Beatle. The documentary about his life Living In The Material World reveals to many his not so secret life - (HBO poster)

TV - Video Beat - 2012

TV - VIDEO BEAT EXTRA Part 2 - CASSADEE POPE WINS THE VOICE TITLE - December, 2012
YOUTH WINS TITLE - Pope has extensive experience touring with bands and that helped her in the competition as her poise and flexibility in adhering to coach Blake Shelton's advice to sing some country songs. It was the country songs that put her over the top - Recommended TV Listings

TV - VIDEO BEAT EXTRA Part 1 - Will The Voice's CHRISTINA AGUILERA WALK THE WALK after TALKING THE TALK? - December, 2012
ARE PROMISES MADE TO BE BROKEN? - December is the time shows come to a close as the New Year begins with new programming. The Voice will decide who their winner is and the Amazing Race has decided theirs in a shocking way. IT'S ON!!! - The Beatles George Harrison documentary Living in the Material World has been airing and is a must see and video library keeper - Inside Job on HBO is a revealing documentary regarding those responsible for the world's economic collapse and many suicides - Air Asia founder Tony Fernandes will host The Apprentice Asia - IRRESPONSIBLE RADIO - Recommended TV Listings

TV - VIDEO BEAT Part 2 - AMAZING RACE FINAL GOOD VERSES EVIL- December, 2012
WILL BAD KARMA BE SERVED? - The strange events that permitted the thieving twins to remain in the AMAZING RACE FINAL when they finished last in the previous episode is they are the loudest and most despised team in the race. Had they been eliminated the finals two hour episode would be a ratings bore and considered bad television - THE VOICE'S CHRISTINA AGUILERA is in the HUNTE... Kevin that is! - Recommended TV Listings

TV - VIDEO BEAT Part 1 - AMAZING RACE LOST THE PLOT - THE VOICE IS CHOICE - December, 2012
THE VIEWERS CHOICE - When it comes to establishing low standards the Amazing Race 21 wins the trophy. THIEVING TWINS REMAIN IN RACE - The Voice is 10 times better than previous seasons with better talent, look and production quality. Our Top 3 VOICE CHOICES & WHY - Scam City & Locked Up Abroad on viewers menu - Recommended TV Listings

TV & Travel Tips - VIDEO BEAT SPECIAL Part 2 - AMAZING RACE - SCAM CITY - REVEAL TAXI THEFTS & SCAMS - November, 2012
BEWARE OF TAXI's - What has emerged over the past few weeks on the Amazing Race is mind-boggling. Two contestants named the ROCKERS due to their long hair and backgrounds in the music business became the third victim in the race's history to have their possessions and passports stolen by a taxi driver as well as their money taken by fellow Amazing Race contestants - Recommended TV Listings

TV - OPINION - IS CNN THE ISRAELI NETWORK? - November, 2012
CNN OVERDOSES THE PUBLIC ON ISRAELI NEWS - Women and children are being slaughtered in Gaza from Israeli air attack bombings. CNN presents the Israeli perspective that they are protecting their country. They omit the part that they invaded and murdered Palestinians in 1948 to occupy that region - CNN needs to send their reporters and opinion makers to reeducation camp to learn the truth so they can tell the truth - Recommended TV Listings

TV & Travel Tips - VIDEO BEAT SPECIAL Part 1 - SCAM CITY REVEALS TOURIST SCAMS - November, 2012
SCAM CITY GETS CLOSE TO THE BONE - Scam City is a TV program where television meets the real world of scams that a tourist should be aware of when traveling. Host Conor Woodman walks on the wild side and sometimes puts his life in danger. In Prague he was slapped around by a huge bully gangster and had to pay $300 to get out of the backroom of a club a prostitute led him to. The gangster informed Woodmen that he pays money to leave or he will die. Woodman PAID... - Recommended TV Listings

TV - VIDEO BEAT Part 1 - AMERICA'S CHOICE - Support Israel 4 More WAR OR... - November, 2012
REPUBLICAN'S LOVE WAR & MONEY - After the Jewish invaders on Palestinian land it became Israel who was defended by the American government and their support continues. Who is in the right and who is in the wrong? In what world is invading another country, raping and murdering its women and children right and then claimed to be right in the name of democracy? - Recommended TV Listings

TV - VIDEO BEAT EXTRA Part 5 - ROMNEY, RYAN & McCAIN PREACH MORE WAR - October, 2012
WALL STREET & REPUBLICAN'S LOVE WAR - It Creates Jobs - As filmmaker Oliver Stone told the University of Cambodia students that when he enlisted in the US military the selling point was to fight communism but now its terrorists. He admitted that he bought into the kill the commies sell until he was in Vietnam and witnessed what was really going on and changed his mind - Recommended TV Listings

TV - VIDEO BEAT EXTRA Part 4 - CNN'S BIASED REPORTING of the PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES - October, 2012
CNN'S ISRAELI - JEW POINT OF VIEW - The Network is overdosed with Jewish staff with pro Israeli leanings. Wolf Blitzer is their super Jew who has a strong background working for companies in Israel. Is this the United States of America or the United States of Israel? Is this election for and about Americans or for and about the best interests of Israel? - Mitt Romey's Sensata outsourcing SECRET - Recommended TV Listings

TV - VIDEO BEAT EXTRA Part 3 - TEAM OBAMA REBOUNDS IN PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE - October, 2012
OBAMA & BIDEN BREAK ROMNEY'S FULL COURT PRESS - The republican's position of increasing the defense budget equates to more Americans war via influence or participation by using Americans soldiers resulting in more Americans deaths. The subject became more transparent during the Vice Presidential debate when Republican candidate Paul Ryan said that a reduction of the defense budget and spending shows WEAKNESS. That prompted US VP Joe Biden to reply, "The last thing America needs is another WAR." - Recommended TV Listings

TV - VIDEO BEAT EXTRA Part 2 - ROMNEY JOINS CNN IN SUPPORTING ISRAEL - October, 2012
MONEY & WAR - THE ROOT TO ALL EVIL? - CNN'S Wolf Blitzer got straight to the point at the beginning of his show Tuesday when interviewing Republican Presidential candidate Mitt Romney regarding his support of Israel. Romney said that if he becomes president that Israel will be the first country he will visit - Recommended TV Listings

TV - VIDEO BEAT EXTRA Part 1 - DID MITT ROMNEY SLAM DUNK OVER BARACK OBAMA? - October, 2012
US PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE RESULTS DEBATED - News organizations around the world differed in their opinion over who won the Barack Obama, Mitt Romney presidential debate. CNN continued their biased agenda in stating that Romney won. RT News in Russia felt that Obama didn't lose and Romney lied and told half truths as well as failing to provide substance to support his plans for changes - Former CNN correspondent slams network for taking money from dictators to create infomercials that paint the dictators in a positive light- Recommended TV Listings

TV - VIDEO BEAT - American Idol, X Factor & The Voice are Judging their Judges - October, 2012
The NEW AMAZING RACE IS ON!!! - Once the only game in town American Idol is now playing catch-up with rival shows A Factor and The Voice in trying to hiring judges that will attract viewers and build their ratings and appeal to a young audience - CNN's PIERS MORGAN STRIKES AGAIN - CHECK IT OUT - Recommended TV Listings

TV - VIDEO BEAT MAX Part 1 - AMERICAN IDOL'S LIVE! Tour 2012 IS OVER - September , 2012
THE GAME IS ON - Now its time to cut the fat from the lamb and see which contestants gained enough confidence and experience from the tour to pursue a professional career. Last season six of the Top 10 was signed to management contracts by 19 Entertainment which was founded by Idols creator Simon Fuller - Recommended TV Listings

TV - VIDEO BEAT MAX Part 2 - CNN's MURDERING JEW POINT OF VIEW - September , 2012
INSTIGATING with TERROR REPORTS - CNN reports with more of an agenda than reporting real news. They have a narrow focus with an apparent scheme to support Israel and defile Arabian nations. This is accomplished by reporting biased stories trying to instill fear to the general public - Recommended TV Listings

TV - VIDEO BEAT EXTRA EXTRA - CNN's PIERS MORGAN TOPS THE NEWS MAGGOTS AGAIN - September , 2012
THE MAGGOT FACTOR - When it comes to news there is the real news, agendas and propaganda. This week once again American and British news organizations showed their spots by selectively airing or avoid televising certain news information. Piers Morgan tops the list with another sleazy presentation in attacking US president Barack Obama and Iran president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. CNN and the BBC failed to air Julian Assange addressing the UN via a live video transmission but RT News DID - The new season 21 of Amazing Race is about to begin - Recommended TV Listings

TV - VIDEO BEAT EXTRA - IT'S AMERICAN IDOL TIME 4 NEW JUDGES - September , 2012
AMERICAN IDOL CONTINUE TO MAKE QUESTIONABLE DECISIONS - In a questionable move the powers that be chose the quirky Hip hop, R&B, pop off beat 29 year old singer Nicki MInaj and country singer Keith Urban 44 who will turn 45 October 26th prior to the new airing of the show in January. Off the top it seems that this is a quick fix to a cancerous problem�. regarding the Idol powers that be getting it right in making good decisions. For what it's worth new American Idol judge Keith Urban seems down to earth - Recommended TV Listings

TV - VIDEO BEAT - AMERICA'S INSIDE JOB - GLEE PROJECT - Q'VIVA! - September 2012
AMERICA'S INSIDE JOB RIP OFF POLITICAL CIRCUS - With the US engaged with their mud slinging presidential race we cut to the chase and delve into the underlying reasons why Obama was set up to fail from the beginning of his term. The reasons why are depicted in the film documentary INSIDE JOB - Glee Project Goes the Extra Mile - Q'UE VIVA! has some good news - Recommended TV Listings

TV - VIDEO BEAT EXTRA EXTRA - WHAT'S UP with GLEE, JENNIFER LOPEZ & AMERICAN IDOL? - August, 2012
AMERICAN IDOL'S CHAOS IN MOTION adds GLEE - Now that American Idol is digesting its thoughts in choosing another judge or two Glee is moving onward and upward. Word has it that Jessica Sanchez is in talks regarding joining the show - Charice perplexed about not being on Glee - What's behind Glee's Santana? - J. Lo & Marc Anthony's Q'Viva! is off the mark and the tension between them shows - Recommended TV Listings

TV - VIDEO BEAT EXTRA - THE GLEE PROJECT 2 is GREATLY IMPROVED- August, 2012
IT'S ON!!! - GLEE PROJECT 2 is in PROGRESS IN ASIA - The show received criticism of their using able bodied actors to play the role of a physically challenged cast member. Glee Project changed all that with real physically challenged talented contestants - CNN's PIERS MORGAN continues to be ABUSIVE - CNN fails to cover real stories in the humanitarian and pedophile atrocities taking place in Cambodia - RT NEWS with different VIEWS - Recommended TV Listings

TV - VIDEO BEAT - AMERICAN IDOL'S Apparent SCAM Hurts Jessica Sanchez's CAREER - August, 2012
AMERICAN IDOL CLEAN UP YOUR ACT - This past season American Idol disbanded the guest mentors and in house vocal instructors. That was OK but having only Jimmy Iovine as in house mentor was a bad decision. He has a vested interest in who wins by signing them to his record label - THE GLEE PROJECT 2 IS ON!!! - THE NEW LOCKED UP ABROAD - Recommended TV Listings

TV - VIDEO BEAT EXTRA Part 2 - AMERICAN IDOL'S ABORTION - July 2012
MARIAH CAREY 2-B JUDGE is a GOOD CHOICE - Mariah Carey replacing Jennifer Lopez is a blessing in disguise unless she starts doing a Lopez and starts rooting for a specific contestant and blurt out I WANT YOU TO WIN - Has Idol's judge for 11 seasons Randy Jackson past his sell by date?. - Recommended TV Listings

TV - VIDEO BEAT EXTRA Part 1 - AMERICAN IDOL'S ABORTION - July 2012
THE BIAS JUDGING HAD TO GO - In their first season together it started out with good chemistry. They all seemed to get along and the chemistry and respect for each other worked. As time went by Jackson asserted himself into Cowell's lead role and started calling out the names of the judge next to critique i.e. what about you Jennifer or Steven. By the second half of this past season (their second together) you could see the disenchanted look on Tyler's face particularly following one of Jackson's long critiques and self promotions. - - Recommended TV Listings

TV - VIDEO BEAT - CNN's PIERS MORGAN STRADDLED THE ETHICS LINE with his ROBERT BLAKE INTERVIEW - July 2012
PIERS MORGAN'S EXPLOITATION OF ACTOR ROBERT BLAKE - Ethically this bordered on the mental rape of a weakened and angry 78-year-old actor who has been a film star since he was a child and was as an adult set up by the police for a crime he didn't commit - Morgan uses his sleazy journalism tactics to boost his sagging ratings - Recommended TV Listings

TV - VIDEO BEAT Part 1 - AMERICAN IDOL TOUR SCHEDULE - JESSICA SANCHEZ ROBBED & JOBBED - June 2012
DONE, DUSTED & BUSTED - The judge's obvious praise for Phillips was over the top and raised red flags. Phillips plays guitar enough to support his vocals it is doubtful that he is capable of playing various types of music or skilled enough to sit in (jam/guest appearance) with top notch bands that can play more than three chord changes.

TV - VIDEO BEAT EXTRA EXTRA Part 6 - PHILLIP PHILLIPS WINS the AMERICAN IDOL TITLE - May 2012
AS WE PREDICTED THE FIX WAS IN FOR PHILLIPS TO WIN - Believe it or not Idol's host Ryan Seacrest announced that a record 132 votes were cast which deemed Phillips the winner of Season 11. It was a well panned apparent scripted season in which it was apparently decided from the start that the powers that be (PTB) i.e. the shows producers, sponsors and the television network designated that Phillips should win the contest - Recommended TV Listings

TV - VIDEO BEAT EXTRA EXTRA Part 5 - JESSICA SANCHEZ GIVEN A BAD SONG & SET UP TO FAIL on AMERICAN IDOL - May 2012
THE JIMMY IOVINE PROBLEMANTIC CONNECTION - They did it again on American idol in choosing a bad song for Jessica Sanchez and a good song for Phillip Phillips. It appears our prophecy is justified that the minority contestants would be set up to fail to enable Phillip Phillips to as judge Jennifer Lopez exclaimed, "I WANT YOU TO WIN PHILLIP!" - Recommended TV Listings

TV - VIDEO BEAT EXTRA EXTRA Part 4 - AMERICAN IDOLS DOUBLE STANDARD - May 2012
IS THE FIX FOR PHILLIP PHILLIPS TO WIN IN? - The stage was set to make for American Idol judges and in house mentor Jimmy Iovine to make good decisions of songs for Phillips Phillips and make mistakes in choosing material for Jessica Sanchez and now eliminated Joshua Ledet. The question is were the mistakes a plan to eliminate Ledet to send Phillips through to the final? As Jennifer Lopez said on a previous show, "I WANT YOU TO WIN PHILLIP!" - Recommended TV Listings

TV - VIDEO BEAT EXTRA EXTRA Part 3 - JOSHUA LEDET WAS SET UP AND ELIMINATED FROM AMERICAN IDOL - May 2012
JIMMY IOVINE ADMITS TO MAKING A BAD SONG CHOICE FOR LEDET - The results are in and the sacrificial lamb is Joshua Ledet who was led to slaughter and his blood drained and drank after the judges and in house mentor gave him bad songs to sing that they chose. The slaughter was carefully executed by the judges and Iovine in giving the shows over promoted and tolerated Phillips songs that cast him in a good light of the public's eye - Recommended TV Listings

TV - VIDEO BEAT EXTRA EXTRA Part 2 - AMERICAN IDOL PLEADS FOR THE PHILLIP PHILLIPS SYMPATHY VOTES - May 2012
JUST TRYING TO KEEP IT REAL! - THE JIMMY IOVINE CONNECTION - It's down to the BIG DAY of eliminating someone to shape up the almighty American Idol finale. With the way things have gone this season yes... we support our belief that racist attitudes trumps talent and the inferior voiced Phillip Phillips will triumph over the more talented Jessica Sanchez and Joshua Ledet. We're as judge Randy Jackson often says� JUST TRYING TO KEEP IT REAL! - Recommended TV Listings

TV - VIDEO BEAT EXTRA EXTRA Part 1 - PREDICTION - JESSICA SANCHEZ or JOSHUA LEDET to be VOTED OFF AMERICAN IDOL - May 2012
AMERICAN IDOL TO PLAY THEIR RACE CARD? - As we noted in our previous column this will be the week that one of the shows true super talents either Sanchez or Ledet will be eliminated. The reason being is Idol and their powers that be are apparent racists and there never was nor never will be two minorities in the final two thus one of the two best singers remaining will be eliminated this week - Recommended TV Listings

TV - VIDEO BEAT EXTRA Part 2 - HOLLIE CAVANAGH ELIMINATED FROM AMERICAN IDOL - SACRIFICED FOR PHILLIP PHILLIPS - May 2012
HAS AMERICAN IDOL'S BIASED JUDGMENT A NEGATIVE INFLUENCE TO VOTING? - We're writing this prior to finding out who was eliminated from the Top 4. The purpose is the share our observations of what we feel are the judges biased critiques without us being influenced by the results. Our thoughts about the elimination outcome will be noted at the end of this column - Recommended TV Listings

TV - VIDEO BEAT EXTRA Part 1 - AMERICAN IDOL'S PHILLIP PHILLIPS MYSTERY - May 2012
THE CHOSEN ONE - What is this apparent love affair between Jennifer Lopez and Phillip Phillips all about? Though Jessica Sanchez and Joshua Ledet are at this time the best voices remaining in the contest one thing is certain there will not be two minorities in the final two... there never was... a never will be - Recommended TV Listings

TV - VIDEO BEAT - SKYLAR LAINE ELIMINATED FROM AMERICAN IDOL - May 2012
COUNTRY ISN'T COOL ON IDOL THIS SEASON - More suspicious results continue to raise the bar that American Idol results are fixed. Their continued promotion of Phillip Phillips raises the red flag higher that he is the Idol powers that be chosen one to win the title with his no vocal range no natural sounding limited voice. Jennifer Lopez continues to be off the charts with her comments and praise of Phillips but did say something worthy in defense of Jessica Sanchez - Recommended TV Listings

TV - VIDEO BEAT MAX Part 2 - ELISE TESTONE OUT OF AMERICAN IDOL @ # 6 - April 2012
THE PHILLIP PHILLIPS MYSTERY CONTINUES - Testone got the most out of her talent in reaching the 6th position. The judges and American Idol in house mentor Jimmy Iovine continue to promote Phillip Phillips to be in the final and provide excuses that he is ill. Contestants joke about Phillips being ill saying that he's being excused from having to do activities that they must do i.e. he's being given SPECIAL TREATMENT. Jennifer Lopez's interest in Phillips raises some concerns of the previous former judge Paul Abdul with contestant Cory Clark relationship in season 2. - Recommended TV Listings

TV - VIDEO BEAT MAX Part 1 - AMERICAN IDOL'S FINAL 6 DOWN & DIRTY TIME - April 2012
ONLY THE STRONG CAN SURVIVE! - With half of the season over only six American Idol contestants remain. Though they have established relationships as friends the real deal of competition kicks in and the real show business test begins. Who has the strength and talent to survive is the question. The other concern is can this contest be a hoax and fixed as Phillip Phillips had NO NATURAL VOICE as has yet to prove he's worthy of all of the praise he's been given and has never been voted into the bottom 3. Does the shows creator Simon Fuller like this boy that much?... - Recommended TV Listings

TV - VIDEO BEAT EXTRA EXTRA Part 2 - COLTON DIXON SURPRISINGLY ELIMINATED from AMERICAN IDOL - April 2012
DOWN TO THE FINAL 6 - After Jessica Sanchez was put on the chopping block and saved last week an Idol favorite Colton Dixon was the recipient of the American Idol chopping block award as he was eliminated in the 7th position. What doesn't make sense is why is the least talented of the bunch Phillip Phillips given such praise and preferential treatment by the judges and voters? Place this is the GO FIGURE FILE... - Recommended TV Listings

TV - VIDEO BEAT EXTRA EXTRA Part 1 - AMERICAN IDOL'S DECLINE - DRASTIC CHANGES ARE NECESSARY - April 2012
AMERICAN IDOL IS LOSING its CREDIBILITY - American Idol is in trouble unless they change the voting rules to be more accurate on a talent basis. 50 votes per voter are too much. Judges should critique and not promote talent. Improvement needs to be done in the vetting process. The Jermaine Jones incident should never have happened nor should he have been exploited on International TV for what some believe to be for the benefit of stimulating higher ratings. - Recommended TV Listings

TV - VIDEO BEAT EXTRA Part 2 - SAY WHAT? JESSICA SANCHEZ VOTED OFF AMERICAN IDOL BUT SAVED!- April 2012
THE BEST VOICE OF AMERICAN IDOL ALMOST SILENCED - If there is justice on American Idol it happened during the results show when the contests most talented singer Jessica Sanchez was voted off the program by America's viewing public. The shocked judges did the right thing and saved Sanchez who judge Randy Jackson described as being one of the BEST SINGERS IN AMERICA. Our prophecy to Jessica Sanchez being the victim of elimination by using the save on the wrong person too early almost came to fruition - Recommended TV Listings

TV - VIDEO BEAT EXTRA - AMERICAN IDOL'S SKYLER LAINE TURNS IT ON! - April 2012
THE HEAT IS ON - The country girl is improving every week. She could be this season's Lauren Alaina - Jennifer Lopez disgraces herself and family with a sleazy video with her boy toy boyfriend who is young enough to be her son - Why is American Idol promoting Phillip Phillips so heavily with his having a limited voice? - Recommended TV Listings

TV - VIDEO BEAT Part 2 - DeANDRE BRACKENSICK is Eliminated from AMERICAN IDOL - April 2012
APPARENTLY THE FIX IS IN - Talent is not an issue in this seasons American Idol as judge Jennifer Lopez's promotion of the pretty boys is saving their bacon while more talented singers are being eliminated. THIS SEASON IS ABOUT THE JUDGES PROMOTING THEMSELVES AND CERTAIN TALENT - Elise Testone and Hollie Cavanagh were the other two contestants in the bottom three - The ratings are dropping and the show has become boring - Recommended TV Listings

TV - VIDEO BEAT Part 1 - AMERICAN IDOL'S STRANGE GOINGS ON! - April 2012
SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH THE AMERICAN IDOL PICTURE - Over the top praise by American Idol judges of some of the contestants raise some red flags as something is up and the fix is in. Hopefully there will not be a repeat of last season's Pia Toscano catastrophe where a lesser talented contestant is saved and a true talent is used up - Hollie Cavanagh appears to being set up to fail - Recommended TV Listings

TV - VIDEO BEAT MAX - HEJUN HAN BITES THE AMERICAN IDOL DUST - March 2012
AMERICAN IDOL IS SHAMEFUL - The Asian hope is out but larger problems are cooing to the surface with the over the top praise and biased promotion of Phillip Phillips who has one of the worst voices in the contest. Jennifer Lopez wants to be the center of attention; rifts are brewing and SHE'S LOSING THE PLOT - Recommended TV Listings

TV - VIDEO BEAT EXTRA EXTRA Part 2 - ERIKA VAN PELT IS ELIMINATED FROM AMERICAN IDOL - March 2012
PRETTY IS IN TALENT IS OUT - The days of American Idol trying to find the best singer in the competition are OVER. It's now about the look the WHOLE PACKAGE as the judges repeatedly insist. As some of the best singers fall by the wayside the question is who will survive the auditions to be managed by the shows creator Simon Fuller in his televised auditions for 19 Management. The scam is on�- Recommended TV Listings

TV - VIDEO BEAT SPECIAL Part 3 - THE SET UP OF AMERICAN IDOL'S JERMAINE JONES ASSASSINATION - March 2012
American Idol cameras were rolling when after rehearsing for the TV show Jermaine was called into a meeting with producers Nigel Lythgoe and Ken Warwick. As he walked into the room he noticed that cameras were trained on him. What he didn't know is it was a setup to humiliate and embarrass the young man in front of an International television audience - Recommended TV Listings

TV - VIDEO BEAT SPECIAL Part 2 - AMERICAN IDOL'S JERMAINE JONES EXPLOITATION AFTERMATH - March 2012
THE JONES SET UP ASSASSINATION FOR TV? - New Jersey police and government officials speak out about the deplorable treatment given American Idol contestant and New Jersey resident Jermaine Jones - Idol went the extra mile to embarrass and interrogate Jones without his knowledge beforehand on camera in front of an International TV audience. The contestant assassination was an IDOL FIRST - He trusted them and they stabbed him in the back - Recommended TV Listings

TV - VIDEO EXTRA EXTRA Part 1 - AMERICAN IDOL CHOPS SHANNON MAGRANE - March 2012
DOWN TO 10 AND COUNTING - There was a strange atmosphere during the results show the day after Jermaine Jones was embarrassed in front if an International television audience regarding four outstanding warrants on him. The theater was like a room of gloom and the opening group sing was eliminated. There were few smiling faces and American Idol disgraced itself in the manner in which they handled the Jones affair - Recommended TV Listings

TV - VIDEO BEAT SPECIAL - AMERICAN IDOL EXPLOITS JERMAINE JONES - March 2012
ANYTHING FOR TV RATINGS - THE TELEVISED EXECUTION OF THE GENTLE GIANT - American Idol used and abused 25-year-old contestant Jermaine Jones by televising their dismissal of him from the show due to four outstanding warrants out for his arrest. As of this time research reveals that this unforgivable crime was driving without a license which stemmed Idol's televised sensational execution of the New Jersey native is one of the most deplorable episodes ever in television history - Recommended TV Listings

TV - VIDEO BEAT EXTRA Part 2 - AMERICAN IDOL CHANGES GIVE JUDGES TOO MUCH POWER - March 2012
RETURN POWER TO THE PEOPLE - What American Idol stated prior to the season has been ignored in their published reports that their format would remain the same. This season's format is definitely not the same as last. The bottom six girls verses boys is a bad idea creating too much power to the judges who are infatuated with good looks over talent. Judge Jennifer Lopez is overly excited by some of the male contestant's good looks. Lopez has lost sight of the fact the Idol was intended to be a talent contest NOT A BEAUTY CONTEST - Recommended TV Listings

TV - VIDEO BEAT EXTRA - JEREMY ROSADO VOTED OFF AMERICAN IDOL - March 2012
DOWN TO 12 AND COUNTING - The first victim of season 13 was a wild card choice and one of judge Jennifer Lopez's favorites. She gloated over the 19-year-old singer from Florida. Her love for the young lad wasn't enough as America cut him loose - Sixteen year old Jessica Sanchez WOW'S the judges and audience. Whitney Houston's voice lives in Sanchez - Recommended TV Listings

TV - VIDEO BEAT Part 3 - AMERICAN IDOL'S ASIAN EQUATION HEEJUN HAN - March 2012
IDOL'S NEW LOOK WORKS with FRESHER APPROACH - Han is Idol's equivalent to the NBA's Jeremy Lin in representing the Asian community in the world's most popular television talent show. Han has a good voice and sense of humor resulting in a mixed opinion from Idol mentor Jimmy Iovine - There will be not Casey Abrams clone this season as musician/jazz singer Reed Grimm was eliminated - The Top 13 American Idol finalists LIST - IDOL'S NEW DEAL LOOK WORKS - JAY-Z & HENRY KRAVIS on GAME CHANGERS - Recommended TV Listings

TV - VIDEO BEAT Part 2 - AMERICAN IDOL CHOPS QUICKLY TO TOP 13 - March 2012
A CHANGE IS HAPPENING ON AMERICAN IDOL - For the most part this season has a talented group of contestants. We define good as when you enjoy listening to every singer in the contest. That was the case last season which in our opinion was the best ever group of talent on the show where country music was king as the two top winners Scott McCreery and Lauren Alaina represented the genre - JAY-Z & HENRY KRAVIS on GAME CHANGERS - Recommended TV Listings

TV - VIDEO BEAT Part 1 - JESSICA SANCHEZ ROCKS AMERICAN IDOL TOP 10 - March 2012
AMERICAN IDOL MENTOR JIMMY IOVINE IS SPOT ON! - America voted for the American Idol Top 10 from 25 qualifiers and Latino Jessica Sanchez was a standout - The judges then gave six of the remaining 15 contestants to sing for their lives as wild cards to qualify for the Top 13 to compete in the regular season. In house mentor said he would sing Sanchez to a record deal RIGHT NOW - Jermaine Jones aka The Gentle Giant exploded from the out house of rejection to be called back and American Idol voters selected him to be in the Top 10 PENTHOUSE - Recommended TV Listings

TV - VIDEO BEAT Part 5 - CAN AMERICAN IDOLS LEARN FROM WHITNEY HOUSTON'S DEATH? - February 2012
LESSON'S CAN BE LEARNED - Every season an American Idol contestant wants their talent to be like Whitney Houston's. They admit there is only one Whitney but now THERE IS NONE. With the Idol contestants admiration for the famed singer hopefully they can learn from her lifestyle mistakes that led to her death and the loss of her voice - 'PEOPLE' Announces Commemorative Book, Remembering Whitney, Celebrating the Extraordinary Life & Career of Legendary Singer Whitney Houston - Recommended TV Listings

TV - VIDEO BEAT EXTRA - IT'S ON!!! - AMERICAN IDOL'S TOP 24 - February 2012
AMERICAN IDOL JUDGES CHOOSE SIZZLE NOT STEAK - There were a number of contestants that were eliminated who have better voices then those selected for the Top 24. Insecurity and being able to cope with the pressure have been mentioned as to the reasons why some choice were made - Judge Steven Tyler showed his @$$ and is spared from having his neck rung out by a professional athlete for embarrassing his then 15-year-old daughter and family. In his case father (Tyler) doesn't know best - Recommended TV Listings

TV - VIDEO BEAT Part 4 - FRIENDS LAID IT OUT FOR WHITNEY HOUSTON - February 2012
CHURCH GIRL TO DRUG ADDICT - Whitney Houston returned to where her career started the New Hope Baptist church and was eulogized by family and friends. It was sugar and spice and everything nice but the real story remains� WHY did someone with such a great talent and seemingly had it all throw it all away? - Marc Andreessen & Richard Branson on Game Changers - Recommended TV Listings

TV - VIDEO BEAT Part 3 - MEDIA AFTERMATH of WHITNEY HOUSTON'S DEATH - February 2012
FROM DEATH DO US PART - Within minutes of Whitney Houston's death last Saturday February 11th celebrities were pestered by media for their opinions of her lifestyle and talent. The media frenzy reaped numerous conflicting responses from those deemed enablers contributing to her decease and medical opinions of the reasons WHY - Marc Andreessen & Richard Branson on Game Changers - Recommended TV Listings

TV - VIDEO BEAT Part 2 - GRAMMY AWARDS LIGHTEN IT UP - February 2012
OLDIES BUT GOODIES SHINE - The night after Whitney Houston's death the Grammys had a load to pull to overcome the grief of her passing. They accomplished it with performances from several 60's music legends including the Beatles Paul McCartney. Adele was the big winner taking home six awards making her the youngest - Recommended TV Listings

TV - VIDEO BEAT Part 1 - SHADOWS ARE CAST OVER the GRAMMY AWARDS due to WHITNEY HOUSTON'S DEATH - February 2012
THE GREAT SINGER WHITNEY HOUSTON DEAD @ 48 - The 48-year-old singer mysteriously dies in a Beverly Hills hotel a day before the Grammy Awards - American Idol's Steven Tyler's dirty old man persona is on the bubble of going over the top - One of the best TV hosts Diego Brunel and his Don't Tell My Mother program begins new season on the National Geographic channel - Recommended TV Listings

NR TOP 10 - CAMBODIA'S FAVORITE PEDOPHILE ALEXANDER TROFIMOV SHAKES UP NR TOP 10 RANKINGS - January, 2011
THE PEDO KING, TV & VIDEO RULE - CAMBODIA'S PEDOPHILE KING RUSSIAN Stanislav Molodyakov aka ALEXANDER TROFIMOV JUMPS ON THE CHARTS - Our TV video review column Video Beat took six of the Top 10 spots as well as # 1 - Tie-in stories make noise as the return of Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin revisits the charts after falling off last month. The tie-in is last month's report of the questionable ethics of Google's Cambodian search engine and lacking the preview feature - Cambodian Sports section mysteriously returns analogous to their unqualified FIFA ratings

TV - VIDEO BEAT SPECIAL - Part 3 - GLEE IS ON!!! - Without CHARICE - January, 2012
GLEE HAS WARTS - Our question is why is Philippine singing sensation Charice not a regular on the singing shoe Glee. Is this about racism or jealousy? Most certainly it cannot be about the lack of talent - CAN AMERICAN IDOLS PLAY (Instruments)? - Will American Idol contestants be permitted to play instruments this season? - GRAMMY AWARDS are on and coming - Recommended TV Listings

TV - VIDEO BEAT SPECIAL - Part 2 - AMERICAN IDOL's NEW SEASON BEGINS - January, 2012
CAN AMERICAN IDOL JUDGES DO IT AGAIN? - Season 10 will be best remembered as the season Casey Abrams was saved and Pia Toscano was the sacrificial lamb as a result of the judges poor decision using their save TOO EARLY. The questions now are will the make the same mistake again and can they select as talented a group as they did last season? Idol's new Season 11 starts TONIGHT- Recommended TV Listings

TV - VIDEO BEAT SPECIAL - Part 1 - AMERICAN IDOL ROCKS AGAIN WITH PIA TOSCANO & CASEY ABRAMS - January, 2012
WHO CAN FORGET THE PIA TOSCANO CASEY ABRAMS EPISODES? - Without a doubt last season American Idol had their best group of talent ever. The shows creator Simon Fuller signed six of the Top 11 contestants to his Entertainment 19 management company and NONE were minorities - Recommended TV Listings

TV - VIDEO BEAT EXTRA Part 1 - RUPERT MURDOCH & ROSS DUNKLEY DOCUMENTED - January 2012
IN THE NEWS - This past weekend the Bloomberg and Australian TV Networks presented documentaries of Rupert Murdoch. According to the reports the two men have four things in common that are being in the news business, Australian decent, play the game of politics and ruthless in their business dealings. The two major differences are one has billions and the other has just millions and one is profiled more in detail while the other's background remains shrouded in mystery - Recommended TV Listings

TV - VIDEO BEAT - THAI TV'S RACIST BUFFOONERY - January 2012
THE POT CALLING THE KETTLE BLACK - Thailand's blatant racism is displayed on a sports commentary program sponsored by Thailand's Chang beer the major sponsor of the Everton football club in the English Premiere League. The co-hosts spoofing of the Patrice Evra Luis Suarez racist comment incident shows poor taste and disrespect. Thailand's background is being a black race themselves - Recommended TV Listings