Quote:Haley Reinhart
Gotta remember your roots. Thank you for the utmost experience @americanidol ? Watching the final premiere like the rest of my idol fam. And It's onward & upward from here! ‪#‎legendary‬ ‪#‎longlive‬ ‪#‎AI‬

Quote:But after Wednesday night’s Season 15 kickoff dealt us the possible/likely implosion of a young couple’s marriage, yet another not-so-subtle attempt by Harry Connick Jr. to spin his judging gig into an ABC Friday-night sitcom and a particularly pointless promotional spot for The Kim and Kanye Reality-Industrial Vomplex, maybe it really is time to pave paradise and put up a parking lot.

OK, OK, I swear on the Fantasia Barrino songbook — and Haley Reinhart’s “Can’t Help Falling in Love With You” — that I don’t 100 percent endorse that blasphemous declaration.

Quote:2. Kory Wheeler, “Bennie and the Jets” | Last year’s Golden Ticket recipient got squeezed into a three-person montage, but I loved the soul and spot-on pitch he brought to a song that — in Idol lore — was a tribute to Haley Reinhart’s Season 10 breakout moment.

Quote:Tusk ‏@HaleysTusk 47s48 seconds ago
@HaleyReinhart + @AmericanIdol Final Season = Haley's most popular Instagram 5K+ likes #GetHaleyOnAmericanIdolFinale
https://www.instagram.com/p/BAOakSpAuoG/

Quote:JE: Last year, you released several superb YouTube collaborations with Scott Bradlee & Postmodern Jukebox. How did this partnership come about? What were some of your favorite collaborations with the group?

HR: It was another blessing to be able to work with Postmodern Jukebox! I went to watch them play at a club in LA over a year ago. They asked me to sit in and it has been magic ever since. I am so happy we have had success in doing what we do and love best: playing live with beautiful, heartfelt arrangements. My favorite collaboration is “Creep.” I always connected with that song. Maybe, it is the empathy in me. I did not even think it was good enough on my part to even share with the world. So, it just goes to show what raw emotion can do and how many people can connect to it.

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JE: How has social media helped you not only connect with your fans, but also grow your fanbase?

HR: I believe the two go hand in hand. I like to let pictures tell many of my stories. It’s so cool to connect with fans and help inspire. Although it’s a bit trembling to me, what a numbers world we live in today, I’m happy to interact with my amazing fans and let them know how much their support means to me.

Quote:Michael Slezak ‏@MichaelSlezakTV 7h7 hours ago
I may just post this @SandraBernhard video tonight instead of an #AmericanIdol recap: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkmTJNWQaYE …

Quote:We also got an unwelcome return to the Land of Joke Auditions — including a particularly trite interlude with Clay Aiken attempting to channel Simon Cowell (emphasis on attempting) when confronted by a cartwheeling fame-seeker in a collapsing pleather dress. Honestly, if there weren’t enough solid-to-spectacular vocalists to fill the telecast, couldn’t producers have staged a concert featuring past standouts like Haley Reinhart, Adam Lambert, Jordin Sparks, David Cook and my Reality Check cohost Melinda Doolittle (just to name a few)?