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American Idol: 2019

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HOLLYWOOD WEEK

DEC. 10 - 14

THE BILTMORE, LOS ANGELES

Home to Hollywood glamour & host to celebrities, presidents, dignitaries & the Oscars from 1935 - 1939, 1951-1943.

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HOLLYWOOD WEEK

Definitely not for the faint of heart!

Start off with 190 contestants & end with 40. Call times get earlier as the

week goes on with Tuesday night into Wednesday virtually sleepless.

BEST for LAST was a running theme for Jackson.

All day Monday & Tuesday contestants sing solos, got in

lines of 10 and were judged. "Front row is heading home.

Back row will be staying."

Jackson was one of the last Lines of 10 singers on Tuesday evening. Moved forward to GROUP ROUNDS finishing LINES of 10 just in

time to make a song, pick a group and practice "ALL NIGHT LONG."

Moved forward from Group Rounds and in the end was in the Rooms of 3 slated to go home. An amazing experience and now you know a little more about it.

Monday 8:30

Time to meet the American Lobby Bus to head over to the Orpheum Theatre.

Monday, 8:31 a.m.

Lobby rehearsal for school-age contestants.

5:00 a.m. HS cooking setup in room

Cook it, pack it, grab guitar and go.

Pump it up

Lowering insulin rates, prepping for a rigorous week.

Monday, 9:16 p.m.

Judges' pep talk.

Monday, 11:53 a.m.

Luke and Lionel are in the house.

Monday, 12:13 p.m.

Contestants surprise Katy, singing her new Christmas single.

Monday, 11:13 p.m.

Prepping for Lines of 10. "Forever Young" or "Dreaming with a Broken Heart"?

Tuesday, 6:15 a.m.

Day 2. Off for two long days and nights Lines of 10 solos.

Tuesday, 4:28 p.m.

Bumped into Christian Padavan, from "Guys and Dolls" way back when.

Tuesday, 4:28 p.m.

With Christian now. With any luck I'll be singing today.

Tuesday, 7:49 p.m.

Last to sing again. "Dreaming with A Broken Heart." Standing "O" from all.

Tuesday, 8:10 p.m.

Last to be judged for Lines of 10. Moving forward.

Tuesday, 8:14 p.m.

Two minute celebration. Group Round starts now!

Tuesday, 8:16 p.m.

"Pick a group, a song, rehearse all night. Call time 6 a.m."

Wed., 5:34 a.m.

Getting ready for Group, on an hour's sleep. Survived.

Oscar party, Biltmore, 1939

If you find yourself in LA, stroll around the lobby and check out the photos!

Thurs., 6:27 a.m.

Off to final song, final judgement & rooms of 3.

In the end I was TOP 66

So thankful for the opportunity!

Sunday, 9:14 p.m.

Fundraiser for music scholarships in Santa Barbara. HOME Sweet HOME!

Day 1 after getting "cut" on the last day of Hollywood Week (making it into the TOP 66) on Idol, Jackson began working on his single "Miss Me Too."

He released it in March and released another original "Girl, Oh Goodness Why?" shortly after before moving to
London to attend the Institute of contemporary music. he returned to the USA when Covid hit. once again faced with an obstacle he dove in and wrote, performed & this time co-Produced "I Could've Loved you with Philip Etherington. He has new music coming soon which he produced on his own. Stay tuned.

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