Blog Posts by Lyndsey Parker

Josiah Hawley says goodbye to the Swon BrothersIt was another rough night for the rookie coaches, and for the boys, on "The Voice" this Tuesday.

Last week, Shakira lost her first contestant, Garrett Gardner, and Usher lost Vedo. On this Tuesday's live results show, Shakira had to say goodbye to another one of her team members, Kris Thomas, and Usher bid farewell to Josiah Hawley.

This now leaves Shakira and Usher with only one team member each. Meanwhile, the three-person teams helmed by veteran coaches Adam Levine and Blake Shelton remain intact for another week.

Last night, "The Voice" top 10 competed, and while there were many great performances on Monday, the episode clearly saved the best for last. Is it too soon to start rooting for a Sarah Simmons/Michelle Chamuel finale?

Sebastian Bach is returning to reality TV! [photo: Frazer Harrison/Getty]In a singing-show era when most networks are scrambling to stunt-cast celebrity judges, ABC has flipped the script and greenlit a sure-to-be-amazing new talent show called "Sing Your Face Off," which — in the grand and noble tradition of novelty shows like "Celebrity Duets," "Gone Country," and "But Can They Sing?" — will feature a wonderfully random assortment of semi-famous faces on the stage, not behind the judging table.

Please note, before you read on, that this is not The Onion. This is an actual, factual Yahoo! Music article that you're reading right now. This show is real.

Monday night's "Voice" episode brought the return of on-hiatus coach Cee Lo Green — in a guest-mentor role, though he'll be back in his spinning red chair as a regular coach in Season 5. It was Cee Lo's second visit to "The Voice" this season, following his performance with his Season 2 protégé Juliet Simms a couple weeks ago. But sadly, this was the second time that Cee Lo showed up without Purrfect the Cat. Not cool, Cee Lo. Not cool.

Thankfully, there were some very cool, as well as some fuzzy and cuddly, moments on Monday's top 10 "Voice" show. And a little bit of fur flew between the coaches, too. Here's how everyone did:

Kelly Rowland [photo: Ferdaus Shamim/WireImage]Simon Cowell has finally found some people to take Britney Spears and Epic Records honcho L.A. Reid's places on the "X Factor" panel for Season 3. It has been officially confirmed that Destiny's Child diva Kelly Rowland and Latin pop superstar Paulina Rubio are the the new "X Factor" judges, joining Simon and returning judge Demi Lovato this fall.

photo: Todrick Hall's TwitterSeason 9 "American Idol" semifinalist Todrick Hall has practically created a cottage industry for himself as a premiere creator of viral videos — among them a Target flashmob dance that won the praise of Beyoncé; an online "Glee" audition that Ryan Murphy really should've taken seriously; an LMFAO medley with "Sing-Off" winners Pentatonix shot in a public restroom; a modern-day "Cinderfella" fairytale starring Janice Dickinson and Lance Bass; and a "Beauty & The Beast" parody starring Antoine Dodson and former Idols Katie Stevens and Vonzell Solomon.

And now, thanks to his "Beauty and the Beat" tour de force, Todrick is being managed by music industry power-player Scooter Braun, the mastermind behind the successful careers of Carly Rae Jepsen, PSY, and of course, Justin Bieber. Talk about a fairytale!

Ray Manzarek [photo: Matthew Peyton/Getty Images]Ray Manzarek, co-founder and keyboardist of legendary Los Angeles rock band the Doors, has died, according to a post on the band's official Facebook page.

According to the band's statement, Manzarek passed away Monday, May 20 at the RoMed Clinic in Rosenheim, Germany, after a long battle with bile duct cancer. He was 74.

Manzarek formed the Doors in 1965 after meeting iconic singer/poet Jim Morrison on L.A.'s Venice Beach. Manzarek's playing was integral to the band's sound, since the band had no bass guitarist and Manzarek played most of the basslines on his keyboards.

"I was deeply saddened to hear about the passing of my friend and bandmate Ray Manzarek today," said founding Doors guitarist Robby Krieger. "I'm just glad to have been able to have played Doors songs with him for the last decade. Ray was a huge part of my life and I will always miss him."

During their run from 1965 to their official breakup in 1973, the Doors sold more than 100 million albums worldwide. After Morrison's

Season 3 "Voice" winner Cassadee PopeCassadee Pope started off Season 3 of "The Voice" as a pop-punk singer, a Warped Tour veteran with an Avril Lavigne fetish and a background as the frontgirl for the Pete Wentz-championed Decaydence Records band Hey Monday. But she ended the season as her mentor Blake Shelton's country protégé, singing songs by Faith Hill, Keith Urban, Rascal Flatts, and Miranda Lambert.

On her debut single, "Wasting All These Tears," Cassadee combines both of these elements. The song is definitely reminiscent of Avril's power ballads ("I'm With You," "My Happy Ending," "Keep Holding On"), but it has a certain Nashville twang. Have a listen: