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A fifth contestant heads home on Platinum Hit

You’d think given the challenge of writing a love song would have been a snap for Platinum Hit’s resident lovebirds. It wasn’t. Johnny Marnell’s streak of writing a winning hook, then helping turn it into a winning song ended at two weeks. And Jes Hudak wrote a song about...

Figuring out the front-runners on Platinum Hit

Platinum Hit is down to eight songwriters after Monday night’s episode. And former Idol contestant Jackie Tohn narrowly avoided elimination for the second straight week. Instead, one of her team members got the boot. Again. This time the victim was Amber Ojeda, a gal from Los Angeles who...

Jackie Tohn survives, barely, on Platinum Hit

Former American Idol contestant Jackie Tohn survived to write another song Monday night on Platinum Hit, but only by a whisker. When the show ended, Jackie and Nashville singer-songwriter Karen Waldrup were on the hot seat.  Karen got sent home with this none-too-ringing endorsement from...

Another contestant gets the boot on Platinum Hit

The two contestants with American Idol connections are still alive on Platinum Hit — the show where the voice doesn’t matter nearly as much as the song-writing. And where host Jewel and judge Kara DioGuardi will dish out more critiques in a minute of screen time than we got from all...

At least 3 American Idol links to Platinum Hit

When the new Bravo show “Platinum Hit” debuted Monday night, everyone knew there would be one strong connection to American Idol. After all, the two celebrity “faces” of the program are host Jewel and lead judge Kara DioGuardi, who spent two years in that role on Idol. And...

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