Madison VanDenberg

Girl on Fire! Madison VanDenberg our local teen American Idol hopeful, brought fire, a rockin' new look and impeccable vocals to the stage during "Queen" night last evening on another live show of American Idol.  Proving once again that she literally can sing anything, the humble teen from Shaker High School now has just five other contestants to beat and a few shows left before she's of

Madison Vandenberg did not disappoint when she belted out Queen's "The Show Must Go On". After her performance, Ryan Seacrest asked her about her high school friends and her favorite teacher. Here's what she said.

Madison VanDenberg from Cohoes is one of eight finalists trying to stave off elimination to keep that American Idol dream alive.  All of us in the Capital Region are religiously watching her weekly performances and she's delivered one pitch-perfect effort after another.  As awesome as she is, she still needs YOUR vote and as she prepares for another big night on Sunday, Brian and Chrissy from the

The massive wave of Idol momentum continued Sunday night for 17-year-old Cohoes native Madison VanDenberg.  The pitch-perfect teenager advanced to the final eight on American Idol following a performance of a song that many have said they never heard sung so well.

America voted and we all came through for Cohoes native Madison Vandenburg on American Idol. She delivered and the Capital Region voted.

Call it Maddy Mania. Here in the Capital Region, people who haven't watched American Idol in years are tuning in to American Idol to see the 17-year-old Cohoes singing star that everyone is talking about.  For about a month now, Madison VanDenberg has delivered one spectacular performance after another, and we're about to find out if she survived another cut on American Idol.

Madison VanDenBerg has done it again!  The 17-year-old Cohoes native had another near perfect performance on American Idol last night; once again impressing the judges (and viewers) while surviving another cut and advancing to the top 20.

There must be something in the water at Shaker High School in Latham. Not one, but two American Idol hopefuls from the same school have been featured on this years singing competition show. While both are mega-talented, only one survived Monday night's chop. The morning after the 17-year-old singer from Cohoes made yet another sensational appearance on American Idol, she chatted it up with Brian a

Madison VanDenberg, the 17-year-old singing sensation from Cohoes that left the American Idol judges speechless just a few short weeks ago, announced that she'll be shown on multiple Idol episodes this week.

17-year-old Cohoes native Madison VanDenberg took the singing competition world by storm basically overnight, and left us without words.  Following the 17-year-old's  beautiful and pitch-perfect rendition of the song Speechless by Dan + Shay on Sunday night on American Idol, some of the industries biggest stars started singing her praise.  Madison, her friends and family, as well as the entire Cap

Last night, Madison VanDenberg wowed the three American Idol judges with a sensational performance of Speechless by Dan + Shay.  This morning, she did her first interview with Brian and Chrissy in the Morning on GNA.

All three judges agree and so do we.  The next American Idol could be from the Capital Region. Yes, her audition last night was that good!