Jamar Rogers was one of the breakout stars of "The Voice" Season 2--and if the show rules that later took effect in Season 3 (no team quotas, iTunes sales carrying more weight) had existed that season, there's little doubt that he would've made it to the finale alongside his worthy Team Cee Lo comrade, Juliet Simms. Conspiracy theorists have even suggested that the rule changes of Season 3 were created simply to prevent contestants as talented as Jamar from being robbed in the future. It's not that implausible a theory, really. So, is it too late to demand a Season 2 vote recount?

But anyway, Jamar has kept plenty busy since making "The Voice's" top eight last year--touring, releasing four singles, prepping two EPs, and even playing a music cruise with his pals from his brief stint on "American Idol" Season 8, Kris Allen and Danny Gokey. Thankfully, he made time between gigs and recording sessions to stop by Yahoo! Music's HQ, too, to perform some of his new original tunes. Even just

photo: Michael Becker/Fox“American Idol” diehards have been not-so-secretly power-voting for years, but now the show has made it official: Starting this week, as Season 12 finally moves into the live voting rounds, the show will debut a new “SuperVote” feature, which will grant fans the ability to cast FIFTY online votes at once. A viewer can divvy up those 50 votes across multiple contestants, or (more likely) give ‘em all to a single favorite. SuperVoting begins this Tuesday, when the 10 female semifinalists compete, and continues Wednesday with the 10 boys.

Well, this certainly is an interesting development, one that could have major ramifications for the show and its ultimate Season 12 outcome. Why, after 11 seasons—and only two years after opening up voting online at all—is “Idol” encouraging SuperVoting? Here are my theories why…

The powers-that-be want to fudge the numbers. Ryan Seacrest always loves to boast about the gazillion jillion votes tallied every week. But let’s face it, a gazillion jillion

"The Voice" Season 3 runner-up Terry McDermott recently had a whirlwind week in Los Angeles, which involved writing and recording a stunning new power ballad, "Pictures," with his friend, Todd Burman of Australia's Juke Kartel; rushing the song to iTunes; seeing the song go straight to number one on the iTunes rock chart; and swinging by Yahoo! HQ to perform the song publicly for the first time. And now Terry has released the official music video for "Pictures," which was shot during his week in L.A.