Shania Twain goes from idol, to idle, to Idol

April 24, 2010

Shania Twain, who will be mentoring American Idol contestants this week as she helps prepare each of them to perform one of her own songs on the show, will be returning to the national spotlight on Idol after having spent much of the decade out of the spotlight. After releasing her fourth studio album “Up!” in 2002, the country pop singer has released another once since, save for 2004’s “Greatest Hits” collection. In fact her biggest instances in the limelight over the past eight years have been her carrying of the Olympic torch through Canada earlier this year and her guest judge appearance on Idol last year.

While there’s still no definitive word on the status of her next album, the singer, whose biggest hits include “Man! I Feel Like a Woman!” and “That Don’t Impress Me Much” is scheduled to star in her own television show on Oprah Winfrey’s new TV network next year. It seems like Twain, who has sold more than fifty million albums and has a stash of Grammy trophies, could return to the music spotlight anytime she chooses – but for now her fans will have to settle for her Idol appearance, which apparently will not include a performance of her own, as opposed to the two most recent mentors, Alicia Keys and Adam Lambert, who each also performed one of their newest songs on the show.

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