You’ve seen some of them on the Ellen DeGeneres Show and on the Oprah Winfrey Show. You may have seen them on tour with big names in music like Justin Timberlake and Neyo. You may have even seen them singing in all of their YouTube glory before their number of subscribers hit double digits in the thousands.  Below are 10 YouTube singers that are definitely worth the watch.

[Editor's Note: If any of YouTube sensations are reading this right now, nuDia.tv is looking for new shows for its winter and spring 2010 seasons, so send an email to nudia.tv@gmail.com.  This goes for all aspiring YouTube sensations too.]
 
Feel free to share your thoughts on these magnificent 10 or who would make your list of YouTune singing sensations.
 
1.      Esmee Denters –…

Everyone who knows me knows I love Ghostbusters.  Most also know that I love action figures.  There’s just something about a piece of plastic that opens up my imagination.  As a kid, I could spend hours upon hours playing in my own universe where Batman would work with the Ninja Turtles and Ghostbusters to defeat Darth Vader. Most figures from my generation were from the 4- to 6-inch range. The 12-inch figures of my father’s generation had fallen out of favor by the time I was playing with toys because let’s face it, it’s a lot easier to command an army of 5-inch figures compared to 12-inch figures.

FlashForward 20 years (get it) and I have purchased my first 12-inch figure and what…

Well, I am not really going to “spoil” anything. But do any of you have those friends that do this:

Hey…don’t post anything on Twitter or Facebook about (insert show here), I am DVR’ing it and don’t want to have it ruined.

Sounds good. I won’t post anything on my Twitter or Faceb…wait a second…what?~! I can’t update my Twitter or Facebook because YOU don’t want to be spoiled and have the show ruined? Listen, I am sorry that you are not able to view at the same time as all of us. I know it must just suck. I have shows myself that I feel the same way about.

But guess what…I have a secret for you…I AM NOT GOING TO PUT…

So David Letterman is no better than the rest of them.  By now, everyone’s probably heard about the spectacle known as Letterman’s on-air admission of a sexual affair with several (as in more than one) women who have worked for him over the last few decades.   You’ve probably seen the video clip of the jokes he made to offset his actions and that awkward audience laughter.

You may or may not have seen the clip from his next show in which he apologizes to his wife for all of the pain he’s caused her.  If I were his wife, I’d have peaced out of there with a nice fat divorce settlement before he even made it on air that following show.  And isn’t…

Yeah, we know.  We’re going to post this and throw it under the “No one really cares but everyone can find something to say about it” category.

Jon Gosselin was fired from Jon & Kate Plus 8 this morning when TLC released the following statement:

“The program will continue to capture the incredible lives of the eight Gosselin children and their family but will now include a deeper focus on Kate’s role in the family and her journey as a single mother building the next chapter in her life. TLC will continue its exclusive relationship with Jon Gosselin and he will continue to appear on the show, but on a less regular basis.

Given the recent changes in the family dynamics, it only makes sense…

On the 35^th season premiere of Saturday Night Live, Jenny Slate joined a small group of people including Norm MacDonald and Charlie Rocket who dropped an F-bomb during one of the live broadcasts.  Not only was it her first show, but the sketch (a biker chick talk show) was her first as well.  In the past this may have been ignored, but thanks to Twitter, where “F-bomb” and “SNL” became instant trending topics, it’s hard to forget and even harder to ignore.  With that a lot of people, myself included, speculate that this will be her first and only show (possibly the first SNL one hit wonder) and that SNL will get hit with FCC fines.  However, while I think she may get fired,…

I love Swap Meets and Flea Markets.  It’s like a real live treasure hunt.  Where else can you find a complete deluxe set of Domino Rally for a dollar?  Well last weekend I went to our local flea market at the NC State Fairgrounds this past weekend and found a few sweet items.

I present the  Fraggle Rock McDonalds’ Happy Meal Toys. For a grand total of $75 cents I got to take home the complete set.  Most kids from my generation have fond memories of the McDonalds Happy Meal and McDonalds in general.  The food didn’t really matter, but it was the toys and the PlayPlace that made the golden arches special to a young kid.

I do remember the Fraggle Rock…

I don’t usually care about the happenings of award shows, but Sunday night was a case of being in the wrong place at the wrong time. I was on Twitter during the Video Music Awards.

I’m not going to bother to report what went down, every news outlet has already rebroadcasted the Kanye Intervention as I like to call it—and don’t get me wrong, I understand the Kanye hate (Kanyate?) but I’d like to make a case for conspiracy.

Full disclosure: I like Kanye West’s music, but despite what my wife thinks, I am not defending him. I am willing to accept Mr. West as a tremendous douche and still buy his CD. I don’t change my tastes for political reasons. I am merely…

Okay, the Teen Choice Awards aired the other night and naturally, the big winners were (*spoiler alert for anyone who doesn’t have common sense…or a pulse) all things Twilight, Jonas Brothers and Miley Cyrus (who age-appropriately danced with a stripper poll on top of an ice cream truck or something).  Even that girl Vanessa Hudgens who can’t stop taking naked pictures of herself got some attention.  (Side note: Isn’t it great that at an awards show watched primarily by tweens and young teens puts the spotlight on such relate-able role models such as Cyrus, Hudgens and Ashley Greene, the Twilight actress who also had nude photos leaked this week?).

So since it’s Wednesday, a day that’s notorious for being a “blah” day, and it’s…

At this year’s San Diego Comic-Con, there were a lot of great exclusives for the Ghostbusters fan. I got them all and will review them here on YuBlog.org.  First up on the list is Mattel’s first Ghostbusters figure from their MattyCollector.com site the movie version of Egon Spengler with Slimer.

As you can see he looks great! The Four Horsemen did a great job capturing Harold Ramis’ famous spores, molds, and fungus collector.  I have him standing here with Diamond Select’s Stay Puft bank that I will get into on a later post.  I made a short video with all of my thoughts about the figure and the nice details that Mattel brought to the line.  I would say this is a must own for any…