Annie Barrett Annie Staff Writer Entertainment Weekly and EW.com Staff Writer Time Inc.
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Annie Barrett

Staff Writer, Entertainment Weekly and EW.com

You can find EW.com's esteemed reality TV recapper answering readers' questions or behind Tom Bergeron's shoulder in the Dancing With the Stars ballroom. She enjoys snacking, sparkling, and sniffing out desperation in American Idol contestants.

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PopWatch 'The Voice': Season 4 winner is...
by Annie Barrett | Jun 18, 2013 11:05 PM

SPOILER ahead! Read on to find out whether Danielle Bradbery, Michelle Chamuel, or the Swon Brothers took home…

PopWatch 'So You Think You Can Dance': The Top 20!
by Annie Barrett | Jun 18, 2013 10:09 PM

The harsh audition spotlights have gone down and it's finally time for carefully orchestrated four-person pose sessions with…

PopWatch Is there beauty in Adam Levine's neck beard?
by Annie Barrett | Jun 18, 2013 12:54 AM

I CAN'T TELL. Just pressed play on The Voice and I'm trying so hard to give him the…

PopWatch 'Mistresses' episode 3: Put down the blow torch
by Annie Barrett | Jun 17, 2013 11:25 PM

And while you're at it, Karen (yep, that's Yunjin Kim a.k.a. Sun from Lost), just step away from…

PopWatch Miss USA 2013: Important things you missed
by Annie Barrett | Jun 17, 2013 04:04 AM

Good God, how I love a pageant! Miss USA and Donald Trump always manage to select the finalists…

PopWatch 'The Next Food Network Star' gets 'Chopped'
by Annie Barrett | Jun 16, 2013 10:46 PM

On tonight's Next Food Network Star, the eight finalists got a visit from new Iron Chef Alex Guarnaschelli…

Inside TV 'Mad Men': Megan Draper will not die, YET
by Annie Barrett | Jun 15, 2013 02:36 PM

Mad Men creator Matthew Weiner didn't consider the power of the internet to immediately connect dots, freak out,…

PopWatch Mariah Carey and Nicki Minaj say goodbye to 'American Idol' -- DRAMATIZATION
by Annie Barrett | May 31, 2013 01:21 PM

Now that well-intentioned ramble-monster Mariah Carey and professional cotton-candy-cloud of artifice Nicki Minaj have both been released from…

PopWatch 'Does Someone Have to Go?' Nah, nepotism wins!
by Annie Barrett | May 30, 2013 11:20 PM

I ended up putting myself through another episode of one the worst reality shows of all time, because…

PopWatch Watch Miranda Lambert make America cry
by Annie Barrett | May 30, 2013 02:39 AM

Well, I'm spent. And I'm not even that into cute/sad animals or country music! Here's Miranda Lambert performing…

PopWatch 'MasterChef' season 4: What are you missing?
by Annie Barrett | May 29, 2013 10:08 PM

I didn't mean for this to happen, but after salivating (with a full stomach, gross) over contestant Jonny's…

PopWatch 'Arrested Development': Season 4 binge recap!
by Annie Barrett | May 25, 2013 11:59 PM

I've made a huge, tiny mistake: I agreed to recap ALL of Netflix's 15 new Arrested Development episodes,…

PopWatch Lucille Bluth vs. the Disney Princesses
by Annie Barrett | May 23, 2013 03:31 PM

So I went a little nuts with Vine! Mere days before Netflix's May 26 Arrested Development binge, boozy-witchy…

TV Recap 'Dancing With the Stars' season finale recap: Great Mirrorballs of Fire!
by Annie Barrett | May 22, 2013 01:51 AM

Aly, Kellie, Jacoby, and Zendaya vie for the most coveted knob of glitter in all the land. The…

PopWatch 'Dancing With the Stars': The winners are...
by Annie Barrett | May 21, 2013 10:58 PM

Update: Annie's finale recap is liiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiive! Spoiler ahead! After a two-hour finale featuring performances from Wynonna Judd, Pitbull,…

PopWatch 'Dancing With the Stars': Your Hidden Gems of the Season 16 Finals!
by Annie Barrett | May 21, 2013 09:06 PM

Studies have shown that Hidden Gems of the Week, EW.com's collection of reader-submitted ridiculata, is the best way…

TV Recap 'Dancing With the Stars' recap: Blood, Sparklebarf and Tears
by Annie Barrett | May 21, 2013 05:45 AM

Four couples serve up 'supersize freestyles' in the emotional season 16 finals; Val tries not to bleed out

PopWatch 'Dancing With the Stars': So, who should win?
by Annie Barrett | May 21, 2013 12:23 AM

Hmm. Can we switch up the partnerships in our imaginations, then activate special rainbow glitter explosions to make…

Inside TV 'Dancing With the Stars' addresses Oklahoma tornado; ABC.com voting is 'temporarily down'
by Annie Barrett | May 20, 2013 09:30 PM

In response to Monday's Oklahoma City tornado, which had killed over 50 people at press time, Dancing With…

PopWatch 'Dancing With the Stars': Finals are live!
by Annie Barrett | May 20, 2013 08:00 PM

Update: Annie's full recap is liiiiiive! It's on! Zendaya and Val, Kellie and Derek, Aly and Mark, and…