Big News: Allison Iraheta shows off new hair and releases teaser!

Gone are the days when American Idol Season 8 finalist Allison Iraheta had to settle for second/third behind Kris Allen and Adam Lambert when it came to album promotion. Dyeing her hair black and getting rid of her signature red locks, it's clear Allison wants to move on from that phase and enter a new one. She went a step further by cutting it a lot more and is now sporting a short, brunette look.

But apart from the new hair, she also teased some new music. She played a snippet of one of the tracks that she'd written lately and it sounds more soulful and left-field of the material she'd been recording under Jive Records. But now that the both of them have got pretty much nothing to do with each other, I'm hoping Allison can now find herself and really bring us some killer material now.

Big News: Allison Iraheta talks new music & going forward

Allison Iraheta is not a red head anymore. *SCREAMS* Nevertheless, Iraheta got rid of the red hair which she has been so associated with in favour of a new brunette do. Her natural hair colour is brunette by the way. Anyway, she was recently snapped on the red carpet of Estilo con Causa 2, where Allison performed.

What I'm most surprised at is Allison's transformation, and it's not just the hair. There's a newfound maturity in that girl and she doesn't trip over her words, get all awkward etc. Which is what many people have been so off-put by. Not me though. But it's nice to see Allison so.. Happy. And positive. With the entire dropped from label bullcrap that surrounded her the second half of the year last year.

Looks like she's really moving forward. She describes the new music as darker, grittier and edgier.

Is it possible to love this girl more? Never thought so, but I stan for her even more now.

Big News: Allison Iraheta parts ways with Jive Records!

The Idol world was set ablaze with rumours that Jive Records dropped the incredibly talented Allison Iraheta as she was no longer listed on the artist roster. More bad news came when her manager Gina Orr was leaving 19 Entertainment to manage fellow Idol contestant (but from a different season) Crystal Bowersox. But the news is now official. Her biggest fangroup Alliholics wrote a really heart-warming post on their site which you can read here. I'm confident Allison will be signed again and emerge stronger as an artist. She's still signed with 19 Entertainment by the way.

Source: HERE