summer with the stars

Hey M Girls!

This summer was full of fun memories, but one of our faves was definitely helping host Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Punta Cana's "Summer With the Stars" concert event in Dominican Republic. M was lucky enough to host an awesome karaoke contest (with guest celeb judges!), a dance party, fun beach Olympics, and awesome red carpet events.

While we were there, we of course had to get exclusive vids for M girls!

Here's Dancing With the Stars' Mark Ballas talking about the new DWTS all-stars season!

American Idol Season 10's Karen Rodriguez shares her back to school tip!

Daniel Curits Lee, who you know from Zeke and Luther, spilled about his upcoming new role in Glee!

We caught up with Idol Season 9's Aaron Kelly, who spilled a funny cell story involving David Archuleta!

Now to the performances! Karen Rodriguez rocked with "Halo"!

Here's Idol alums Tim Urban and Blake Lewis:

The Voice's Raquel Castro sung Justin Bieber's "U Smile"

Here's The Voice's Mathai:

The Voice's James Massone did an awesome job at both concerts!

And Mark Ballas showed he could do more than dance! Here's him playing the guitar and singing an original song!

We had such a fun time. Check out more pics from Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Punta Cana's Summer With the Stars concert event after the jump!

Let's dish:
-What was your fave summer memory? Where are you hoping to vacay next summer?

Hey M Girls!

We were lucky enough to be invited to Aventura Cove Palace (soon to be the Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya) in Riviera Maya, Mexico for their annual "Summer With the Stars" concert series -- where we got to hang out with Twilight's Kiowa Gordon, our fave past American Idol contestants like Aaron Kelly and Karen Rodriguez, and X Factor's Drew Ryniewicz and Nick Dean, amongst many other celebs!

First, we caught up with them on the hotel's red carpet before the concert. Check out our exclusive videos!

X Factor's Drew Ryniewicz tells us what she thinks of the new X Factor judges:

Kiowa Gordon spilled a fun fact about Taylor Lautner and talked Breaking Dawn!

Jessie's Chris Galya spilled what Debby Ryan was really like and talked about upcoming episodes!

Idol's Karen Rodriguez, who was on the Idol season with winner Scotty McCreery, sends a shout out to him!

Idol's Aaron Kelly told us his fave summer memory!

Idol's Tim Urban spilled his fave summer memory!

Idol's Katie Stevens tells us her summer memory:

Cool! Then we were off to the star-studded concert, where we taped these awesome performances -- for M Girls only!

Nick Dean sings Bruno Mars' "It Will Rain"

Drew Ryniewicz sings Taylor Swift's "Eyes Open"

Katie Stevens sings Demi Lovato's "Skyscraper"

Tim Urban sings Jason Mraz's "I Won't Give Up"

Aaron Kelly sings Rascal Flatt's "Fast Cars and Freedom"

Katie Stevens and Aaron Kelly sing "It's Your Love"

Wow! Following that amazing concert, we caught up with the stars the following day at the hotel's carnival, where Karen and Drew enjoyed some cotton candy!

We talked to Drew about her upcoming music plans and we wondered if she was getting closer to fellow X Factor friend, Nick Dean, who we kept seeing together, but she insisted to us that she was single and they were "just friends!"

When we met up with Nick Dean, we got all the scoop on why he left InTENsity:

Such a fun time!

So let's dish:
-Who's your all-time fave Idol and X Factor contestant? Do you think Drew and Nick should date?

Comment away!