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American Idol Live heads to the Cajundome in Lafayette, LA

Phillip Phillip’s “Home” was used to introduce the gymnastics segment during Olympics coverage last night.

Carrie Underwood’s Blown Away music video debuts tonight on E! News at 7 and 11:30 p.m. ET/PT and on the homepage of E! Online.

Haley Reinhart’s single “Free” will be featured on ‘So You Think You Can Dance’ for the rest of the season! Via Interscope.com

Resuscitating ‘Idol,’ and idols – Diva supreme Mariah Carey assumed the daunting task this week of trying to right TV’s biggest cruise ship, the SS American Idol, which has been taking on so much water of late that its lifeboats are swinging loose in their cradles. Just what did Fox get for $18 million? That’s a matter of speculation. “Mariah is famous primarily for her work in recording studios. Nobody really knows what to expect from her on live TV,” says Rolling Stone columnist Rob Sheffield via e-mail. “She doesn’t have a lot of experience talking off the top of her head in public, to say the least.” – Read more at Philly.com

Phillip Phillips interview for ‘Idols Live’ tour August 5: ‘I’m not trying to be a huge star.’ – “I’m just getting as much rest as I can, taking it slow,” he said, in a phone interview last week from a tour date in Glendale, Ariz. During the interview, he discussed his “Idol” experience, desire to be a working musician and his upcoming first album: AJC: How far along are you on the album? Phillips: We’ve recorded 15 songs I’ve written. I’m still writing, trying to get as many songs as possible. – Read more at AJC

Interview: Elise Testone and Erika Van Pelt on Tour with American Idol LIVE! – At age 29 and 26, respectively, Elise Testone and Erika Van Pelt are the senior members of the American Idol season 11 finalists. While they brought a great deal of performing experience to the Idol stage, both of them had a difficult time establishing a loyal enough fan base to carry them into the final weeks of the competition. – Read more at The Morton Report

Carrie Underwood – Blown Away Preview from E

Kelly Clarkson: Vegas Performance with The Fray! – Kelly Clarkson sings her heart out at a performance with The Fray held at The Cosmopolitan on Friday (July 27) in Las Vegas. The 30-year-old singer rocked a gorgeous little black dress for the show.

Kelly has been covering other artists’ songs as part of her set – check out her performance below of Britney Spears‘ song “Everytime!” – Read more at Just Jared

Kelly Clarkson talks ‘American Idol,’ ‘Duets,’ ‘Stronger’ – Ten years after taking the crown as America’s first American Idol, Kelly Clarkson returned to the world of reality singing competitions in May with the launch of “Duets,” which features Clarkson, Robin Thicke, John Legend and Jennifer Nettles as mentors who also perform duets with the contestants. We caught up with Clarkson, who’s on her way to Phoenix for a co-headlining concert with the Fray, to talk about “Idol,” “Duets” (which declared its first winner in late July) and “Stronger,” the singer’s fifth album since winning “American Idol.” – Read more at AZCentral

‘American Idol’ singer: This one goes out to Brandon – “I feel like it was crazy being out there in Los Angeles, and so far from anyone I knew. It was really nice to feel the support from here, particularly Brandon. I got an enormous amount of email and Facebook and Twitter responses just supporting me 100 percent. While I’m back in town, it’s the least I can do to thank them.” Fraker has been on a European tour with a group he was with on the show — the eight members of Groove Sauce. Earlier this summer, the tour traveled to England, the Netherlands and Italy. Group members are taking a week off before heading on the final leg to Japan, Korea and Guam. The tour finishes next month, and then Fraker will go to Los Angeles to make an album. – Read more at AZCentral

‘SYTYCD,’ ‘DWTS’ Allstars Celebrate National Dance Day At Second Dizzy Feet Gala – The Olympics may have kicked off Friday in “So You Think You Can Dance” producer Nigel Lythgoe’s native Britain, but the following day in America, there was another athletic celebration going on: National Dance Day, a Saturday filled with flashmob-style dance events across the country, capped off by the second-ever Dizzy Feet Gala at the historic Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in downtown Los Angeles. – Read more at Reality Rocks

Kelly Monaco on Juggling General Hospital With Dancing: They’ll Have to Put Sam in a Coma! – If you’re wondering how Kelly Monaco is going juggle two über-time-consuming series — General Hospital and Dancing With the Stars – come fall, you are not alone. “I’m still trying to figure it out,” the suds fave tells TVLine with a laugh. “I’m going to have to really convince [executive producer] Frank [Valentini] to either put [Sam] in a coma, lessen my dialogue by 75 percent or not have me there at all — which I don’t think is going to work!” – Read more at TV Line

Glee’s Cory Monteith and Kevin Zegers in Canadian indie ‘All the Wrong Reasons’ – TORONTO – Glee star Cory Monteith, Emily Hampshire, Kevin Zegers and Karine Vanasse (Pan Am) have joined All the Wrong Reasons, the indie feature by writer/director Gia Milani now shooting in Halifax through mid-August. The film, a New Brunswick-Manitoba co-production, is based on the Slamdance award-winning screenplay about four lives intersecting in a department store in the aftermath of a traumatic event. – Read more at Hollywood Reporter

GLEE’s Ryan Murphy to Receive Int’l Emmy Founders Award – Producer/writer Ryan Murphy, who reinvented the musical comedy genre with his hit series GLEE, and promotes acceptance and inclusion through his globally successful television and movie work, will receive the 2012 International Emmy® Founders Award. Academy President & CEO, Bruce L. Paisner, announced today that Murphy will accept the Award –which recognizes an individual who crosses cultural boundaries to touch our common humanity– at the 40th International Emmy® Awards Gala, on Monday, November 19, 2012, in New York City. Murphy’s latest television show The New Normal, premieres this fall in the United States. – Read more at Broadway World

Off The Cuff: Chris Colfer Reveals the Secrets Behind ‘Land of Stories’ – ‘Glee’ star tells Peter Travers how he juggled writing his first book, filming a TV show and working on his first movie. (This interview with Rolling Stone is pretty wacky)