Here’s YOUR Idol Billboard Update

The Highlights:

After 66 weeks on the Billboard charts Daughtry,  Daughtry remains in the Top 20 (24,449 tw,  Ãƒâ€š  3,818,258m total) on the Billboard 200.   Daughtry is currently the highest charting Idol on the 200.   Carrie Underwood, Carnival Ride is next (18,614  tw, [...]

Finally! Check out Ace Young’s video message and a clip of his new tune, “Addicted” from his MySpace page. Ace promises to keep us updated. Better late than never! The album, says Ace, will be drop in May.

American Idol Contestants Deny Feuding Reports

According to TMZà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s unnamed spies, the American Idol contestants are engaged in some rather nasty feuding. American Idol judge Simon Cowell even hinted at the possibility when after a recent standout performance by David Archuleta, he said à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Right now, youà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢re the [...]

Here’s Katharine McPhee and Elliott Yamin’s duet from Randy Jackson’s upcoming album “Randy Jackson’s Music Club, Vol. 1,” dropping March 11.

It’s called “Real Love” Listen here! I like it…

  

Jason Yeager:

He’s just a tad bit bitter.   I don’t blame him.

What he thought went wrong, “Well, you know, I was kind of in a lose-lose situation. The first week, Simon bashed me à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’  you know, all of them really kind of criticized me for being too [...]

Archuleta Idol

Seacrest says that à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“a superstar will emergeà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  from the group of 20 singers left in the competition. He says that as though it were a threat. And the show is doing everything it can to make that threat stick. They really canà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t afford any more [...]

Blake Lewis Returns to American Idol on 3/6

We can now confirm the rumors that have been swirling about Blakeà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s return to American Idolà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦he will in fact appear on the March 6th results show to perform his new single, à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“How Many Words.à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  Yay!

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Eliminated tonight (click the link for video)

Jason Yeager is eliminated Alexandrea Lushington is eliminated Alaina Whitiker is eliminated Robbie Carrico is eliminated

thanks rockers94 for the video!

Click the jump for my recap…

This is from yesterday’s show, but I haven’t had the chance to post them. Thanks to Rockers94 for the vids.

Check out Simon with Reese Witherspoon, and his two-part interview…

thanks rockers94 for the vids…

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Idol Gets Beatlemania

It’s been a hard day’s night for American Idol, but the show finally has a ticket to ride.

The music publisher that controls the Beatles’ John Lennon-Paul McCartney composed hits has given Idol the go-ahead to let its contestants have their way with the likes of “Yesterday,” “Let It Be” and, should [...]

“Let’s begin tonight with song selection,” says Ryan.

So, Ryan, Are you and the judges going to discuss how hard it is to get a song cleared? Or, the fact that the kids only have 50 songs to choose from, and, as rumor has it, they are more than likely not going to get their [...]

Idol Related Sales Numbers after the jump (Billboard issue date 03/08/08)

THE most reliable spoiler out there right now, Joesplace, just posted song spoilers for the Top 10 Girls on her blog. The girls taped their performance show tonight. Check out what the girls sang and in what order…

After the jump…

Simon Predicts Idol Winner, Addresses Exit Rumors

Simon Cowell might bash contestants right and left, but he has high hopes for at least one them. On Tuesday’s Extra, he predicts this year’s winner: David Archuleta.

Describing why he think’s Archuleta’s winner material, Cowell said “He’s cute. He’s likeable. [He has] a big voice. He’s the [...]