Wednesday May 16

By On 05/16/2007 · 416 Comments · In American Idol

Wednesday May 16

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Final 3 Performance

By On 05/15/2007 · 126 Comments · In American Idol, Blake Lewis, Jordin Sparks, Melinda Doolittle, S6 Finals

Eep.   It’s tough for me to wrap my mind  around recaping  the Final 3, because while the show was broadcast here on the  East coast, I was actually in a club watching Elvis Costello and the Imposters put on a kick ass show.   I’m on a giddy Elvis high  right now, but I’ll [...]

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Final 3 Spoilers

By On 05/15/2007 · 72 Comments · In American Idol, Blake Lewis, Elliott Yamin, Jordin Sparks, Melinda Doolittle, Spoilers

Ok, I’m reserving this space for spoilers.   Hopefully we will get some today.   If you know any, please post!   This is what we have so far for tonight’s Final 3 performance.   Each contestant will sing three songs–one from a judge, one from Clive Davis and a personal choice:

Blake Lewis:

Paula [...]

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More Idol News

By On 05/15/2007 · 9 Comments · In American Idol, Blake Lewis, Chris Richardson, Jordin Sparks, Melinda Doolittle, Nigel Lythgoe, Phil Stacey, Taylor Hicks

Check out Team Plaid  for last night’s video of the Final 3–Blake Lewis, Jordin Sparks and Melinda Doolittle–on last night’s Tonight Show With Jay Leno.   After Jay interviewed the kids Taylor Hicks performed  what will probably be his next single, “Heaven Knows.”

The online bookmakers

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Tuesday May 15

By On 05/15/2007 · 404 Comments · In American Idol

Tuesday May 15

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Idol Bits and Pieces

By On 05/14/2007 · 9 Comments · In American Idol, Blake Lewis, Chris Richardson, Chris Sligh, Gina Glocksen, Jon Peter Lewis, Jordin Sparks, Justin Guarini, Melinda Doolittle, Sanjaya Malakar, Simon Fuller, Taylor Hicks

Blake Lewis, Jordin Sparks and Melinda Doolittle aren’t the only Idols having homecoming parties thrown in their honor. (Don’t forget to catch the Final 3 on the Tonight Show tonight, along with Taylor Hicks who will be performing…)

In Chesapeake, VA, Chris Richardson’s party takes place tonight at 6 pm at the [...]

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Monday May 14

By On 05/14/2007 · 479 Comments · In American Idol

Monday May 14

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Ratings News Week 17

By On 05/13/2007 · 5 Comments · In American Idol, Ratings

Updated ratings chart here.

Tuesday’s preliminary ratings  from Variety:

According to same-day Nielsen nationals for Tuesday, the performance edition of “American Idol” kicked off the night a big winner for Fox (9.3 rating/28 share in adults 18-49, 25.47 million viewers overall)…

Variety notes the ratings drop from last year:

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Sunday May 13

By On 05/13/2007 · 142 Comments · In American Idol

Sunday May 13

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Billboard Update 05/19/07

By On 05/12/2007 · 9 Comments · In American Idol, Bucky Covington, Carrie Underwood, Charts, Elliott Yamin, Fantasia, Jennifer Hudson, Kelly Clarkson, Kimberley Locke

This week’s Idol Billboard update–right here.

The Highlights:

Kimberly Locke’s new album “Based on a True Story” debut’s on the Billboard 200 this week at #160.   Not so great considering her single, “Change” is #10 on the Hot Adult Contemporary Songs chart.   She sold 4,842 units this week. The soundtrack [...]

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Highlights from Lakisha Jones’ exit interviews

By On 05/12/2007 · 10 Comments · In American Idol, LaKisha Jones, S6 Finals

If ousted contestant Lakisha Jones had made the  Final 3, she would have had a huge celebration in Flint, MI this weekend.   Flint officials say that LaKisha will get her celebration anyway, probably right after the finale and before the Idols start rehearsals for the tour.

In   her exit interview [...]

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Saturday May 12

By On 05/12/2007 · 234 Comments · In American Idol

Saturday May 12

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Homecoming: Update

By On 05/11/2007 · 65 Comments · In American Idol, Blake Lewis, Jordin Sparks, Melinda Doolittle

Judges Song Choice:

Simon Cowell chose Jordin Sparks’ song- “Wishing on a Star” by Rose Royce.   Also, Jordin told classmates  that her personal song choice would be a reprise of “I Who Have Nothing”–her song pick for British Invasion night. Paula Abdul chose Blake Lewis’s song–”Roxanne” by the Police. Randy Jackson [...]

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Homecoming

By On 05/11/2007 · 41 Comments · In American Idol

The Final 3, Melinda Doolittle, Jordin Sparks and Blake Lewis have a busy weekend ahead.  

They’ll be filming hometown visits in the next couple of days.   The video packages will be  included on next Wednesday’s  results show.  Ãƒâ€š  The Top 3 sing 3 songs on Tuesday–one they pick, one chosen by media mogul [...]

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Friday May 11

By On 05/11/2007 · 303 Comments · In American Idol

Friday May 11

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