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David Cook Heads Out on a College Tour Feb 13

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Billboard’s the Jaded Insider caught up with David Cook at his outdoor mini-concert for Jimmy Kimmel Live on Tuesday night. David spilled a few details about his upcoming college tour: But we’ve got some

Diana DeGarmo Leads “Oz” Road Tour

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Season 3 runner-up, Diana DeGarmo, has a new gig: American Idol and Broadway HAIRSPRAY star Diana DeGarmo will star as “Dorothy” in OZ THE MUSICAL, a contemporary musical treatment of the popular L. Frank Baum

Idol Headlines for 1/15/09

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‘American Idol’ median viewer age hits 40 Oh, no! Is “American Idol” getting … middle-aged? Fox’s singing competition returned for its eighth season Tuesday with a total audience of 30.4 million viewers, or a 9%

American Idol Season 8 – Kansas City Auditions – Recap

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UPDATE: Finally, a recap, after the jump. Chelsea Marquardt ‘ Parsons, KS – Age 19 – Waitress – …I Cant Live by Nilsson – NO – VIDEO Ashley Anderson – Clarksburg, NJ ‘ Age 20

Spoiler Update: Kristen McNamara, Von Lee Smith Rumored Top 50 Contestants

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Trusted American Idol spoiler, Joesplace, just updated her list of Top 50 contestants with two more names: Kristen McNamara and Von Lee Smith. Here’s my list. I’ve highlighted them both before in spoiler posts,

Paula Abdul Backpedals, Denies Saying “Anything Disparaging” about Idol

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This is what Paula Abdul had to say Tuesday at the Television Critics Association meeting about last month’s dust-up over the death of Paula Goodspeed: Paula Abdul, declaring her loyalty to “American Idol, ” denied

American Idol Premiere Episode Down 10% From Last Year

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I got ahold of some overnight ratings numbers from Nielsen Soundscan: American Idol averaged 30.074 million in the overnight numbers, down just under 10% from last year’s 33.24 million. The very earliest indication is that

Idol Headlines for 1/14/09

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Jennifer Hudson’s Return to the Spotlight I can exclusively tell you that Ms. Hudson will return to the stage for the first time since her horrific family tragedy at next month’s Super Bowl. The Grammy-nominated

Idol Sales News – Week Ending 01/11/09

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Idol Related Sales Numbers after the jump (Billboard issue date 1/24/09)

David Cook – Light On – Jimmy Kimmel Live – VIDEO

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Ha ha. Here’s a little comedy bit from Jimmy Kimmel’s monologue from tonight’s Jimmy Kimmell Live. I’ll have David Cook’s performance of “Light On” up in a bit… Update: Videos from peeps who attended the