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American Idol Season 8 – Salt Lake City Auditions – Recap

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UPDATE: Recap and Thumbnails after the jump. David Osmond – Age 29 – Provo, Utah – Musician – “Something Within Me” By Take Six -YES – VIDEO Tara Mathews – Age 21 Salt Lake City,

Phil Stacey Signs With Reunion Records, Hopes to Release by Early Summer

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Brian Mansfield over at Idol Chatter has the details on Phil Stacey’s new record deal with Christan Label, Reunion Records (they’re under the Sony umbrella, so major label for Phil–good going!). The deal is so

American Idol Recovers 7% from Last Week’s Inauguration Audience

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Fast overnight ratings from The Hollywood Reporter: “Loser” bowed to “American Idol” at 8 p.m. (25 million, 9.6/24), with the singing competition recovering 7% from last Tuesday’s Inauguration Day drop. Yet NBC’s weight loss series

Spoiler Update: Lil Rounds Rumored to Make the Top 36 and More

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*Updated Post* St. Louis auditioner, Lil Rounds is reported to be in the Top 36, according to Vote For The Worst. That’s pretty much a no-brainer, though, isn’t it? Watch her audition, HERE.

Kelly Clarkson Breaks Records as She Hits #1 on the Hot 100 and Hot Digital Songs Charts!

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From Billboard: The original “American Idol” queen makes history on this week’s Billboard Hot 100, to be posted tomorrow. Kelly Clarkson new track “My Life Would Suck Without You” is set to rocket 97-1, establishing

Idol Headlines for 1/28/09

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FALSE ‘IDOL’ ‘AMERICAN Idol” has be come sec ond-chance “Idol” for Season 8’s Joanna Pacitti – and it’s got some of the show’s fans up-in-arms. Like Carly Smithson, whose record deal with MCA when she

Idol Sales News – Week Ending 01/25/09

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Idol Related Sales Numbers after the jump (Billboard issue date 2/07/09)

Spoiler Update: Lenesha Young and Jackie Midkiff Rumored to Make the Top 50

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Check out my list of the American Idol Season 8 Top 50 HERE. And then check out Joesplace list, HERE, cause that’s where all the information comes from! Just a couple of updates:

American Idol Season 8 – Jacksonville Auditions – Recap

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Update: Just added thumbnails, and a re-cap… Rickey and I have been chatting post show at around 9:30. You can check out the transcript: Part 1 and Part 2. Joshua Ulloa –

Kelly Clarkson Video Premiere – More Details! – Update: Video Leak!

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ETA: Major Update! Kelly’s video leaked (Wayne Isham sure loves football stadiums) -Kelly looks great, by the way! You can watch the video HERE or HERE Ok, I got the full details on the