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Top 6 Performance

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Cold opening – Ryan is standing in the control room looking very serious. “Tonight, ” he says, “We are presenting a very special show. We’ve got the same 3 judges, the same 6 finalists (Each

ETA: Kirsten just posted this blog from Access Hollywood in comments. It contains a very detailed account of tonight’s show. A couple of interesting tidbits not mentioned anywhere yet: News Corp which

Season Six News

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Sanjaya Malakar’s recent elimination puts him at the top of the Idol news food chain. He’ll be making the rounds of the talk shows next week, including the usual suspects–Ellen and Regis and Kelly.

Idols on Oprah

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Simon Cowell and the Top 6 were Oprah Winfrey’s guests today on her show. Simon answered Oprah’s questions via satellite from Las Vegas. His top 2 Idols are Melinda Doolittle and Jordin Sparks,

Top 7 Results

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Martina McBride performs Anyway, from her newly-released album, …Waking Up Laughing… Tonight’s super-speshul elimination gimmick as explained by Nigel Lythgoe to TV Week, …Im going to split the group into the highest voting

TV Week Interview: The Top 7

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Chuck Ross of TV Week interviews producer Nigel Lythgoe about this week’s Top 7 performance show. Nigel explains tonight’s results show gimmick, “I’m going to split the group into the highest voting group and the

Top 7 Performance

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It was a little awkward, but I suppose something needs to be said before an event as inconsequential and trivial in the Big Scheme of Things as American Idol gets underway tonight. Ryan stands

Idols in the News

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This week’s Entertainment Weekly features a story on American Idol Season 6, which they call the “weirdest season ever.” That’s an apt description. The article (it’s online too) features interviews with assorted producers

Top 8 Results

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J Lo sings a cut from her new Spanish Language album…. And a whole bunch of lame filler stuff, as tonight’s show expands to 1 hour. Bottom 3: Phil Stacey Haley Scarnato Chris Richardson Going

TV Week Interview: The Top 8

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Chuck Ross from TV Week interviews American Idol producer Ken Warwick for the magazine’s weekly Backlot Talk interview. Ken mentions that tonight, Ryan will be announcing more celebrities guests slated for the big