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Kara Dioguardi – Borgata, Atlantic City – VIDEO

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Kara DioGuardi performed at the Borgata in Atlantic City Friday and Saturday night. Here she is performing her song “Terrified” the song Season 9 finalist, Didi Benami wowed the judges with during Hollywood Week. Katharine

Didi Benami Visits the Ellen Degeneres Show – VIDEO

04/08/2010 mj santilli 16

There were a few uncomfortable moments when Didi Benami sat down with Ellen Degeneres on the Idol judge’s talk show to discuss her Idol experience. When Didi says out loud that she wished the judges

Didi Benami – Late Show With David Letterman – VIDEO

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Didi Benami dropped by the Late Show with David Letterman today to sing the Kara Dioguardi-penned tune, “Terrified” with Paul Shaffer and the band, and chat with Dave. After watching the show last week, Letterman

Didi Benami Visits the If I Can Dream House

04/05/2010 mj santilli 13

Didi Benami visited the If I Can Dream house Friday night to hang out with the “dreamers”. New castmate, Alex Lambert was there, and it was interesting to learn that the boys and girls in

Didi Benami Pre-Idol Music – Sweet Rain

04/02/2010 mj santilli 21

Check out this pre-Idol song from eliminated American Idol contestant, Didi Benami, called “Sweet Rain”. The song is produced by Rocco Guarino who co-wrote it with Didi, and also did some stuff for S7 Idol,

Didi Benami Talks to the Press: “It Was a Cool-Crazy Ride”

04/01/2010 mj santilli 26

Eliminated Idol contestant, Didi Benami, spoke with reporters in a conference call earlier today. She talked about making her way in cut-throat LA the past 4 years (she lived in her car for awhile, handling

American Idol 9 – Top 10 – Usher R&B/Soul – What Should the Idols Sing/

03/29/2010 mj santilli 67

This week, Usher mentors the Top 10 kids, who will sing from this list of R&B/Soul songs. Maybe a tighter list of songs will help the kids choose better songs than they did last week.

American Idol 9 Top 11 iTunes Reviews

03/27/2010 mj santilli 47

A lot has been written in the Idol press this week about whether or not Season 9 is the worst Season in Idol history. So far, I think it has been, but not because these

American Idol 9 – Top 11 Power List

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On this week’s Power List, the teens, Aaron Kelly and Katie Stevens, coming off of well received Top 12 performances, have moved up the list. UPDATE: Aaron Kelly has lost his voice; “hope my voice

American Idol 9 Top 12 – iTunes Reviews

03/20/2010 mj santilli 84

A big thank you to the peeps who asked if I’d be reviewing the iTunes performances this year. As you can see, the answer is YES. It’s nice to know y’all enjoyed my efforts last