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Wednesday Apr 25

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Wednesday Apr 25

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

Sanjaya: Top 10 Things I Learned from American Idol

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Sanjaya Malakar appeared on last night’s Late Show with David Letterman to read the Top 10 list, “Ten Things I Learned from American Idol.” I got the video here:

Idol Gives Back – Ellen DeGeneres will co-host, plus Bono will appear with the Idols to Discuss the work of ONE

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For your convenience–a handy guide to this week’s giant Idol Gives Back Special. Newsflash: According to Usa Today’s Idol Chatter blog, Bono will be appearing on the Idol Gives Back special Wednesday. Here’s

Monday Apr 23

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Monday Apr 23

Idol Update

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Taylor Hicks hits the stage on his current tour at about the same time American Idol starts, so he has not been able to keep up, he tells Billboard. Besides, the tour, Taylor is

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.

White House Correspondents Dinner

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The Annual White House Correspondents dinner was last night. Sanjaya Malakar attended, but he wasn’t the only Idol there. Chris Sligh was there too, a guest of the Christian Broadcasting Network. Rich