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Scotty McCreery wins Ameircan Idol

scotty-mccreery Scotty McCreery, the 16 year old country singer, won this year's American Idol yesterday. At the finale Scotty was against Lauren Alaina, who is also 16. 29 million watched the finale, 122 million votes were received and several popular artists performed on the results show. [...]

Haley Reinhart leaves American Idol

In this weeks Ameircan Idol the Top 3 contestants faced off each other. In the running were Haley Reinhart, Lauren Alaina and Scotty McCreery. [...]

Pia Toscano got elimated from American Idol but gets record deal

pia-toscanoIn a shocking episode of American Idol last week, the favorite "Pia Toscano" got eliminated. Pia who performed mostly slow songs, such as Celine Dion's songs, had amazed the judges and viewers with her voice and talent. Most people thought she was the top contender to win it all this year, but maybe that is why they did not vote for her. Judges were even shocked that she got eliminated. READ MORE

American Idol judges save Casey Abrams

American-Idol-judgesLast night in the results show of American Idol, most viewers were shocked to hear that favorite Casey Abrams had received the lowest votes and was going to be eliminated unless the judges save him. It was a very important night for the contestants as there were only 11 remaining and the Top 10 move on and also will perform in the summer tour, which means opportunity for the contestants to make some money. READ MORE

American Idol Announces Top 24

American Idol spent the last week narrowing down from 40 contestants to 24. On Wednesday's show, all contestants moved to Las Vegas to do covers of The Beatles. The contestants were teamed up in groups of 2 or 3 and took turns singing. There were many good performances, but a few good ones as well. The judges then got rid of a few and for the remaining they gave them a chance to sing a solo song before they cut out more people to get to 24.

Top Selling American Idol Contestants

American Idol is a ratings juggernaut and a household name. The show has, over the years, produced many recording artists but strangely enough, the successful ones have not necessarily been the winners or the runner ups.

Chris Daughtry is perhaps the most famous of these having finished in fourth place in season five. Soon after dropping out of the show he went on to form a band called Daughtry of which he was lead vocalist. …