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  'American Idol' eliminates Jason Castro, determines Top 3 finalists

  May 8, 2008
  Jason Castro expressed a desire to go home and voters obliged to send him there, as he was revealed to be the ninth finalist eliminated from American Idol's seventh season during last night's live results show on Fox.
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  Jon Peter Lewis, Bo Bice, Ace Young to serve as Idol Camp mentors

  March 24, 2008
  American Idol has announced third-season finalist Jon Peter Lewis, fourth-season runner-up Bo Bice and fifth-season finalist Ace Young will all serve as mentors at Idol Camp 2008.
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  'American Idol' runner-up Bo Bice and wife expecting second child

  March 17, 2008
  Bo Bice is preparing to be a proud papa for the second time.
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  'American Idol' producer: Carly Smithson controversy not logical

  February 15, 2008
  Although it has yet to be mentioned in any of the show's broadcasts and also wasn't noted in the biographical information Fox released after the season's semifinalists were formally revealed on Wednesday, American Idol executive producer Nigel Lythgoe insists the show isn't trying to hide the existence of seventh-season Top 24 semifinalist Carly Smithson's previous big-budget recording contract.
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  Sanjaya to host TV Guide Network 'Idol Stars' special on February 24

  February 7, 2008
  TV Guide Network has announced Sanjaya Malakar, the American Idol sixth-season finalist who was known more for his creative coif concoctions and wretched renditions of songs than his actual vocal ability, will host an Idol Stars: Where Are They Now special on Sunday, February 24 at 8PM ET/PT
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  'Idol' runner-up Blake Lewis' debut album sells 98,000 first-week units

  December 13, 2007
  Blake Lewis' debut album "Audio Day Dream" dropped at No. 10 on The Billboard 200 album sales chart after selling 98,000 copies during its initial week of release, according to Nielsen Soundscan data for the week ending December 9.

• 'American Idol' producer discusses seventh-season format changes

  November 5, 2007
  In an effort to get more face time for its seventh-season finalists, American Idol's weekly musical mentors will apparently have to take a backseat.
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  'American Idol' winner Jordin Sparks finally signs record deal

  August 17, 2007
  Better late than never.  Nearly three months after her crowning, sixth-season American Idol champion Jordin Sparks has officially signed a recording contract.
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  'American Idol's sixth season finale averages over 30 million viewers

  May 24, 2007
  An average of 30.7 million total viewers watched 17-year-old Glendale, AZ-native Jordin Sparks become American Idol's sixth champion during Fox's live two-hour Wednesday night broadcast of Idol's sixth season finale.  The finale also scored an 11.5/31 rating/share in the Adults 18-49 demographic.
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  'American Idol' finalists Blake Lewis, Jordin Sparks sing one last time

  May 23, 2007
  It was "The Great Entertainer" versus "The Great Singer" during last night's final sixth season American Idol performance episode, which saw Blake Lewis and Jordin Sparks, the season's Top 2 finalists, compete in-front of a studio audience and tens of millions of home viewers live from Hollywood's Kodak Theater.

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