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  'American Idol's Top 9 ninth-season finalists take the stage and sing

  April 6, 2010
  American Idol's Top 9 ninth-season finalists took the stage during Tuesday night's live performance episode broadcast, singing The Beatles songs from the Lennon-McCartney songbook.
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  Ousted 'American Idol' finalist Didi Benami: I haven't lost my way

  April 1, 2010
  Didi Benami disagrees with American Idol's judges that she lost her way during the show's ninth-season competition.  According to the ousted Idol finalist, she simply wanted to prove she is more "diverse" than the singer-songwriter artist they feel she is.
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  'American Idol' cuts Didi Benami, determines season's Top 9 finalists

  April 1, 2010
  American Idol eliminated Didi Benami and determined its Top 9 ninth-season finalists during Wednesday night's live results show broadcast on Fox.
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  'American Idol's Top 10 ninth-season finalists take the stage, perform

  March 31, 2010
  American Idol's Top 10 ninth-season finalists took the stage during Tuesday night's live performance episode broadcast, singing R&B songs.
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  'American Idol's Top 11 ninth-season finalists take to the stage, sing

  March 24, 2010
  American Idol's Top 11 ninth-season finalists took the stage during Tuesday night's live performance episode broadcast, singing songs that have hit No. 1 on the weekly Billboard Hot 100 chart which began over 50 years ago.
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  'American Idol' taps Miley Cyrus as mentor, dumps teen idols theme

  March 22, 2010
  American Idol may have dumped its previously-announced "Teen Idols" theme for this week's Top 11 performance round, however it has tapped a teen idol to serve as the musical mentor.
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  'American Idol's Top 12 ninth-season finalists take to the stage, sing

  March 17, 2010
  American Idol's Top 12 ninth-season finalists took the stage for the first time during Tuesday night's live performance show broadcast, singing Rolling Stones songs.
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  'American Idol' cuts four semifinalists, determines Top 12 finalists

  March 12, 2010
  American Idol's Top 12 ninth-season finalists were determined during Thursday night's live results show broadcast that ended the competition's semifinals by eliminating four of the 16 remaining semifinalists.
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  'American Idol's Top 8 female semifinalists take to the stage and sing

  March 10, 2010
  American Idol's ninth-season Top 8 female semifinalists made their final push for the season's finals during Tuesday night's Fox broadcast.
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  'American Idol' sends four more ninth-season semifinalists packing

  March 5, 2010
  The American Idol journey ended for two more male and two more female ninth-season semifinalists during last night's live results show that revealed the competition's Top 16 semifinalists.

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