The
eighth season of American
Idol premiered on January 13, 2009 and concluded on
May 20, 2009.
Judges Simon
Cowell, Paula Abdul, and Randy Jackson continued to judge the show's
contestants, along with Ryan Seacrest
as host. The
season introduced Kara DioGuardi as
the fourth judge on the Idol
panel. Kris Allen was announced the winner of the
competition on May 20, 2009, defeating runner-up Adam Lambert after nearly 100 million votes,
the highest recorded vote total in the history of the
show. Kris Allen is the
only married winner of the competition at the time of his
victory.
The eighth season saw numerous changes to the format of the show.
There were 36 semi-finalists instead of 24, and thirteen finalists
instead of twelve, nine contestants chosen by the public and four
by the judges. Another addition was the "save," which was used on
the top seven results show to veto
Matt
Giraud's elimination.
The season was Abdul's final season.
Changes from Season 7
Several changes were planned for season 8. Fox Entertainment
president
Kevin Reilly stated that
Idol would feature fewer "
William
Hung-like" contestants and "funny auditions," and would quickly
move its focus to the potential singers during the earlier stages
of the competition, thus moving the season at a faster pace.
Mike Darnell, president of Fox's
alternative programming, said the contestants would be more
emotional and that viewers would learn more about them and their
pasts than they had in the
previous season.Songwriter and
record producer
Kara DioGuardi was
added as a permanent fourth judge on the panel. She had previously
collaborated with
Celine Dion,
Hilary Duff,
Enrique
Iglesias,
Leona Lewis and
Christina Aguilera, and produced several
Top 40 hits. As a songwriter, she
had already worked with several American Idol alumni and winners,
including
Kelly Clarkson,
Carrie Underwood,
David Archuleta and
David Cook. Meanwhile,
Ken Warwick became the new executive producer,
as
Nigel Lythgoe had left the show to
focus on
So You Think You
Can Dance and his new show with Simon Fuller,
Superstars of Dance.
Idol Gives Back was canceled for season
8, as the
ongoing
economic crisis and recession, left
Idol officials
uncomfortable asking financially struggling viewers to donate.The
semifinals saw the biggest change as the wild card round returned
for the first time since the
third season. After voters picked
three finalists from each of three groups of 12 semi-finalists, the
judges selected eight of the previously eliminated 27 semifinalists
to return and perform a song on the March 5, 2009, show. They were
judged by the panel, instead of a vote by the viewers, with four
advancing to the finals.
MTV How WIll The Wild-Card Round Work On 'American
Idol' Although the finals had been billed from the beginning of
the season as a set of 12 contestants, the judges announced at the
last minute that they would be advancing a fourth wild
card/thirteenth contestant,
Anoop Desai,
as well.
Another change in the
Idol format, which was revealed on
March 11, 2009, is that the judges are eligible to exercise a veto
power on one eliminated contestant at any given point of the
competition and spare them from elimination for that particular
week. This can only be invoked up until the Final 5. The following
week two contestants will be eliminated if the save is used because
nobody is eliminated on the week that the save is used. The save
can only be used once and it must be unanimous.
Early process
Regional auditions phase
- Locations
Auditions were held in the following cities:
| Audition
City |
Date |
Audition
Venue |
San Francisco,
California |
July 17, 2008 |
Cow Palace |
Louisville,
Kentucky |
July 21, 2008 |
Freedom Hall |
Glendale,
Arizona |
July 25, 2008 |
Jobing.com
Arena |
Salt Lake City,
Utah |
July 29, 2008 |
EnergySolutions
Arena |
San Juan, Puerto
Rico |
August 2, 2008 |
Coliseo de
Puerto Rico |
Kansas City,
Missouri |
August 8, 2008 |
Kemper Arena |
Jacksonville, Florida |
August 13, 2008 |
Jacksonville
Veterans Memorial Arena |
East
Rutherford, New Jersey |
August 19, 2008 |
Izod Center |
Contestants are required to be between the
ages 16 and 28 on July 15, 2008 and eligible to work in the
United
States
. Contestants are ineligible if they were
part of the top 40 from previous seasons (exception being for those
who reached the top 50 from season 7), if they hold recording or
management contracts or if they are not U.S. citizens or landed
immigrants (i.e. temporary residents).
Hollywood phase
For this
season, the Hollywood round moved from the Orpheum
Theatre
to the Kodak Theatre
, which was previously used for the finale in
seasons 1 and 3–6. In addition, the Hollywood round was
extended to two weeks.
In the first round, the 147 contestants each sang a short solo a
cappella performance of any song. The next round had the remaining
107 contestants performing in groups of three or four. The 72
contestants that passed group day performed one more solo song,
this time accompanied by a band, before being narrowed down to 54.
The final 54 then went to the "judges' mansion" in Los Angeles for
the final results, and the Top 36 were announced. Some contestants
had a sing-off to determine who would enter the top 36.
Semi-finals
The top 36 were announced in a special two-hour broadcast on
Wednesday, February 11, 2009.
All 36 contestants, performing in three groups of twelve, sang
songs that were
Billboard Hot
100 Hits.
Below are the three semi-final groups with contestants listed in
their performance order. In each group, three people advanced to
the next round, based on votes by the viewers. The top male and
female recipient advanced, along with the next highest vote
recipient of the remaining ten contestants in each group. Following
those nine singers advancing, eight of the remaining 27
semi-finalists were selected by the judges to compete in the Wild
Card round. Following another performance by each Wild Card
contender, the judges selected four contestants to advance to the
final group of 13.
Advancing to the Top 13: Alexis Grace, Michael Sarver, and
Danny Gokey
Wild Card Contenders: Ricky Braddy, Tatiana Del Toro, and
Anoop Desai
Advancing to the Top 13: Allison Iraheta, Kris Allen, and
Adam Lambert
Wild Card Contenders: Matt Giraud, Megan Joy, Jesse
Langseth, and Jasmine Murray
Advancing to the Top 13: Lil Rounds, Scott MacIntyre, and
Jorge Núñez
Wild Card Contender: Von Smith
Advancing to the Top 13: Jasmine Murray, Megan Joy, Matt
Giraud, and Anoop Desai
Finalists
Kris Allen
- Kris
Allen (born June 21, 1985 in Jacksonville
, Arkansas
) is a 24-year-old from (23 at the time of the show)
Conway
, Arkansas who auditioned in Louisville, Kentucky
. Allen's interest in music began at an early
age; he taught himself how to play guitar at the age of 13, as well
as numerous other instruments. Prior to Idol, he worked as
a worship leader at New Life Church in Maumelle, Arkansas, and is a
member of Chi Alpha Campus Ministries at the University of Central
Arkansas, where he is a business major. Allen was announced the
winner of the eighth season of American Idol on May 20, 2009. He went on to
release his first official single, No Boundaries, which was written by
Idol judge Kara DioGuardi. As a part of winning Idol, Allen was
signed by Jive Records and 19
Entertainment. His first official album under the new label is
expected to be released November 17 2009.
- Adam
Lambert (born January 29, 1982 in Indianapolis, Indiana
) is a 27-year-old from (26 at the time of his
audition) San
Diego
, California
who auditioned in San Francisco
, California. Lambert grew up in Rancho
Peñasquitos, San Diego, California and attended Deer Canyon
Elementary School, Mesa Verde
Middle School, and Mt.
Carmel High School, where he
was in theater, choir, and also performed with the school's jazz
band. Lambert has been a stage actor since the age of ten,
performing in such productions as You're a Good Man, Charlie
Brown, and Wicked. Lambert
roomed with Kris Allen. Lambert was announced as the runner-up for
the eighth season of American Idol on May 20, 2009.
- Danny
Gokey (born April 24, 1980) is a 29-year-old (28 at
the time of his audition) from Milwaukee
, Wisconsin
who auditioned in Kansas City, Missouri
. Gokey first began singing in church with
his family, and has been a worship leader for his church in
Milwaukee, Faith Builders International Ministries, for several
years. Four weeks before Gokey auditioned for American Idol, in
July 2008, his wife Sophia underwent surgery due to congenital heart disease. She later
died from complications regarding the extensive surgery. He was
eliminated from the Top 3 on May 13, 2009.
- Allison
Iraheta (born April 27, 1992 in Glendale, California) is a 17-year-old (16 at the time of her audition)
from Los
Angeles
who auditioned in San Francisco, California. Iraheta began singing at an early age,
performing at small venues for her family and friends. In 2006,
Iraheta won the Telemundo television
series Quinceañera, where she won $50,000 and a recording
contract, where only the prize money was granted. She was
eliminated from the Top 4 on May 6, 2009. She has been the youngest
finalist as a 16 year-old turning 17 during Top 5 week.
- Matt
Giraud (born May 11, 1985 in Dearborn
, Michigan
) is a 24-year-old from (23 at his time of the show)
Kalamazoo
, Michigan who auditioned in Louisville, Kentucky. Initially eliminated from the Top 13,
Giraud was chosen by the judges to rejoin the competition during
the Wild Card round. Similarly, Giraud was eliminated during the
Top 7, but was saved by the judges. Giraud grew up in Ypsilanti
, Michigan, where he graduated from Lincoln High School in
2003. He released an album called Perspective in
2003 and another in 2006 called Mind Body and Soul.
- Anoop
Desai (born December 20, 1986 in Cary
, North
Carolina
) is a
22-year-old from Chapel Hill
, North
Carolina who
auditioned in Kansas City, Missouri. Desai is an only
child, whose father was born in India
and mother
was born in South Africa.
Beginning
his career as an actor for the television station WRAL-TV
in Raleigh
in a local television series entitled
"CentralXpress.com", and played the character
"Raj." Desai attended Carnage Middle School and Phillips Middle School, then later
went on to attend East Chapel Hill High School
, graduating in 2004. Desai’s performance as
a soloist on the song “She Has No Time” was included on the 2007
iteration of the annual BOCA (Best of College A Cappella)
compilation album. Desai has credited his decision to audition for
American Idol to the death of a friend, Eve Carson, who was murdered. Initially
eliminated from the Top 13, he was chosen by the judges to rejoin
the competition during the Wild Card round. His advancement to the
finals made American Idol history, making it a top
13.
- Megan
Joy (born September 18, 1985) is a 24-year-old (23 at
the time of the show) from Sandy
, Utah
who
auditioned in Salt Lake
City
, Utah.
Initially eliminated from the Top 13, Joy was chosen by the judges
to rejoin the competition during the Wild Card round. In high
school, Joy unsuccessfully tried out for numerous performance
groups, including choir, and never had any
singing lessons before her audition on Idol. Joy graduated from
Taylorsville
High School
in Taylorsville
, Utah in
2003. She has one son named Ryder.
Finals
Eliminated: Jasmine Murray and Jorge
Núñez
The judges chose not to save either Jasmine or Jorge.
This episode was re-aired on June 29, 2009, in a tribute to the
death of
Michael Jackson on June 25. This makes it
the only episode of the show to be re-aired by Fox.
Mentor:
Randy Travis
Bottom 3: Allison Iraheta, Michael Sarver, and Alexis
Grace
Bottom 2: Michael Sarver and Alexis Grace
Eliminated: Alexis Grace
The judges chose not to use their save on Alexis.
Mentor:
Smokey Robinson
Bottom 3: Matt Giraud, Michael Sarver, and Scott
MacIntyre
Bottom 2: Matt Giraud and Michael Sarver
Eliminated: Michael Sarver
The judges chose not to save Michael.
Top 9 - Popular iTunes Downloads
Bottom 3: Megan Joy, Allison Iraheta, and Anoop
Desai
Bottom 2: Megan Joy and Anoop Desai
Eliminated: Megan Joy
Simon made it clear that the judges would not even consider using
the save on Megan.
Top 8 - Year They Were Born
Bottom 3: Anoop Desai, Scott MacIntyre, and Lil
Rounds
Bottom 2: Anoop Desai and Scott MacIntyre
Eliminated: Scott MacIntyre
Paula and Kara wanted to save Scott, but Simon and Randy did not.
Since the judges must be unanimous for the save to be used, the
save was not used on Scott.
Top 7 (first week) - Songs of the Cinema
Mentor:
Quentin Tarantino
Bottom 3: Anoop Desai, Lil Rounds, and Matt
Giraud
Bottom 2: Matt Giraud and Lil Rounds
*Saved from elimination: Matt Giraud
*Matt received the lowest number of votes but the judges decided to
use their save on him and was not eliminated.
Top 7 (second week) - Disco
Bottom 3: Anoop Desai, Allison Iraheta, and Lil
Rounds
Eliminated: Lil Rounds and Anoop
Desai
With no elimination the previous week, there was a second "Top 7"
week and two people were eliminated.
Mentor:
Jamie Foxx
Top 2: Allison Iraheta, Danny Gokey
Bottom 3: Adam Lambert, Kris Allen, and Matt
Giraud
Bottom 2: Adam Lambert and Matt Giraud
Eliminated: Matt Giraud
Mentor:
Slash
Each contestant sang one solo and one duet with a fellow
contestant.
Eliminated: Allison Iraheta
Top 3 - Judge's choice / Contestant's choice
Each contestant sang two songs.
Eliminated: Danny Gokey
Top 2 - The contestant’s favorite / Simon Fuller’s choice / The winner’s
single
Each contestant sang three songs. Allen won a coin toss to decide
who performed first and who performed last, and he chose to perform
last.
- Adam Lambert - "Mad World" (Tears for Fears) - Contestant's
favorite
- Kris Allen - "Ain't No Sunshine" (Bill Withers) -
Contestant's favorite
- Adam Lambert - "A
Change Is Gonna Come" (Sam Cooke) -
Simon Fuller's choice
- Kris Allen - "What's Going
On" (Marvin Gaye) - Simon
Fuller's choice
- Adam Lambert - "No
Boundaries" - Winner's single
- Kris Allen - "No Boundaries" - Winner's single
Winner: Kris Allen
Runner-Up: Adam Lambert
Other performances
Group song
Guest performances
In addition, songs are played during the elimination night to
promote an artist, single, album, or the show itself. Included is a
list of those songs with their
Billboard Hot 100 and
Hot Digital Songs reactions.
| Week |
Performer(s) |
Title |
Hot 100
Reaction |
Hot Digital Songs
Reaction |
Notes |
Top 36/
Group 1 |
Carly Smithson
Michael Johns |
"The Letter" |
Ineligible to chart
(No legal digital release) |
live performance |
Top 36/
Group 2 |
Brooke White |
"Hold Up My Heart" |
47 (debut) |
27 (51,171 +999%) |
live performance |
Top 36/
Group 3 |
No performer |
| Top 13 |
Kanye West |
"Heartless" |
7 (+1) |
13 (95,223 +18%) |
pre-recorded |
| Kelly Clarkson |
"My Life Would Suck
Without You" |
5 (+4) |
6 (141,167 +38%) |
live performance |
| Top 11 |
Brad Paisley |
"Then" |
35 (debut) |
18 (64,127 +999%) |
live performance |
Carrie Underwood
Randy Travis |
"I Told You
So" |
9 (+48) |
4 (125,806 +701%) |
pre-recorded |
| Top 10 |
Ruben Studdard |
"Together" |
did not debut |
N/A |
pre-recorded |
Smokey Robinson
Joss Stone |
"You’re the One for Me" |
did not debut |
N/A |
live performance |
| Stevie Wonder |
"My Chérie Amour"/"Superstition"/
"Overjoyed"/"All
About the Love Again" |
ineligible to re-enter |
N/A |
live performance |
| Top 9 |
David Cook |
"Come Back to
Me" |
63 (debut) |
40 (39,430 +498%) |
pre-recorded |
| Lady GaGa |
"Poker Face" |
2 (-1) |
2 (228,799 +11%) |
live performance |
| Top 8 |
Frankie Avalon |
"Venus" |
N/A |
N/A |
live performance |
Flo Rida
Ke$ha
|
"Right Round" |
3 (=) |
4 (179,913 +9%) |
live performance |
| Kellie Pickler |
"Best Days of Your
Life" |
50 (+53) |
34 (46,825 +257%) |
live performance |
Top 7
(week 1) |
Jennifer Hudson |
"If This
Isn't Love" |
63 (+23) |
86 (19,112 +172%) |
live performance |
| Miley Cyrus |
"The Climb" |
4 (+4) |
2 (189,566 +0%) |
pre-recorded |
Top 7
(week 2) |
David Archuleta |
"Touch My Hand" |
did not debut |
107 (12,875 +558%) |
live performance |
Freda Payne
Thelma Houston
KC |
Medley of
"Band of Gold"
"Don't Leave Me This
Way"
"Get Down Tonight." |
ineligible to re-enter |
N/A |
live performance |
| Top 5 |
Natalie Cole |
"Something's Gotta Give" |
did not debut |
N/A |
live performance |
| Taylor Hicks |
Seven Mile Breakdown |
did not debut |
N/A |
live performance |
| Jamie Foxx |
"Blame It" |
2 (+2) |
4(+6) |
live performance |
| Top 4 |
Paula Abdul |
"I'm Just Here for the
Music" |
87 (debut) |
61(24,615 +999%) |
pre-recorded |
| No Doubt |
"Just a Girl" |
ineligible to re-enter |
TBA |
pre-recorded |
| Daughtry |
"No Surprise" |
15 (debut) |
7 (103,593 +999%) |
live performance |
| Top 3 |
Noah Mushimiyimana |
"I'm the World's Greatest" |
NA |
NA |
live performance |
| Jordin Sparks |
"Battlefield" |
32 (debut) |
12 (75,007 +999%) |
live performance |
| Katy Perry |
"Waking Up in Vegas" |
13 (+38) |
5 (103,921) +180% |
live performance |
| Top 2 |
Carrie Underwood |
"Home
Sweet Home" |
79 (re-entry) |
TBA |
live performance on May 19, 2009 |
| Finale |
See Grand
Finale for other performances |
NA |
NA |
|
Elimination chart
Legend
|
| Did Not Perform |
Female |
Male |
Top 36 |
Wild Card |
Top 13 |
Winner |
|
Safe
|
Bottom 3
|
Bottom 2
|
Eliminated
|
Judges' Save
|
| Stage: |
Semi-Finals |
|
Finals |
| Week: |
2/18
|
2/261
|
3/4
|
3/5
|
3/112
|
3/18
|
3/263
|
4/1
|
4/8
|
4/154
|
4/225
|
4/29
|
5/66
|
5/13
|
5/20 |
| Place |
Contestant |
Result |
| 1 |
Kris Allen |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Winner |
| 2 |
Adam Lambert |
|
Adv |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 3 |
Danny Gokey |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Elim |
|
| 4 |
Allison Iraheta |
|
Adv |
|
|
|
|
|
Btm 3 |
|
|
|
|
Elim |
|
| 5 |
Matt Giraud |
|
Elim |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Saved |
|
Elim |
|
| 6 -
7 |
Anoop Desai |
Elim |
|
|
Adv |
|
|
|
|
|
Btm 3 |
Elim |
|
| Lil Rounds |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Btm 3 |
Btm 2 |
|
| 8 |
Scott MacIntyre |
|
|
Adv |
|
|
|
Btm 3 |
|
Elim |
|
| 9 |
Megan Joy |
|
Elim |
|
Adv |
|
|
|
Elim |
|
| 10 |
Michael Sarver |
Adv |
|
|
|
|
Btm 2 |
Elim |
|
| 11 |
Alexis Grace |
Adv |
|
|
|
|
Elim |
|
| 12 -
13 |
Jorge Núñez |
|
|
Adv |
|
Elim |
|
| Jasmine Murray |
|
Elim |
|
Adv |
|
Wild
Card |
Ricky Braddy |
Elim |
|
|
Elim |
|
| Tatiana Del Toro |
Elim |
|
|
|
| Jesse Langseth |
|
Elim |
|
|
| Von Smith |
|
|
Elim |
|
Semi-
Final 3 |
Arianna Afsar |
|
|
Elim |
|
| Felicia Barton |
|
|
|
| Kendall Beard |
|
|
|
| Ju'Not Joyner |
|
|
|
| Nathaniel Marshall |
|
|
|
| Kristen McNamara |
|
|
|
| Taylor Vaifanua |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Semi-
Final 2 |
Matt Breitzke |
|
Elim |
|
| Mishavonna Henson |
|
|
| Kai Kalama |
|
|
| Nick Mitchell |
|
|
| Jeanine Vailes |
|
|
Semi-
Final 1 |
Ann Marie Boskovich |
Elim |
|
| Casey Carlson |
|
| Stephen Fowler |
|
| Brent Keith |
|
| Jackie Tohn |
|
| Stevie Wright |
|
1 Due to the 2009
Speech to the Joint Session of the United States Congress on
Tuesday, February 24, 2009, the performance show was moved to
Wednesday, February 25 and the results show was moved to Thursday,
February 26.
2 Ryan never specifically said who the
bottom three or four was, but Megan Joy was brought up with Jasmine
Murray and Anoop Desai with Jorge Nuñez for dramatic effect.
Jasmine Murray was announced as the first to leave, followed by
Jorge Nuñez.
3 Due to the White House Press Conference on Tuesday,
March 24, 2009, the performance show was moved to Wednesday, March
25 and the results show was moved to Thursday, March 26.
4 Due to the judges using their one save, in order to
save
Matt Giraud, the Top 7 remained
intact for another week.
5 The bottom two were eliminated on April 22. It was
never announced who received the lowest number of votes, although
Lil Rounds was announced as the first to leave, followed by Anoop
Desai.
6 It was only announced that
Allison Iraheta received the lowest number
of votes this week. The other member(s) of the bottom two or three
were never revealed, and the safe contestants were announced in
random order.
Finale
The finale took place at the
Nokia Theatre on May 20, 2009.
Controversies
Joanna Pacitti
Joanna Pacitti, who was originally
selected as a semi-finalist, created controversy due to her being
previously signed to A&M and Geffen Records. Later, she was
found to have been having a "private relationship" with 19
Management. She was later disqualified, and replaced by Felicia
Barton.
Telephone number
In the Top 13, the expected phone number for contestant
Alexis Grace, 1-866-IDOLS-13, was not owned by
American Idol, but by a company called Intimate Encounters, who
used it as a
phone sex line. Although host
Ryan Seacrest mentioned the replacement phone number,
1-866-IDOLS-36, several times, some commentators feared that the
phone number confusion could lead to Grace being inadvertently
voted off the show. However, Grace was not voted off that
week.
Overtime broadcast
On the April 7 (Top 8) performance episode,
Idol ran
nearly eight minutes past its set ending time, such that viewers
who recorded the program on digital video recorders completely
missed the final performance, Adam Lambert's performance of
Mad
World which received a standing ovation from judge Simon
Cowell. The show attempted to prevent running over time the
following week by having only two judges, either Randy and Kara or
Paula and Simon, critique each performance; however, the episode
still ended two minutes over the timeslot.
Lip-syncing
After the Top 11 program,
Justin
Guarini, while hosting
Idol
Wrap on TV Guide channel, asserted that the show's group
performances were being
lip-synced. Soon
after Guarini's assertion was aired, a spokesperson for the
producers of
American Idol said, "The Idols don't
lip-sync, period." The following day, the same spokesperson said
that "due to extensive choreography and to balance their voices
with open mics against a screaming audience, the Idols do sing
along to their own prerecorded vocal track during the group
performances only." The spokesperson maintained that the performers
sing their solo songs live, but their performances available to
download through
iTunes are recorded prior to
airing.
Finale vote
Kris
Allen's win over Adam Lambert resulted in speculation about
voter manipulation, a Christian voting bloc, and as many as "38 million"
votes coming from Arkansas, Kris's home state, a state with only 2.8 million
people. There were also allegations that
AT&T may have influenced the results.
Fox had previously denied these claims as
baseless stating that the network has no preference on who the
winner might be. AT&T meanwhile said in a statement that the
vote tally above was based on incorrect information and apologized
by saying that "AT&T does not divulge or confirm how many votes
were cast in any state." On May 27, 2009, the producers of the show
stated that they "stand by the outcome" and are "absolutely
certain" that "without a doubt Kris Allen is the American
Idol".
Awards and nominations
Primetime Emmy Awards
Teen Choice Awards
See also
References
- Songwriter Kara DioGuardi joins 'American Idol'
panel
-
http://omg.yahoo.com/news/paula-abdul-leaving-american-idol/26014?nc
- OK! Magazine - First for Celebrity News - Less is More for
Next Season of American Idol
- ‘Idol's’ emotional focus will highlight Abdul
- Associated Press
- Lythgoe Leaving 'American Idol'
- American Idol Shelves "Give Back" Show for 2009
Season
- Fox releases 'American Idol' schedule, confirms
format changes
- Who Will Be The Next Singing Superstar? - American
Idol News
- Release says San Francisco; arena is actually in Daly City,
though part of its property is in San Francisco.
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http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2009/01/22/american-idol-finds-a-major-label-burnout-kentucky-derby-hats-at-louisville-auditions/
The filmed session before the judges was actually at Churchill Downs.
- Release says Phoenix; arena is actually in
Glendale.
- Top 36 Revealed!
- American
Idol
- Kris Allen - 19 Recordings Has Signed the American
Idol Season 8 Winner and Has Licensed to Jive Records
- "American Idol finalists are church worship
leaders" Associated Press via WNCT, February 20, 2009.
- "Milwaukee man says he's prepared to give his all
to make 'Idol' finals" by Tim Cuprisin, Feb. 13, 2009,
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
- "'Idol's grieving Danny Gokey hopes to lighten
up" Jill Serjeant, Feb 19, 2009, Reuters.
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http://www.laprensagrafica.com/index.php/fama/espectaculos/20202.html/
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http://www.mlive.com/news/kzgazette/index.ssf?/base/news-32/123459063858410.xml&coll=7
- http://fulleres.wcpss.net/prinpage.htm
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http://movies.rediff.com/movies/2009/mar/19anoop-desai-in-american-idol-top-10.htm
- Anoop Before Idol
- The UNC Clef Hangers News
- UNC Clef Hangers Album Details
- http://www.americanidol.com/videos/season_8/anoop_desai
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http://weblogs.newsday.com/entertainment/music/idol/blog/2009/03/lil_rounds_makes_us_feel_great.html
- http://blogs.augusta.com/node/2384
- http://www.etonline.com/news/2009/03/71473/
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http://www.accesshollywood.com/dish-of-salt-inside-idol-with-kara-dioguardi_video_1081481
- (Idol Chatter blog)
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http://www.kplctv.com/Global/story.asp?S=9983879&nav=menu66_2_8
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http://www.buddytv.com/articles/american-idol/american-idol-8-to-premiere-ja-24278.aspx
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http://weblogs.newsday.com/entertainment/music/idol/blog/2009/03/jorge_nunez.html
- http://www.americanidol.com
- Format, special guests set for next week
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http://weblogs.newsday.com/entertainment/music/idol/blog/2009/04/david_archuleta_grins_his_way.html
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http://popwatch.ew.com/popwatch/2009/05/american-idol-o.html
- http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29618724/
- American Idol winner is crowned
- Kris Allen: How can you not love the new American
Idol?
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http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/27/business/media/27idol.html?ref=media
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http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/25/arts/television/25idol.html?_r=1&ref=television
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http://www.fox16.com/news/local/story/Conway-reacts-to-Kris-win/sv8BNSsGY0G8GRZWSr0fRw.cspx
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http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/28/business/media/28idol.html?ref=business
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http://hollywoodinsider.ew.com/2009/05/american-idol-a.html
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http://edition.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/TV/05/27/ent.american.idol.voting/index.html
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, Tennessee
who auditioned in Kansas City
, Arizona
who auditioned in Phoenix
, Arizona
, where he studied on a Marshall Scholarship. MacIntyre
produced his first CD when he was eleven, and has recorded five
more CDs since then. He recently has been accepted to both
Oxford
University
and Cambridge University
for further graduate-level education.
, Louisiana
) is a 28-year-old (27 at the time of the show) from
Jasper
, Texas
who
auditioned in Phoenix
, Puerto Rico) is a
22-year-old from (21 at the time of the show) Carolina
, Puerto Rico who
auditioned in San Juan
, Mississippi
) is a 17-year-old (16 at her time of the show) from
Starkville
, Mississippi
. Initially eliminated from the Top 13,
Murray was chosen by the judges to rejoin the competition during
the Wild Card round. In addition to competing on Idol, she
also competed in the Miss America's Outstanding
Teen pageant in 2007. She was eliminated from the Top 13 in the
first week of the finals, along with Jorge Núñez.
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