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A Few "Idol" Odds & Ends [Idolator's American Idolatry]
Published 5/13/2008 by Maura Johnston at Idolator
In preparation for tonight's American Idol liveblog—which starts at 8 ET!—here are some headlines that have crossed the transom... • Nigel Lythgoe on the Jeff Archuleta issue: "He has been asked not to participate in the choice of music with David or be in the room when David is working out his routines that he wants to sing. He's fine to be in the studio — nothing wrong with that. We just want David to be able to be free like everybody else to get on and do what they want to do." My head is pounding from the number of lines in that statement that I need to read between. [EW] ...

AI Top 3 Spoilers
Published 5/13/2008 by Kim at GirlsTalkinSmack.com - Celebrity Gossip Blog, TV, Fashion, Pop Culture & Movies
AI Top 3 Spoilers Posted by Kim on May 13th, 2008 filed in American Idol aitvguidecover.jpg Some of these are technically still rumored but I’m 99% sure that they’re right. TMZ should post the official spoilers soon! Source David A Producers Choice: Longer by Dan Fogelberg? zZzZZzZ Personal Choice: With You by Chris Brown? Paula’s Choice: And So It Goes by Billy Joel Syesha Producers Choice: Hit Me Up by Gia Farrell [ this song ] Should be interesting! Personal Choice: Fever by Peggy Lee Perfect! Randy’s Choice: If I Ain’t Got You by Alicia Keys How creative of him. David C. Producers Choice: ??? ...

American Idol Jumps the Shark: Boots the Show's Best Singer in Sarasota Gal Syesha
Published 5/15/2008 by Eric Deggans at The Feed
My love hate relationship with American Idol just turned to hate again. Not just because they kept me out of all the shots of Syesha Mercado's triumphant homecoming Friday, even though I was just out of camera range for most of what they showed tonight. Or because they let former Idol winner Fantasia perform a ...

No Goliath: It's the Battle of Two Davids
Published 5/15/2008 at Radar: Fresh Intelligence Blog
Last night's zippy American Idol was a producer's dream literally. The show's producers finally realized the dream of an all-David finale they'd been pushing for since mid-season, knocking Sayesha Mercado out of the running. Of all the contestants in season seven, it stands to reason that both David Cook , arguably the most musically original of the set, and David Archuleta , the most vocally gifted, should battle it out in what judge Simon Cowell hopes is a "humdinger" of a competition whatever that means. It should be an evenly matched competition: the handsome young teen heartthrob versus the cute bartender-cum-accidental rock ...