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'Idol' Fight Ends in Attempted Murder Charge

(Feb. 1) – "American Idol" has spurred some violent arguments before – but even Simon Cowell has never been accused of going this far. Police in St. Petersburg, Fla., say a dispute over the TV show almost turned deadly last week. Cynthia Bettis-Ware, 52, allegedly stabbed Kevin Johnson, 47, multiple times...

Mother of 'American Idol' Contestant Missing

(Jan 27) – Viola Brown Martin, the mother of 28-year-old "American Idol" contestant Angela Martin, has been missing since the day after Christmas. Her car was found abandoned on New Year's Eve on Chicago's South Side. Did she meet with some tragic fate or has she purposely gone missing? No one knows for certain. "We...

Simon Cowell Leaving 'American Idol'

(Jan. 11) -- Simon Cowell, the lovably cantankerous music expert, is officially leaving "American Idol" after this current season. The biggest star on TV's biggest show will depart in 2011 to begin his role as the face of "The X Factor," the show he created in Britain that he has plans to make a hit in the States. FOX will...

Kellie Pickler Drops Her Cheatin' Tootoo

Here's how it works, puckheads: Gain a Hilary Duff, lose a Kellie Pickler from the ranks of hockey girlfriend hotties. The former American Idol contestant (she's the one standing to the right of a disturbingly muscular Carrot Top) was dating Nashville Predators winger Jordin Tootoo, but she indirectly told a Chicago radio...

Jordin Sparks, Daughter of Phillippi, Wins American Idol

If you thought FanHouse was the place you could go to avoid American Idol hype today, well, you were wrong. We have to at least mention that Jordin Sparks, the daughter of former Giants and Cowboys cornerback Phillippi Sparks, won the show's sixth season last night. If you care about the details of how she beat Blake...

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Phillip Phillips Kidney Surgery: 'American Idol' Winner Set for Procedure, Recovery at Malibu Mansion

Phillip Phillips is no stranger to kidney surgery , having already undergone eight procedures, and on Tuesday, TMZ reports, the " American Idol " winner make it nine.

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Brooke White Gives Birth: 'American Idol' Finalist Welcomes Baby Daughter London

Brooke White of 'American Idol' Season 7 has given birth to her first daughter London!

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LISTEN: 'American Idol' Winner's First Single

Phillip Phillips may be the fifth " White Guy With a Guitar " to win "American Idol," but the 21-year-old from Georgia may be the first "WGWG" to have a radio-friendly coronation single.

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LISTEN: 'American Idol' Winner's First Single

Music video by Ruben Studdard performing Flying Without Wings.

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Jimmy Iovine on Jessica Sanchez's âBombâ of a Coronation Song and Why Phillip Phillips Won â Red Carpet Scoop!

The always candid Jimmy Iovine spoke with us immediately following last night's American Idol finale, and he gave us his take on why Phillip Phillips won, what kind of careers the finalists will have, and what happened with Jessica Sanchez 's final song.

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05/27/12 Cheryl Cole, and TV execs both deny claims she is... Source: Unreality TV After reports circulating last week claimed that Cheryl Cole had been approached to replace Jennifer Lopez on American Idol next year (read original article here ), both Cole and the execs of the US mothership reality talent show have both come forward to deny the rumours.
05/27/12 How Phillip Phillips won 'American Idol' Source: Mail Tribune - Medford OR From the moment he first stepped in front of the judges and unleashed a folksy take on Michael Jackson's "Thriller," guitar-playing crooner Phillip Phillips seemed preordained to win "American Idol," and not just because he's another white guy with a guitar, the all-too-familiar profile of the previous four "Idol" champions.
05/27/12 Jessica Sanchez: Her best 'American Idol' performances Source: The Arizona Republic - Phoenix AZ Perhaps the most outrageous part of Sanchez bringing in the fewest votes this week is that it coincided with this awe-inspiring vocal.
05/26/12 'Idol' winner Phillip Phillips had eight surgeries... Source: FOX - KTXL 40 - Sacramento CA Only 11 people have the honor of being named the winner of American Idol , but the title might be extra special to newly minted champ Phillip Phillips after the eight, yes, eight, operations he underwent during the competition.
05/25/12 American Idol 11 â Jessica Sanchez â Conference... Source: mjsbigblog I'll be posting a transcript of Jessica Sanchez conference call later today.

Background on AmericanIdol

American Idol, titled American Idol: The Search for a Superstar for the first season, is a reality television singing competition created by Simon Fuller and produced by FremantleMedia North America and 19 Entertainment.

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