American Idol 9 semi-finalist John Park made it to the final two of Superstar K, South Korea’s version of the singing competition, and since he’s obviously more popular there than he was in the US, he may stay there. He lost to Huh Gak but “Park received the support of one of the judges, while Huh got the votes of the two others,” The Daily Northwestern reports, noting that the “winner was determined by a… keep reading » » read the full story and comment , or find the latest news about American Idol 9 » follow reality blurred on Twitter and on Facebook .
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Former Dancing with the Stars pro Julianne Hough and American Idol host Ryan Seacrest were photographed making out on Ryan’s yacht in Portofino, Italy. That would seem to confirm they’re dating, following weeks of rumors about the time they’ve been spending together in L.A., although Julianne is being coy about their relationship for some reason, which certainly doesn’t help parallel rumors that this is all for show and/or attention….
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Ryan Seacrest, Julianne Hough photographed making out
More changes and cancellations for the American Idol 9 tour: seven stops have been cancelled and eight rescheduled just days into the tour, moving its conclusion to the end of August instead of mid-September. MJ has “a definitive list” of the changes via Live Nation. Cancelled are shows in Omaha, Kansas City, Winnipeg, Toronto, Buffalo, Cleveland, and Portland…
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Idol tour will end early after cancelling seven stops
The summer tour featuring the top 10 American Idol 9 contestants started last week, but already dates have been cancelled while others are being changed. As of today, the Sept.
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American Idol cancels, changes some tour dates
Forbes has published its list of the 100 “richest and most powerful actors, actresses and musicians,” and it includes three of American Idol’s cast members, plus Donald Trump and Heidi Klum.
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Forbes’ most powerful: Cowell ($80 million), DeGeneres ($55m), Trump ($50m), Seacrest ($41m), Klum ($16m)
Lee DeWyze and Crystal Bowersox have both signed record deals less than a day after the conclusion of American Idol 9. Billboard reported that “DeWyze is signed to 19 Recordings Limited and RCA Records, while Bowersox is signed to 19 Recordings Limited and Jive Records
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Lee and Crystal both sign record deals; Lee leads on iTunes; Crystal splits with boyfriend
In honor of the end of American Idol 9 (yes!), join me tonight for another sure-to-be-thrilling live blog at 8 p.m.
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American Idol 9 finale live blog: trying to make this season end as fast as possible
Tonight’s final episode of American Idol 9 isn’t really a big deal, but it will represent Simon Cowell’s final opportunity to judge contestants’ performances before he leaves the show for good after tomorrow night. Of course, he’ll be back on Fox next year doing basically the same thing on X Factor, so it’s not like, say, losing Lost or Jack Bauer
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Simon Cowell judges for the final time on Idol tonight as a shadow of his former self
Interviewed by Oprah yesterday, Simon Cowell blamed Paula Abdul’s departure from American Idol in part for the show’s declining ratings and slammed his fellow judges when discussing his replacement.
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Simon Cowell slams other Idol judges
American Idol 9 voters proved themselves to be rational and/or susceptible to heavy-handed manipulation, sending Casey James home and both Crystal Bowersox and Lee “HE IS SO AWESOME” DeWyze to the finale next week. This year, over 47 million votes were cast for the final three; last year, it was 88 million, as HitFix’s Dan Fienberg points out. Also last year, the final two were separated by a fraction of that, but we did not…
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Crystal Bowersox, Lee DeWyze are American Idol 9′s final two as Casey James leaves