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  Candice Glover: My confidence got me through 'American Idol' this time, I did what I wanted

  May 17, 2013
  Candice Glover said her confidence made all the difference in making her third attempt at getting on American Idol the charm.
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  'American Idol' crowns Candice Glover twelfth-season champ over Kree Harrison

  May 17, 2013
  American Idol has crowned a female singer its champion for the first time since the sixth season of the reality singing competition.
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  Jennifer Hudson's 'Winnie Mandela' film to be released this fall

  May 16, 2013
  Winnie Mandela, a film in which former American Idol finalist Jennifer Hudson plays Winnie Mandela, the wife of former South African President Nelson Mandela, will be released in American theaters this fall.
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  Amber Holcomb: 'American Idol' should do a "second chance" season and bring back former contestants

  May 3, 2013
  Amber Holcomb talks about American Idol and explains how she believes winning the show is both "an advantage and a disadvantage" and her desire that the show do a "second chance" season for former contestants.
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  'American Idol' judge Nicki Minaj slams former contestant Devin Velez for post-elimination comments

  April 1, 2013
  American Idol's Nicki Minaj has blasted former Top 7 finalist Devin Velez for catty comments he had made about the judge following his elimination last week.

• Clive Davis confirms he is bisexual in new memoir

  February 19, 2013
  Clive Davis says in his memoir he has been in a romantic relationship with a man for seven years, confirming for the first time he is bisexual.

• Destiny's Child members reunite with Beyonce at Super Bowl

  February 4, 2013
  Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams joined their former Destiny's Child member Beyonce at the Super Bowl halftime show in New Orleans Sunday night.

• CBS to air special of Whitney Houston death's Grammys impact

  February 1, 2013
  CBS says it plans to air a program about how producers re-organized the 2012 Grammy Awards ceremony after the shocking death of U.S. singer Whitney Houston.
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  Jennifer Hudson: 'American Idol' should just end and go out on top

  January 28, 2013
  Jennifer Hudson apparently thinks American Idol has run its course.

• President Barack Obama leads conga line at after-party

  January 23, 2013
  U.S. President Barack Obama led a conga line and did the electric slide at an inaugural-ball after-party at the White House, the New York Post said.

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