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  Ex-'American Idol's making 'Idol Gives Back' food bank appearances

  April 13, 2010
  Some former American Idol finalists have decided to help give back.
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  Kevin Covais to turn rapper on Paris Bennett's debut album

  January 19, 2007
  Given Kevin Covais was known was having "granny voter talent" during his eleventh place finish on American Idol's fifth season, it would have been hard to foresee this career move coming -- the 17-year-old high school senior will appear on fellow Idol 5 finalist Paris Bennett's upcoming debut album "Princess P," where the two will collaborate on a hip-hop track titled "Let Me Rap."
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  Five seasons of 'Idol' finalists update what they're doing now

  December 30, 2006
  Everyone knows what former American Idol stars like Kelly Clarkson, Clay Aiken, Ruben Studdard, Fantasia Barrino, Carrie Underwood, and Taylor Hicks have been up to recently.  But in its January 8 issue, US Weekly caught-up with more than fifty other former Idol contestants that have appeared as a finalist in the show's five-season history. 
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  Kevin Covais becomes the second 'American Idol 5' finalist eliminated

  March 23, 2006
  American Idol voted out the second of its twelve fifth season finalists during last night's live results show, with Kevin Covais, a 16-year-old from Levittown, NY, being eliminated from the Fox reality talent competition as a result of receiving the fewest home viewer votes.
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  Melissa McGhee becomes the first 'American Idol 5' finalist eliminated

  March 16, 2006
  American Idol voted out the first of its twelve fifth season finalists during last night's live results show, with Melissa McGhee, a 21-year-old from Tampa, FL, being eliminated from the Fox reality talent competition as a result of receiving the fewest home viewer votes.

• 'Old pros' dominate Fox's cast of 'American Idol 5' finalists

  March 14, 2006
  So much for predictions that this would be "the year of the teenager" on Fox TV's "American Idol" talent competition.
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  'American Idol 5' finalist Kevin Covais dumped girlfriend to land votes

  March 14, 2006
  Demonstrating that even American Idol's youngest competitors will apparently do whatever they can to land additional votes from home viewers, 16-year-old American Idol 5 finalist Kevin Covais reportedly broke up with his 15-year-old girlfriend in an attempt make himself more appealing to the program's young female viewers.
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  'American Idol' judge Simon Cowell reveals his winner prediction

  March 13, 2006
  Unlike last season in which he openly claimed that Carrie Underwood would walk away as America's newest Idol, American Idol judge Simon Cowell isn't ready to definitively predict who will win this season's fifth edition of the smash-hit Fox reality series, but he has revealed that he has narrowed the list down to just three possibilities.
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  Fox's 'American Idol 5' cuts four more, reveals its Top 12 finalists

  March 10, 2006
  The fifth edition of Fox's American Idol has determined its Top 12 finalists, with Ayla Brown, Will Makar, Gedeon McKinney, and Kinnik Sky being eliminated from the competition during the live broadcast of last night's results show.
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  'American Idol 5' cuts four more semifinalists, narrows field to sixteen

  March 3, 2006
  The fifth season of Fox's American Idol continued its semifinals eliminations this week, with Tuesday and Wednesday's second semifinals performance shows culminating in last night's live results show that eliminated the four remaining American Idol 5 semifinalists (two male, two female) who had received the fewest votes from home viewers.

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