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  ABC's 'American Idol' exposé long on hype and gossip but short on scandal

  May 5, 2005
  Last night, ABC's Primetime Live aired its potentially explosive (and much hyped) "exposé" of the Fox reality-competition smash American Idol. After all was said and done, though, the "exposé" seemed like little more than titillating gossip dressed up with lots of smoke and mirrors, in the hopes of crippling a rival network's most important show.
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  More details about ABC's upcoming 'American Idol' "exposé" begin emerging

  May 3, 2005
  In an effort to boost its ratings, ABC has been keeping quiet about the details of its upcoming American Idol exposé that's scheduled to air in a special edition of ABC's Primetime Live on Wednesday, May 4, at 10 PM (after the Idol results show at 9 PM on Fox). However, ABC's plans for secrecy seem to have crumbled under the combined push of the mainstream media and the blogosphere.
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  'American Idol 4' finalist Scott Savol avoids boot despite prior misdemeanor convictions

  April 1, 2005
  Despite reports yesterday that American Idol 4 finalist Scott Savol, 28, had been convicted of two prior misdemeanors, including one for an assault on the mother of his four-year-old son, Idol producers announced last night that they had already known about the convictions and that Scott would not be removed from the ongoing finals, which has been reduced to the final nine contestants.
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  'American Idol 2' finalist Kimberley Locke gets engaged

  February 15, 2005
  U.S. recording artist Kimberley Locke says she is engaged to high school sweetheart Don Campbell, her publicist said Tuesday.
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  Fantasia Barrino's 'I Believe' and Diana DeGarmo's 'Dreams' both reach Billboard Top 20

  July 8, 2004
  On the Billboard Hot 100 charts, which evaluate both airplay and sales, the contestants of American Idol 3 have now surpassed the contestants of American Idol 1, although they still lag behind Idol 2.
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  Ruben Studdard's remix single 'What If?' with Kayne West opens to dismal sales

  July 8, 2004
  We have no idea what the record is for the largest percentage decline in sales between one commercial single and its follow-up in the first week of release -- but whatever it is, American Idol 2 winner Ruben Studdard may have just broken it.
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  'Idol 3' Fantasia Barrino's 'I Believe' track debuts at #1 on Billboard Hot 100

  July 1, 2004
  American Idol 3 winner Fantasia (who has officially dropped her last name, Barrino) may have only sold about half the quantity of singles as Idol 2 winner Ruben Studdard did in the official debut week, but she now has accomplished something that Ruben never has: reach #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles and tracks chart.
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  'Idol 2' Marine finalist Josh Gracin's eponymous CD debuts at #11 on U.S. charts

  June 23, 2004
  Judging by record sales, it's beginning to look like American Idol 2 was the best edition of the hit Fox series at date, as so far even the debut albums from the show's third-and-fourth-place finishers have done as well as that of the runner-up from the first edition.
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  Original 'Idol' finalist Tamyra Gray's 'The Dreamer' album only debuts at #23 on U.S. charts

  June 2, 2004
  In a somewhat disappointing debut, American Idol 1 fourth-place finisher Tamyra Gray's debut CD, entitled The Dreamer, only managed to reach #23 in its first week on the Nielsen SoundScan U.S. Album Sales chart (also known as the Billboard 200) for the week ended May 30, 2004. Tamyra's CD thus becomes the first of the five CDs released by Idol finalists through major labels to fail to reach the Top 20 in its debut.
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  Clay AIken's 'Solitaire' / 'The Way' drops from #1 on U.S. charts after 9 weeks

  May 29, 2004
  After another long streak atop the U.S. charts, Clay Aiken's second single, 'Solitaire' / 'The Way', came up a week short of his first single -- or maybe three weeks short.

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