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  Ace Young, Jillian Reynolds to host Fox Reality's 'American Idol Extra'

  January 28, 2009
  Fox Reality Channel has announced former American Idol fifth-season finalist Ace Young and Skating with Celebrities runner-up Jillian Reynolds will helm American Idol Extra's upcoming installment.
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  Former 'American Idol' finalist Ace Young joining Broadway's 'Grease'

  August 25, 2008
  Former 'American Idol' finalist Ace Young joining Broadway's 'Grease'
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  Jon Peter Lewis, Bo Bice, Ace Young to serve as Idol Camp mentors

  March 24, 2008
  American Idol has announced third-season finalist Jon Peter Lewis, fourth-season runner-up Bo Bice and fifth-season finalist Ace Young will all serve as mentors at Idol Camp 2008.

• 'American Idol' producers trying to plan 'Idol' all-stars special

  February 9, 2007
  American Idol aficionados brace yourselves -- executive producer Nigel Lythgoe confirmed that he has approached Fox about a plan that would combine an Idol all-stars special with the sixth season's frequently mentioned but still undetailed songwriting competition.
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  Ex-'Idol 5' finalist Ace Young writing songs, working on debut album

  January 26, 2007
  Ace Young must have a good singing voice or else he wouldn't have finished seventh during the fifth season of American Idol -- but so far, he's found more success as a songwriter than as a singer.  The 26-year-old co-wrote the chorus to Chris Daughtry's "It's Not Over," his fellow Idol 5 finalist's official debut single that has reached as high as No. 6 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100.
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  Former 'American Idol' finalists gush about the exposure they gained

  January 26, 2007
  Bucky Covington said he likes to think he wasn't "kicked-off" as a finalist on the fifth season of Fox's American Idol.  He described it as being "invited to leave."
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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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  Elliott Yemin nearly misses 'American Idol' finalists' White House visit

  July 30, 2006
  "American Idol" contestant Elliott Yamin almost missed U.S. President George Bush's White House meeting with the TV show's finalists, claiming he overslept.
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  'American Idol 5' winner Taylor Hicks named hottest bachelor

  June 16, 2006
  Winning on "American Idol" has left Taylor Hicks no time for love, but he has been put at the top of People magazine's Hot Bachelors list.
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  Ousted 'American Idol' finalist Kellie Picker laughs off romance rumors

  April 27, 2006
  Ousted "American Idol" contestant Kellie Pickler laughed at rumors of her romantic involvement with a fellow contestent and a former "Idol" hopeful.

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