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  Kris Allen beats Adam Lambert, crowned new 'American Idol' winner

  May 21, 2009
  Even Kris Allen seemed surprised to win American Idol.
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  Carrie Underwood apologizes for ACM acceptance speech comment

  April 7, 2009
  American Idol fourth-season champion Carrie Underwood has apologized for an Academy of Country Music Awards acceptance speech comment that some viewers construed as an apparent sexual reference.
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  Carrie Underwood and Julianne Hough win ACM awards honors

  April 6, 2009
  It wouldn't be an Academy of Country Music Awards show without Carrie Underwood, as the singer took home two more awards during last night's live broadcast of the 44th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards on CBS.
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  Ousted finalist Alexis Grace dishes on her 'American Idol' journey

  March 23, 2009
  Alexis Grace says the hardest part of her American Idol journey was being away from her daughter -- however the ousted eighth-season finalist also feels it would have been worth it to stay in the competition so she could have participated in the summer tour that will follow the season.
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  'American Idol' cuts Alexis Grace, reveals the season's Top 10 finalists

  March 19, 2009
  Alexis Grace was revealed to be the third finalist eliminated from American Idol's eighth season during last night's live results show broadcast on Fox.
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  'American Idol's Top 11 finalists take to the stage and perform live

  March 18, 2009
  American Idol's Top 11 eighth-season finalists took to the stage and performed during last night's live broadcast of the Fox reality competition's second finals round.
   
  The Top 11 -- consisting of Alexis Grace, Michael Sarver, Danny Gokey, Kris Allen, Allison Iraheta, Adam Lambert, Lil Rounds, Scott MacIntyre, Megan Joy Corkrey, Anoop Desai, and Matt Giraud -- all sang Grand Ole Opry songs for the competition's sometimes infamous "Country Week," with country superstar Randy Travis serving as the week's mentor.
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  'American Idol' to use Carrie Underwood's 'Home Sweet Home' as exit

  March 10, 2009
  Carrie Underwood is returning to her American Idol roots with a noble cause -- and an 80's rock anthem -- in hand.
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  Allison Iraheta talks about making 'American Idol's Top 12 finals

  March 2, 2009
  Allison Iraheta said she was "nervous" to perform for the first time as an American Idol eighth-season semifinalist, however she added winning a Telemundo singing competition two years ago "most definitely" helped her confidence.
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  Ex-'Idol' Mikalah Gordon: Adam Lambert should be disqualified too

  February 25, 2009
  Former American Idol fourth-season finalist Mikalah Gordon feels that if Joanna Pacitti was disqualified from the show's eighth-season then current semifinalist Adam Lambert also should have been ruled ineligible to compete -- however she's apparently unfamiliar with the reason why Pacitti was given the boot.
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  'American Idol Rewind' to revisit show's fourth season starting Feb. 28

  February 17, 2009
  New American Idol Rewind third-season episodes -- which will document the Fox mega-hit's 2005 fourth season -- will begin airing in syndication on Saturday, February 28.

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