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  Ex-'Idols' David Cook and David Archuleta asked to check for swine flu

  May 16, 2009
  Ex-'Idols' David Cook and David Archuleta asked to check for swine flu
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  'American Idol' eliminates Anoop Desai and Lil Rounds, reveals Top 5

  April 23, 2009
  Lil Rounds and Anoop Desai were revealed to be the seventh and eighth finalists eliminated from American Idol's eighth season during last night's live results show broadcast on Fox.
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  'American Idol' runner-up David Archuleta to return to the show's stage

  April 20, 2009
  David Archuleta is returning to the American Idol stage.
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  Former 'Idol' Clay Aiken confirms he's parted ways with RCA Records

  February 23, 2009
  Clay Aiken has confirmed he's parted ways with RCA Records.  However according to the second-season American Idol runner-up, it was his decision to end the relationship with the recording label.
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  Report: 'American Idol' runner-up Clay Aiken dropped by RCA Records

  February 20, 2009
  Clay Aiken has reportedly been dropped by RCA Records, the label he signed with after finishing as American Idol's second-season runner-up in 2003.
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  'American Idol' champion David Cook's debut album certified platinum

  February 4, 2009
  David Cook wanted his debut album to come out "guns blazing." Apparently it did.
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  'American Idol' runner-up David Archuleta announces U.S. tour

  January 28, 2009
  David Archuleta will be hitting the road this spring, as the American Idol seventh-season runner-up has announced he will embark on a 20-date concert tour.
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  A Look Back: The 2008 Reality TV Year In Review

  December 31, 2008
  With 2008 drawing to a close, it's time to take a look back at the year that was.  The following is Reality TV World's 2008 Reality TV Year In Review, a month-by-month review of some of the past year's reality TV headlines, highlights, lowlights, and milestones.
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  'Idol' David Cook's debut album sells 280,000 units, debuts at No. 3

  November 26, 2008
  David Cook's self-titled debut album dropped at No. 3 on The Billboard 200 album sales chart after selling 280,000 copies during its initial week of release, according to Nielsen Soundscan data for the week ending November 23. 
   
  The American Idol seventh-season champ's first-week debut album sales were significantly higher than that of Idol sixth-season champion Jordin Sparks -- whose self-titled debut sold 119,000 copies and dropped at No. 10 on The Billboard 200 in its first week of release last November.
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  Daughtry, Carrie Underwood and Jordin Sparks win 2008 AMA's

  November 24, 2008
  Former American Idol finalists Carrie Underwood and Chris Daughtry didn't achieve perfection as they did in 2007, but they both still came away as winners at last night's 2008 American Music Awards ceremony -- as did sixth-season Idol champion Jordin Sparks.

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