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  'American Idol' cuts four semifinalists, determines Top 12 finalists

  March 12, 2010
  American Idol's Top 12 ninth-season finalists were determined during Thursday night's live results show broadcast that ended the competition's semifinals by eliminating four of the 16 remaining semifinalists.
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  'American Idol's Top 8 female semifinalists take to the stage and sing

  March 10, 2010
  American Idol's ninth-season Top 8 female semifinalists made their final push for the season's finals during Tuesday night's Fox broadcast.
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  'American Idol' sends four more ninth-season semifinalists packing

  March 5, 2010
  The American Idol journey ended for two more male and two more female ninth-season semifinalists during last night's live results show that revealed the competition's Top 16 semifinalists.
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  'American Idol's Top 10 female semifinalists take to the stage, sing

  March 4, 2010
  American Idol's ninth-season Top 10 female semifinalists continued their push for the finals during last night's Fox broadcast.
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  'American Idol' eliminates initial four ninth-season semifinalists

  February 26, 2010
  American Idol's journey ended for the first of the ninth season's 24 semifinalists last night, with Tuesday and Wednesday's initial live performance shows culminating in a Thursday night results show that eliminated the two male and two female semifinalists who had received the fewest votes from home viewers.
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  'American Idol's Top 12 female ninth-season semifinalists perform

  February 24, 2010
  The Top 12 female semifinalists kicked-off American Idol's ninth-season live performance shows by singing Top 10 hits from Hot 100 chart.
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  Andrew Garcia deemed the oddsmakers' favorite to win 'American Idol'

  February 23, 2010
  Simon Cowell feels "there is definitely a better chance of a girl winning" American Idol's ninth season, however oddsmakers disagree.
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  'American Idol' reveals remaining ninth-season Top 24 semifinalists

  February 18, 2010
  After four weeks of open audition broadcasts and four more episodes that gave viewers a look at the competition's Hollywood Round, American Idol has finally formally announced its Top 24 ninth-season semifinalists.
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  'American Idol' reveals first seven ninth-season Top 24 semifinalists

  February 17, 2010
  American Idol ended the dreams of 27 more Hollywood Week hopefuls and formally revealed the first of the competition's ninth-season Top 24 semifinalists during Tuesday night's special two-hour Fox broadcast.
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  'American Idol' ousts 85 hopefuls during initial Hollywood Week round

  February 10, 2010
  Viewers received their first look at new judge Ellen DeGeneres and the American Idol dream ended for almost half of the ninth season's 181 Hollywood Week hopefuls during last night's Idol broadcast on Fox.

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