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  'American Idol' producer: Top 13 twist not the season's "big surprise"

  March 9, 2009
  American Idol's "big" eighth-season surprise is apparently still a secret.
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  'American Idol' picks remaining finalists and reveals Top 13 twist

  March 6, 2009
  American Idol has apparently revealed its "big surprise." 
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  Lil Rounds, Scott MacIntyre and Jorge Nunez talk 'American Idol'

  March 5, 2009
  Lil Rounds, Scott MacIntyre and Jorge Nunez talk 'American Idol'
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  'American Idol' advances Lil Rounds, Scott MacIntyre and Jorge Nunez

  March 5, 2009
  American Idol determined its third group of three eighth-season finalists last night, with Wednesday night's live results show revealing that Lil Rounds, Scott MacIntyre, and Jorge Nunez had advanced to the Top 12 finals after receiving the most home viewer votes for their performances during Tuesday night's broadcast of the season's third and final semifinals group.
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  'American Idol's final 12 semifinalists take to the stage, perform live

  March 4, 2009
  The third and final group of 12 semifinalists from American Idol's Top 36 took to the stage and performed during last night's live broadcast of the Fox reality competition's eighth season.
   
  Once again singing hits from the Billboard Hot 100 chart, the final group consisted of Von Smith, Taylor Vaifanua, Alexander Wagner-Trugman, Arianna Afsar, Ju'Not Joyner, Kristen McNamara, Nathaniel Marshall, Felicia Barton, Scott MacIntyre, Kendall Beard, Jorge Nunez and Lil Rounds.
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  'American Idol' determines three more Top 12 eighth-season finalists

  February 27, 2009
  American Idol determined its next three eighth-season finalists last night, with Thursday night's live results show revealing that Kris Allen, Allison Iraheta and Adam Lambert had advanced to the Top 12 finals after receiving the most home viewer votes for their performances during Wednesday night's broadcast of the season's second semifinals group.
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  'American Idol' reveals the eighth season's Top 36 semifinalists

  February 12, 2009
  After three weeks of open audition broadcasts and two more weeks of episodes that gave viewers a look at the competition's Hollywood Round, last night's American Idol eighth-season broadcast ended with the mega-hit Fox reality show finally revealing the identities of this season's Top 36 semifinalists.
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  'American Idol' eliminates more Hollywood Week round hopefuls

  February 11, 2009
  American Idol's eighth-season dream ended for a roomful of Hollywood Week hopefuls during Tuesday night's Fox broadcast of the week's final elimination round.
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  'American Idol' cuts more hopefuls in Hollywood Week's second round

  February 5, 2009
  American Idol's eighth-season dream ended for more than two dozen additional Hollywood Week hopefuls during last night's Fox broadcast of the week's second elimination round.
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  'American Idol' cuts 43 hopefuls during Hollywood Week's first round

  February 4, 2009
  American Idol's eighth-season dream ended for a third of the season's 147 Hollywood Week hopefuls during last night's Fox broadcast of the week's initial elimination round.
   
  Forty-three contestants were cut, leaving 104 contestants in the running for American Idol's 36 eighth-season semifinals slots.

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