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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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  Woman sues 'American Idol' judge Paula Abdul for 'Hey Paula' fall

  March 3, 2009
  Two years later, Paula Abdul's embarassing Hey Paula reality series is continuing to haunt the American Idol judge.
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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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  '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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  Paula Abdul: Fourth judge remarks "taken completely out of context"

  February 26, 2009
  American Idol judge Paula Abdul says that her reccent comments in which she criticized the Fox reality competition's decision to include a fourth judge on the show's judging panel were taken out of context and are referred to guest judges on the show's previous seasons, not new eighth-season judge Kara DioGuardi.
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  'American Idol's second group of 12 semifinalists take to the stage

  February 26, 2009
  The second 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.
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  Paula Abdul: 'American Idol' having a fourth judge "doesn't work"

  February 25, 2009
  One performance show was apparently enough time for Paula Abdul to decide that American Idol didn't need a fourth judge.
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  'American Idol' reveals the eighth season's first three Top 12 finalists

  February 19, 2009
  American Idol determined its first three eighth-season finalists last night, with Wednesday night's live results show revealing that Alexis Grace, Michael Sarver and Danny Gokey 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 first semifinals group.
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  'American Idol's first 12 semifinalists take to the stage, perform live

  February 18, 2009
  The first group of 12 semifinalists from American Idol's Top 36 took the stage last night during the first live broadcast of the Fox reality competition's eighth season.
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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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