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  'American Idol' Top 10 female semifinalists take to the stage

  February 28, 2008
  If American Idol's remaining female semifinalists weren't aware of the importance of song choice, they are now.
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  'American Idol 7' Top 10 male semifinalists take to the stage

  February 27, 2008
  American Idol's seventh-season Top 10 male semifinalists continued their push for the finals during last night's Fox broadcast, singing songs from the 1970s.
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  'American Idol' hopeful Colton Berry: Simon hypocritical but expected

  February 25, 2008
  Simon Cowell didn't think Colton Berry could cut it as a recording artist following the American Idol seventh-season semifinalist's rendition of "Suspicious Minds" during last Tuesday night's performance episode broadcast -- a comment the teenager labeled as "hypocritical" since the judge had a hand in putting him in the Top 24.
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  Ousted Joanne Borgella has no regrets about 'American Idol'

  February 25, 2008
  Despite being employed as a fairly-successful plus-size model, Joanne Borgella gave it up to compete as an American Idol seventh-season Top 24 semifinalist.
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  'American Idol' hopeful Garrett Haley dishes on criticism, song choice

  February 25, 2008
  Simon Cowell pointed his sharp tongue at Garrett Haley when he called the American Idol seventh-season Top 24 semifinalist "pale" and "verging on haunted" following his rendition of "Breaking Up is Hard to Do" during last Tuesday night's performance episode broadcast -- but apparently he considered that a good thing.
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  'American Idol' eliminates first four seventh-season semifinalists

  February 22, 2008
  American Idol's seventh season finally began in earnest this week, with Tuesday and Wednesday's first performance shows culminating in last night's live results show that eliminated the four seventh-season Top 24 semifinalists (two male, two female) who had received the fewest home viewer votes after this week's performances.
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  'American Idol 7' Top 12 male semifinalists take the stage and perform

  February 20, 2008
  The Top 12 male semifinalists kicked-off American Idol's seventh-season during last night's Fox broadcast, singing songs from the 1960s.
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  Simon Cowell slams Katharine McPhee, 'American Idol' conspiracists

  February 7, 2008
  Katharine McPhee's self-titled debut album has sold roughly 366,000 copies since it was released last February, but Simon Cowell apparently didn't purchase a copy.
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  'American Idol' judge Paula Abdul wants to go 'Dancing with the Stars'

  January 31, 2008
  As Paula Abdul attempts to re-launch her recording career, the American Idol judge has apparently expressed an interest in crossing enemy lines and putting her Grammy-winning dance moves on display.
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  Paula Abdul releases new Jackson single on Seacrest's radio show

  January 18, 2008
  Since it's been more than a decade since she released any original music, Paula Abdul apparently needed some help from her American Idol friends in unveiling her new single.

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