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  'American Idol 5' runner-up Katharine McPhee to star in feature film

  June 5, 2007
  More than a year after she first began talking about it, Katharine McPhee is reportedly ready to make her leap to the big screen.
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  'American Idol 5' champ Taylor Hicks dating Milwaukee news anchor?

  May 31, 2007
  It looks like Taylor Hicks is finally living up to his title as People's 2006 Most Eligible Bachelor.
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  Report: Katharine McPhee "hurt" by 'American Idol' finale "snub"

  May 30, 2007
  Last May, Katharine McPhee didn't receive enough love from viewers and finished second during American Idol's fifth-season finale.   And last week, it was reportedly the same old song for McPhee during Idol's sixth-season finale -- only this time, she was supposedly shunned by the show's producers, not home viewers.
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  Fox "apologizes" for 'American Idol 6' finale broadcast overrun

  May 25, 2007
  Excuses, excuses.
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  'American Idol's sixth season finale averages over 30 million viewers

  May 24, 2007
  An average of 30.7 million total viewers watched 17-year-old Glendale, AZ-native Jordin Sparks become American Idol's sixth champion during Fox's live two-hour Wednesday night broadcast of Idol's sixth season finale.  The finale also scored an 11.5/31 rating/share in the Adults 18-49 demographic.
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  Jordin Sparks beats Blake Lewis to win Fox's 'American Idol'

  May 24, 2007
  "The Great Singer" beat "The Great Entertainer" as Jordin Sparks defeated Blake Lewis and won American Idol's sixth season title during Wednesday night's live two-hour season finale of the smash-hit Fox reality talent competition.
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  'American Idol' finalists Blake Lewis, Jordin Sparks sing one last time

  May 23, 2007
  It was "The Great Entertainer" versus "The Great Singer" during last night's final sixth season American Idol performance episode, which saw Blake Lewis and Jordin Sparks, the season's Top 2 finalists, compete in-front of a studio audience and tens of millions of home viewers live from Hollywood's Kodak Theater.
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  Simon Cowell: I can't call 'American Idol' finale, Melinda cut was 'unfair'

  May 21, 2007
  Despite having watched every one of Jordin Sparks and Blake Lewis' performances prior to the two becoming American Idol's sixth season Top 2 finalists, judge Simon Cowell said the competition is just too close to call.
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  Bucky Covington's self-titled album debuts atop the country chart

  April 26, 2007
  Add Bucky Covington to the growing number of American Idol fifth-season finalists to have their first album debut atop the charts.
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  Former 'Idol 5' finalist Elliott Yamin's first album debuts at No. 3

  April 13, 2007
  Elliott Yamin finished third on American Idol's fifth season, so it was appropriate his debut self-titled album entered Billboard's Top 40 Albums chart at No. 3, selling 90,439 copies in its first week out.

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