• American Idol - Gay Idol Journal, "Live From The Red Carpet"

  May 30, 2004
  Thought Larry Johnson's Gay Idol Journal commentary was over just because American Idol's season was over? Think again -- Reality TV World arranged for Larry to attend American Idol's live season finale, where he wrote his own unique commentary on that greatest of showbiz spectacles -- the classic red carpet arrivals!

• American Idol - Gay Idol Journal, "Week 11"

  May 29, 2004
  Larry Johnson, a comedy writer currently working for Disney TV, has posted the eleventh and final installment of his weekly American Idol Gay Idol Journal diva rant, an exclusive to the RealityTVWorld American Idol message boards.
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  Fantasia Barrino bests Diana DeGarmo by 1.3 million votes to win 'American Idol 3'

  May 27, 2004
  In the "Battle of the Teens" on the season finale of Fox's American Idol 3, 19-year-old Fantasia Barrino, the last remaining member of the show's "Three Divas," defeated 16-year-old Diana DeGarmo to become the third "American Idol" selected by the show.

• 'American Idol' to assign additional voting phone numbers for finale... but will it matter?

  May 25, 2004
  Attempting to quell the ongoing controversy over the program's voting system, the producers of FOX's American Idol have announced that Fantasia Barrino and Diana DeGarmo, the two finalists left competing for this season's Idol title, will have additional voting phone numbers allocated to them for the show's finale voting. FOX had also previously announced that as it did last year, the finale's voting period would also be extended from two hours to four hours.

• American Idol - Gay Idol Journal, "Week 10"

  May 25, 2004
  Larry Johnson, a comedy writer currently working for Disney TV, has posted the tenth installment of his weekly American Idol Gay Idol Journal diva rant, an exclusive to the RealityTVWorld American Idol message boards.
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  Jasmine Trias exits 'American Idol', Fantasia Barrino and Diana DeGarmo to compete in final showdown

  May 20, 2004
  In Tuesday's penultimate performance episode of American Idol, each of the three remaining contestants performed three songs -- one of her own choosing, one chosen by the Idol judges, and one selected by this week's guest judge, veteran music producer Clive Davis. Then, during Wednesday's live results show, it was announced that Jasmine Trias was eliminated from the American Idol competition.

• Distorted 'American Idol' voting due to an overtaxed American phone grid?

  May 18, 2004
  After the shocking ousters of favored contestants LaToya London and Jennifer Hudson, leaving three less-talented teenagers in pursuit of victory in Fox's American Idol 3, a review of Idol's voting system was probably to be expected. What wasn't expected was the degree of chaos and error present in the system as currently constituted -- and the fact that the Idol producers have been aware of the problems for a long time but seem instead to have embraced the windfall that the chaos creates for one of Idol's sponsors.
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  Second 'American Idol 3' vote stunner: LaToya London out, while three teens remain

  May 13, 2004
  Is this really American Idol 3 -- or is it really American Juniors 2?

• American Idol - Gay Idol Journal, "Week 9"

  May 13, 2004
  Larry Johnson, a comedy writer currently working for Disney TV, has posted the ninth installment of his weekly American Idol Gay Idol Journal diva rant, an exclusive to the RealityTVWorld American Idol message boards.

• Paul McCartney and Bob Dylan: potential 'American Idol 4' guest judges?

  May 11, 2004
  Goodbye, Monterey Pop ... hello, American Idol?

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