• 'American Idol' sets voting record while booting Jessica Sierra

  March 31, 2005
  A record-breaking 32.5 million "American Idol" voters have eliminated 19-year-old Jessica Sierra of Tampa, Fla., from the FOX TV competition.
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  'American Idol 4' reject Mikalah Gordon wants to try acting

  March 29, 2005
  "American Idol" reject Mikalah Gordon said she is weighing other entertainment industry offers in her quest to become famous.

• American Idol 4 - Finals Week 2 summary

  March 29, 2005
  "Oops! (So) We did it Again!," our episode summary for the second week of American Idol 4's finals, written by Spidey, is now available.
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  'American Idol' judge Paula Abdul pleads 'no contest' to hit-and-run, avoids jail

  March 25, 2005
  One of the oldest public-relations maxims is to put bad publicity behind you as quickly as possible before it damages your public image.

• 'American Idol 4' voting error results in record vote count

  March 25, 2005
  Fox TV's extra edition of "American Idol" this week resulted in a record number of votes by viewers, Fox said Friday.
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  Mikalah Gordon becomes the second 'American Idol 4' finalist to be eliminated

  March 25, 2005
  And then there were ten. Following an unprecendented week that saw Fox's American Idol throw out all its votes and rebroadcast its performance episode, the show finally revealed the identity of its second eliminated finalist during last evening's special Thursday results show, sending Mikalah Gordon, a 17-year-old from Las Vegas, NV, out of the competition.
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  'American Idol' judge Paula Abdul charged with hit-and-run

  March 24, 2005
  Over the years, several talented contestants have been booted from Fox's American Idol for bad behavior in their personal life. Now, it looks like one of their judges has picked up some of those same habits.

• American Idol 4 - "Gay Idol Journal, Finals Week 2"

  March 24, 2005
  Larry Johnson, a comedy writer currently working for Disney TV, has posted the second installment of his weekly "American Idol Gay Idol Journal" diva rant, an exclusive to the Reality TV World American Idol message boards.
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  Vote error forces Fox to rebroadcast 'American Idol', reopen voting

  March 23, 2005
  Due to some on-screen graphics errors that resulted in the incorrect voting numbers being displayed for several of its eleven remaining American Idol finalists, Fox has announced that it has thrown out the votes from Tuesday evening's Week 2 finals performance show and will instead rebroadcast a new live and updated version of the one-hour performance show in the place of tonight's originally scheduled American Idol results show.

• American Idol 4 - Finals Week 1 summary

  March 20, 2005
  "Let's Do the Time Warp Again," our episode summary for the first week of American Idol 4's finals, written by StarryLuna, is now available.

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