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  'American Idol 5' runner-up Katharine McPhee releases debut album

  January 30, 2007
  Katharine McPhee wants music fans to know she's more than the demure diva they saw on "American Idol."
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  Ex-'Idol 5' finalist Ace Young writing songs, working on debut album

  January 26, 2007
  Ace Young must have a good singing voice or else he wouldn't have finished seventh during the fifth season of American Idol -- but so far, he's found more success as a songwriter than as a singer.  The 26-year-old co-wrote the chorus to Chris Daughtry's "It's Not Over," his fellow Idol 5 finalist's official debut single that has reached as high as No. 6 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100.
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  Former 'American Idol' finalists gush about the exposure they gained

  January 26, 2007
  Bucky Covington said he likes to think he wasn't "kicked-off" as a finalist on the fifth season of Fox's American Idol.  He described it as being "invited to leave."
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  Former 'Idol 5' finalist Chris Daughtry tops charts after nine weeks

  January 25, 2007
  It took him nine weeks and more than one million album sales to get there, but Chris Daughtry finally has a No. 1 album.  "Daughtry," the former American Idol 5 finalist's debut album, sold 65,000 copies in the U.S. over the last week, a performance that placed it atop the week's Billboard Top 200 album sales chart.
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  'Idol 5' runner-up Katharine McPhee talks about her debut album

  January 23, 2007
  Katharine McPhee's first single off her debut album is titled "Over It," but is it a reference to the American Idol 5 runner-up's feelings about her time on the Fox mega-hit?  Not according to McPhee.
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  Kevin Covais to turn rapper on Paris Bennett's debut album

  January 19, 2007
  Given Kevin Covais was known was having "granny voter talent" during his eleventh place finish on American Idol's fifth season, it would have been hard to foresee this career move coming -- the 17-year-old high school senior will appear on fellow Idol 5 finalist Paris Bennett's upcoming debut album "Princess P," where the two will collaborate on a hip-hop track titled "Let Me Rap."
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  'American Idol 5' finalist Kellie Pickler's debut album certified gold

  January 18, 2007
  According to Kellie Pickler, it wasn't a publicity stunt when The View co-host Rosie O'Donnell presented the American Idol 5 finalist with her first Gold Album Award courtesy of the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) on this morning's live broadcast of the ABC talk show.
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  'Idol 5' runner-up Katharine McPhee to appear on 'Lonelygirl15'

  January 18, 2007
  Fans can watch "American Idol" runner-up Katharine McPhee in cyberspace when she appears on the Internet-based "Lonelygirl15" video blog.
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  'American Idol 5' rejects making music and staying out of trouble

  January 17, 2007
  At this time last year they were this close to being "the next American Idol" -- now they're no different than the millions of others who have been cast aside by the Fox mega-hit. 
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  Former 'Idol' finalists dish about their behind-the-scenes digs

  January 16, 2007
  Millions of people across the country know what takes place during the few hours American Idol contestants are on-stage each week.  But what happens the other thousands of hours when Idol hopefuls live together in luxury bunkhouses, sharing numerous household amenities?

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