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  Ex-'American Idol' finalist Jason Castro signs with Atlantic Records

  April 13, 2009
  Atlantic Records confirmed that it has signed former seventh-season American Idol finalist Jason Castro and will release his debut album later this year.
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  Simon Cowell: I may have to leave 'American Idol' after next year

  April 13, 2009
  Between Britain's Got Talent, The X Factor and American Idol, Simon Cowell is apparently a busy guy -- causing him to wonder if he could do without the only one that films stateside. Again.
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  Ex-'Idol' runner-up Diane DeGarmo's Aussie cyberstalker denied bail

  April 13, 2009
  Diana Degarmo's identity is apparently safe for the time being.
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  Axed 'American Idol' finalist Scott MacIntyre dishes on his experience

  April 13, 2009
  Scott MacIntyre feels his American Idol experience could have lasted a little longer, but he has no regrets about the way it ended.
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  Ousted 'American Idol' Scott MacIntyre thrilled about judges' deadlock

  April 9, 2009
  Scott MacIntyre isn't upset that American Idol's judges couldn't unanimously agree to use their new "The Judges' Save" veto ability to prevent his elimination after he was revealed to be the week's low vote-getter during Wednesday night's live results show broadcast on Fox.
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  Simon Cowell: Saving Scott MacIntyre would have been patronizing

  April 9, 2009
  Simon Cowell has a simple explanation for why he wasn't in favor of using American Idol's new "The Judges' Save" veto ability to save Scott MacIntyre, a legally blind 23-year-old from Scottsdale, AZ, from elimination after he was revealed to be the week's low vote-getter during Wednesday night's live results show broadcast on Fox.
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  'American Idol' cuts Scott MacIntyre, reveals season's Top 7 finalists

  April 9, 2009
  Scott MacIntyre was revealed to be the sixth finalist eliminated from American Idol's eighth season during last night's live results show broadcast on Fox.
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  'American Idol's Top 8 finalists take to the stage and perform live

  April 8, 2009
  American Idol's Top 8 eighth-season finalists took to the stage and performed during last night's live broadcast of the Fox reality competition's fifth finals round.
   
  The Top 8 finalists -- Danny Gokey, Kris Allen, Allison Iraheta, Adam Lambert, Lil Rounds, Scott MacIntyre, Anoop Desai, and Matt Giraud -- all had the freedom to sing any song that had been recorded in the year they were born.
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  Carrie Underwood apologizes for ACM acceptance speech comment

  April 7, 2009
  American Idol fourth-season champion Carrie Underwood has apologized for an Academy of Country Music Awards acceptance speech comment that some viewers construed as an apparent sexual reference.
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  Clay Aiken: 'Top Model' guest-judging experience was "interesting"

  April 6, 2009
  Clay Aiken: 'Top Model' guest-judging experience was "interesting"

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