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  Simon Cowell: I'm 100% a guy will win 'American Idol's eighth season

  December 1, 2008
  Simon Cowell is apparently certain a male will win American Idol's upcoming eighth season.
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  Report: Paula Abdul to compete on 'Dancing with the Stars' next edition

  November 28, 2008
  Despite what would seem to be an obvious scheduling conflict with American Idol, Paula Abdul is reportedly ready to compete on Dancing with the Stars' upcoming spring edition.
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  'Idol' David Cook's debut album sells 280,000 units, debuts at No. 3

  November 26, 2008
  David Cook's self-titled debut album dropped at No. 3 on The Billboard 200 album sales chart after selling 280,000 copies during its initial week of release, according to Nielsen Soundscan data for the week ending November 23. 
   
  The American Idol seventh-season champ's first-week debut album sales were significantly higher than that of Idol sixth-season champion Jordin Sparks -- whose self-titled debut sold 119,000 copies and dropped at No. 10 on The Billboard 200 in its first week of release last November.
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  Daughtry, Carrie Underwood and Jordin Sparks win 2008 AMA's

  November 24, 2008
  Former American Idol finalists Carrie Underwood and Chris Daughtry didn't achieve perfection as they did in 2007, but they both still came away as winners at last night's 2008 American Music Awards ceremony -- as did sixth-season Idol champion Jordin Sparks.
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  David Archuleta's debut album sells 183,000 units, debuts at No. 2

  November 19, 2008
  David Archuleta's self-titled debut album dropped at No. 2 on The Billboard 200 album sales chart after selling 183,000 copies during its initial week of release, according to Nielsen Soundscan data for the week ending November 16.
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  Simon Cowell denies $9 million Terri Seymour parting gift report

  November 18, 2008
  American Idol judge Simon Cowell and Extra correspondent Terri Seymour are setting the record straight: Cowell didn't give Seymour $9 million prior to their breakup.
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  'American Idol' judge Paula Abdul denies report of show departure

  November 17, 2008
  Paula Abdul has denied yet another rumor that she's leaving American Idol.
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  Ex-'Idol' Jennifer Hudson thanks fans for support, to appear in new ad

  November 14, 2008
  Ex-'Idol' Jennifer Hudson thanks fans for support, to appear in new ad
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  Paula Goodspeed brother, friend: She wasn't a Paula Abdul "stalker"

  November 14, 2008
  According to her brother and a friend, Paula Goodspeed, the 30-year-old Paula Abdul fanatic and former fifth-season American Idol hopeful who was found dead in her car near Abdul's Sherman Oaks, CA home on Tuesday, wasn't stalking the Idol judge.
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  Former 'American Idol' finalist Josh Gracin welcomes fourth child

  November 13, 2008
  Former American Idol finalist Josh Gracin now has enough children to field a family quartet.

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