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  Former 'American Idol' finalist Jessica Sierra in trouble over rental car

  June 27, 2007
  Jessica Sierra apparently doesn't understand the concept of renting.
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  Fox announces 'American Idol 7' audition dates and locations

  June 25, 2007
  Fox has announced the dates and locations for American Idol's seventh season open auditions.
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  Former 'Idol' finalist Sanjaya Malakar thinks judges "gave up" on him

  June 21, 2007
  Sanjaya Malakar may not have taken on the entire world as one of American Idol's sixth-season finalists, but the 17-year-old Federal Way, WA-native apparently believes he at least had to overcome the Fox mega-hit's three judges to make it where he did.
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  Ex-'Idol' employee ordered to arbitrate Mario Vazquez harassment suit

  June 20, 2007
  Apparently American Idol contestants aren't the only ones who sign very specific agreements to work with FreemantleMedia, the Fox mega-hit's production company.  Just ask the show's former assistant production accountant Magdaleno Olmos.
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  Kelly Clarkson postpones tour, scope and size to be 're-evaluated'

  June 14, 2007
  It looks like things are going to get worse for Kelly Clarkson before they get better.
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  'Idol' champ Ruben Studdard preparing to begin work on fourth album

  June 14, 2007
  Ruben Studdard sang in gospel choirs as a child and graduated from Alabama A&M University with a voice studies degree in 2000, but the 28-year-old couldn't break into the music industry until he auditioned for a certain reality competition series in 2002.
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  Ex-'Idol' finalist Kellie Pickler and new beau each other's biggest fans

  June 13, 2007
  Opposites attract, and it doesn't get much more different than American Idol fifth-season finalist Kellie Pickler's native Albermarle, NC and the hometown of her new boyfriend Jordin Tootoo, a professional hockey player from Churchill, Manitoba in Canada's Northwest Territories.
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  Ryan Seacrest and Simon Cowell continuing their banter sans 'Idol'

  June 13, 2007
  American Idol's sixth season ended weeks ago, but the lack of a camera apparently hasn't deterred the playful banter between host Ryan Seacrest and judge Simon Cowell.
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  Original 'Idol' winner Kelly Clarkson parts way with her manager

  June 12, 2007
  Original American Idol winner Kelly Clarkson, already embroiled in an ongoing feud with RCA chairman Clive Davis over the musical content of "My December," her upcoming third album, has now parted ways with Jeff Kwatinetz, her longtime manager, just two weeks before the album's release.
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  Former 'Idol' finalist Kimberley Locke living healthier 'Fit Club' lifestyle

  June 12, 2007
  Kimberley Locke gained notoriety as a finalist on American Idol's second season and recently lost 28 pounds as a contestant on Celebrity Fit Club's fifth season.

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