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American Idol Winner Lee Dewyze is still making the rounds. He's not done promoting himself after his big win last week. He and runner-up Crystal Bowersox have done the talk show thing this week, such as judge Ellen DeGeneres' show, Regis and Kelly, and the Today Show, and now he'll be having a solo appearance singing the National Anthem before the NBA Finals, according to the Associated Press.

For game two of the NBA Finals, Boston Celtics at Los Angeles Lakers, Lee will be singing the Star Spangled Banner before the start of the game on Sunday night. Los Angeles currently has a one game lead on Boston. If the Celtics mount a comeback at this point, it might compare to Lee toppeling Crystal in the finale.

I know it's following a tradition to have the American Idol winner sing during the NBA Finals, but since the Chicago Bulls took an early exit here, wouldn't it be more meaningful, at least to Lee and Chicagoans, to have him sing before a Stanley Cup game? The Chicago Blackhawks are playing the Philadelphia Flyers. How great would that be to have Lee sing before watching his home team? For more on American Idol, see Reality Shack and SirLinksALot: American Idol and find out where to watch the episode in full at TV-Links.

Paula Abdul is a protean woman and likes variety in life. She assumed many roles as far as her show-biz career is concerned. She has been the judge of American Idol and, quite recently, she will appear in the upcoming CBS dance competition Go To Dance as the judge and mentor of amateur contestants.

According to reports, her participation in the show is not confined to the role of a judge but also she will be the creative partner as well as executive producer of the show. According to reports, Paula Abdul will join American Idol 2010 team in the finale.

She will join the American Idol team along with Christina Aguilera. She will be highly excited to join her show after a long time and, certainly, it would be a great nostalgic experience for her.

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After the Tuesday night’s show of the American Idol 2010, both the contestants tried their best to impress the judges and the audience with their singing. The final result of the American Idol will be publically announced on the Wednesday night of May 26, 2010. So who won the American Idol 2010? is the question of the day which is hitting on everybody’s mind. Well the answer to that question even I don’t know too and including me, everybody is desperately waiting for the Wednesday night show of the American Idol.

Yes, this coming Wednesday on May 26, 2010 will be the last night for the two contestants, Crystal Bowersox and Lee Dewyze. So the official results will not be stroke online until around 9:50 p.m. On the other hand, every website in order to attract the internet users to their web page has predicted the final results of the American Idol season 9’s winner. Some websites are predicting Lee Dewyze the winner while other predicting Crystal Bowersox, the first ever female winner of the American Idol 2010. But there is one particular website which is superior over other website in prediction. That website is Dialidol.com and they have already predicted Lee Dewyze to be the winner of the American Idol 2010. The important aspect of Dialidol.com is that it has predicted appropriately correct in four out of five last seasons.

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Michael Lynche has become the latest contestant to be voted off American Idol. While his duet of 'Have You Ever Really Loved A Woman?' with Casey James received rave reviews from the judges, trying to fill Michael Jackson's shoes on 'Will You Be There' proved to be the end of his run in the competition. Earlier on in the season, his exit from Idol looked to be sealed by the public. However, the judges used their save option to keep him in the game.

Tonight's show also included performances from Bon Jovi, as well as former Idol contestants Chris Daughtry and Fantasia Barrino. Remaining contenders James, Lee DeWyze and Crystal Bowersox will next week take the traditional trip back to their hometowns.

At last. Vote For the Worst's tyranny is broken. Tim Urban  "so off-key, so cheesy, so naive," in the inimitable words of the Worsters.

At VoteForTheWost.com  has ended his run on American Idol. Urban's exit Wednesday came on the unlikeliest of nights.

At the end of Idol's two-hour-plus Idol Gives Back telethon, which featured show-stopping performances by Elton John and Annie Lennox.

Idol Gives Back aired the night after a stirring performance by season front-runner Crystal Bowersox that had some Idol pundits  and People.com, to name two  wondering if Bowersox's heartfelt take on the soul anthem People Get Ready might not have been one of the finest single performances in American Idol's nine-year history.

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With "songs of inspiration" as the theme last night on "American Idol," the show easily had the potential to be a real snoozer.

Instead, it turned into an interesting drama in which the two front-runners -- Crystal Bowersox and Lee DeWyze -- out-performed.

The rest of the pack for the second straight week, and the other five finalists all struggled to find the right songs and light up the stage.

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Outgoing American Idol contestants Katie Stevens and Andrew Garcia have admitted that they were incredibly confused by the advice they received from the judges each week.

It seems to be a common complaint, former eliminee Didi Benami also slammed Simon Cowell, Kara DioGuardi, Ellen DeGeneres and Randy Jackson for not being ‘consistent.’

On last week’s Elvis themed show, Kara told Garcia that he needed more “swagger”, and Simon Cowell told him that “all the coolness has been sucked out of you.”

“They were extra confusing this year,” the 24 year old told CNN. “They tell you one thing, like ‘I don’t know about the swag…’ and I was like ‘What? I was doing my thing!’”Katie Stevens agreed wholeheartedly. “

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On Tuesday night Siobhan Magnus received mixed reviews for her take on Elvis Presley’s “Suspicious Minds’’ on “American Idol,’’ but Wednesday night she avoided checking into “Heartbreak Hotel.’’

On a tense and teary night, when two contestants from the Fox reality competition were eliminated, the Barnstable-bred singer got the good news that.

She survived to sing another week. A visibly nervous Magnus heaved a sigh of relief as her supporters cheered in the “Idol’’ audience. Along with the rest of.

The competitors, Magnus got a look at two former contestants who are making their way in the music industry during Wednesday night’s results show.

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… and America said their goodbye to Lacey Brown last night. In case you missed it, the bottom 3 Idols last night was Tim, Paige and Lacey. Eventually, Ryan Seacreast said that Tim Urban is safe. He was bold enough to take some risk while remaining attuned to  his sublety and nuance. Lacey Brown on the other hand was ousted and the American viewers let her go. Apparently her style and her eccentric blend of voice did not appeal much in the American audience.

Other highlight of last nights American Idol show is David Cooks performance of Jumpin Jack Flash.. It's jumpy, catchy and dancable but I believe the folks in the band specially in the guitar was not challenge by the tepid rhythm section. I guess we'll all be waiting for next week's performance and the unavoidable and inevitable elimination by the American people.

Lacey Brown is down and out on "American Idol."The 24-year-old event coordinator from Amarillo, Texas, was the first finalist eliminated from the ninth season of the Fox singing competition Wednesday. Brown, who turned in a lackluster rendition of the Rolling Stones' "Ruby Tuesday" on Tuesday's performance show, failed to impress the judges with a last-minute performance of Brandi Carlile's "The Story."

"I had a lot of people tell me maybe go the country route or something like that," the teary-eyed pixie-haired singer told host Ryan Seacrest after her dismissal. "I'm willing to keep working. I'm not going to stop singing. I'm going to keep singing for my fans and for myself because I love to do this, so I'm excited for the future.

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