American Idol (season 7)
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| American Idol (Season 7) | |
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| Format | Interactive reality singing competition |
| Created by | Simon Fuller |
| Directed by | John Pritchett |
| Starring | Ryan Seacrest Paula Abdul Simon Cowell Randy Jackson |
| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of episodes | 42 |
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| Executive producer(s) |
Nigel Lythgoe Ken Warwick Simon Fuller Cécile Frot-Coutaz |
| Running time | Varies |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | Fox Broadcasting Company |
| Original run | January 15, 2008 – May 21, 2008 |
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| Official website | |
| IMDb profile | |
| TV.com summary | |
The seventh season of American Idol, the annual reality show and singing competition, began on January 15, 2008 and concluded on May 21, 2008. Ryan Seacrest continued to host the show with Simon Cowell, Paula Abdul and Randy Jackson returning as judges. David Cook was announced the winner of the competition on May 21, 2008, defeating runner-up David Archuleta by a margin of roughly 12 million votes. The votes were split 56% to 44%. There were a recorded 97.5 million votes, the highest recorded total in the show's history.
This is the first season thus far when both the winner and the runner-up were never declared to be in the bottom 2 or bottom 3, to have two Davids in the final as well. It is also the first time that the winner did not sing the winning song during the performance show. "The Time of My Life" was first performed at the end of the finale show by the season's winner, David Cook.
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[edit] Changes from past seasons
The show made some changes for season 7, including: allowing contestants to use musical instruments,[1] an element that originated on Australian Idol and can also be seen on Norway's Idol and Canadian Idol; building a brand new set; and creating a new introduction credit sequence. There would also be fewer celebrity mentors so that the producers could focus more on the contestants. The season finale also moved from the Kodak Theatre to the larger Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles.
[edit] Early process
[edit] Regional auditions
For Season 7, auditions were held in the following cities:[2]
| American Idol Season 7 Winner | ||
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| Birthname | David Roland Cook | |
| Genres | Rock/Alternative, Post-grunge | |
| Successor | Incumbent | |
| Predecessor | Jordin Sparks | |
- San Diego, California: Qualcomm Stadium - July 30 & July 31 [3]
- Dallas, Texas: Texas Stadium - August 6 & August 7 [4]
- Omaha, Nebraska: Qwest Center Omaha - August 10 & August 11 [5]
- Atlanta, Georgia: Georgia Dome - August 14 & August 15[6]
- Charleston, South Carolina: North Charleston Coliseum - August 18 & August 19[7]
- Miami, Florida: American Airlines Arena - August 22 & August 23
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Wachovia Center - August 27 & August 28
Contestants were required to be between the ages of 16 and 28 on July 28, 2007, and eligible to work in the United States. Those ineligible include former contestants who reached the top 40 of past seasons, those holding recording or management contracts, or those who are not US citizens or landed immigrants (i.e. permanent residents).
[edit] Hollywood phase
As in years past, the Hollywood round took place at the Pasadena Civic Center in Pasadena over a period of four days. A total of 164 contestants were invited from the seven audition cities. This year the process was altered slightly to ensure that no talent would be prematurely dismissed.
On the first day, all of the contestants took the stage individually and sang for the judges. For the first time ever, contestants had the option of either being accompanied by the band or playing an instrument themselves. Some were shown playing the keyboard, guitar, or even the drums. If the judges approved of the contestant's performance, they received a "free pass" to the third day of auditions. Unlike previous seasons, contestants whose performances were not considered good enough were given a second chance on day two. They were required to line up on stage in small groups and sing a short segment of a song a cappella. After each group had finished, the judges cut those they felt were not talented enough. Those who were not cut joined the recipients of the free passes on day three of the Hollywood round. Each of these remaining contestants sang with the band, as well as three backup singers, a setup similar to the one used in the semifinals and finals. This replaced the group performances required in past seasons. After each performance, the judges decided whether or not to cut the contestant. By the end of the day, only 50 contestants were remaining. The judges then deliberated on who would be in the Top 24 and their decision was revealed at the end of the process.
[edit] Semi-finalists
[edit] Male semi-finalists
 Daniel 'Danny' Anthony Noriega (born September 29, 1989 in Azusa, California) is an 18-year-old who auditioned in San Diego. He sang "Proud Mary". He previously auditioned for Idol in season 6 and made it to Hollywood week, but was cut in the first round. His elimination song was "Best Days" by Graham Colton. Shortly following his elimination, Noriega received an offer from Rosie O' Donnell to perform on her cruise.[8]
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Luke Menard (born December 1, 1978 in Crawfordsville, Indiana) is a 29-year-old who auditioned in Omaha with Bend and Break by Keane. In Hollywood, he sang "Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)" by Christopher Cross and "Grace Kelly" by Mika. Previously, he auditioned for the sixth season in Memphis and sang "How Deep Is Your Love" which did not make it to Hollywood. Prior to Season 7 of Idol, he was a member of the acappella group Chapter 6 and has toured with them for the past 6 years, as well as appearing on their albums and DVD. Menard was recently diagnosed with Hodgkin's lymphoma.[9] It is treatable.
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Robert "Robbie" Carrico (born November 13, 1981 in Beckley, West Virginia) is a 26-year-old from Melbourne, Florida who auditioned for the show in Miami. His professional singing career prior to American Idol includes being a member of the pop group Boyz N Girlz United, which opened for Britney Spears during her "...Baby One More Time" tour in 1999.[10][11][12] The band's song "Messed Around" was written and produced by JC Chasez from *NSYNC.[10] It was revealed that he also dated Britney Spears briefly around that time.
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Jason Yeager (born August 26, 1979) is a 28-year-old from Grand Prairie, Texas who auditioned in Dallas. He appeared and was a finalist on the first season of Making the Band, the MTV reality show that led to the formation of boy band O-Town.
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Colton Berry (born October 11, 1989) is an 18-year-old from Staunton, Virginia who auditioned in Charleston.
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Garrett Haley (born June 25, 1990) is a 17-year-old from Elida, Ohio,[13] who auditioned in San Diego.
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[edit] Female semi-finalists
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Asia'h Epperson (born April 29, 1988) is a 20-year-old (19 at the time of that show) from Joplin, Missouri who auditioned in Atlanta singing "How Do I Live." Two days before the auditions, her father died in a car accident. Her elimination song was "Hollywood's Not America" by Ferras. She currently has a few songs of her own on her MySpace page, including a cover of "Can't Buy Me Love".
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Kady Malloy (born May 9, 1989) is a 19-year old (18 at the time of that show) from Houston, Texas who auditioned in Dallas. She became known on the show for her impersonation of Britney Spears and can also impersonate several other artists. Malloy is trained in opera singing. Her elimination song was "Suddenly I See" by KT Tunstall. She has released several songs to her MySpace and shot a video for a cover of "Time After Time" with Colton Berry. Simon's comment after her audition was: "Out of all of the people we have seen during this season you are the best."
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Alaina Whitaker (born February 21, 1991) is a 17-year-old contestant from Tulsa, Oklahoma, who auditioned in Dallas. She is a member of the group "Whitaker Malloy" along with her sister Brittney, and Kady Malloy
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Alexandréa Lushington (born February 13, 1991) is a 17-year-old from Douglasville, Georgia who auditioned in Atlanta. In 2004, she sang against fellow Idol semi-finalist David Archuleta on an episode of the television show Star Search.[12]
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Joanne Borgella (born May 29, 1982) is a 26-year-old model (25 at the time of that show) from Hoboken, New Jersey who auditioned in Philadelphia. Before auditioning for Idol, she appeared in and won Mo'Nique's Fat Chance.
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Amy Davis (born June 19, 1982) is a 25-year-old professional model from Lowell, Indiana. She auditioned in Dallas.
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[edit] Semifinals weekly song themes
- Week 1: 1960s
- Week 2: 1970s
- Week 3: 1980s
[edit] Top 12 finalists
David Cook (born December 20, 1982 in Houston, Texas) is a 25-year-old native of Blue Springs, Missouri who auditioned in Omaha, Nebraska. Cook's interest in music began early in life; he received his first guitar at the age of 2.[14] Prior to Idol he worked as a bartender at the "Blank Slate" in Tulsa, where he would also occasionally play shows. He released an album entitled Analog Heart. He enjoys doing crossword puzzles in his spare time and calls himself a "word nerd."[14] He, along with David Archuleta, had never been in the "bottom three" during his time on the show. On May 21, 2008, he was declared winner over finalist David Archuleta. Since the Top 12 week, he has also been wearing an orange wristband to support a seven-year-old fan with leukemia.
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David Archuleta (born December 28, 1990 in Miami, Florida) is a 17-year-old from Murray, Utah who auditioned in San Diego. In 2003, at the age of 12, he sang on several episodes of the television show Star Search[12] and went on to win the season finale and the $100,000 grand prize.[16] On one episode, he competed against Alexandréa Lushington, who was a fellow semi-finalist this season. He, along with David Cook, had never been in the "bottom three".[12]
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Syesha Mercado (born January 2, 1987 in Bridgeport, Connecticut) is a 21-year-old from Sarasota, Florida who auditioned in Miami. She is a student at Florida International University and has been singing and dancing since she was a child. During Hollywood week, she became ill and almost completely lost her voice. In preparation for her final audition, she went on voice rest and wrote down everything she had to say on a pad of paper. Prior to American Idol, she appeared on The One: Making a Music Star, a short-lived program on ABC; it was cancelled after two weeks due to low ratings.[17]
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Jason Castro (born March 25, 1987) is a 21-year-old from Rockwall, Texas who auditioned in Dallas. [18] He started in music playing the drums. In high school, he played for a band, Keeping Lions, which has since disbanded. [19] In 2006, he appeared on Cheyenne Kimball's MTV reality TV series, as her real-life dating interest. Castro is the first person in his family, which is originally from Colombia, to be born in the United States. He is a student at Texas A&M University, with a construction science major and music minor. He began growing his hair out for dreadlocks during his senior year of high school.
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Brooke White (born June 2, 1983 in Mesa, Arizona) is a 24-year-old nanny from Van Nuys, California who auditioned in Philadelphia. During her audition, she admitted to never having seen an R-rated movie, prompting Cowell to state that the show will "bring her over to the dark side." In 2005, she released an album titled Songs from the Attic under New Millennium Records.[20]
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This image is a candidate for speedy deletion. It may be deleted after seven days from the date of nomination. Carly Smithson (born September 12, 1983 in Dublin, Ireland) is a 24-year-old professional singer and bartender/waitress from San Diego, California, where she has been living for the past three years. Smithson previously signed a recording contract with major USA label MCA Records and released an album in 2001 entitled Ultimate High under her birth name, Carly Hennessy. The album sold approximately 300 copies in the first three months following its release. Smithson was also a contestant in season five, but was dropped from the show due to a problem with her visa.
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Kristy Lee Cook (born January 18, 1984) is a 24-year-old horse trainer from Selma, Oregon who sold her prized horse in order to afford the trip to audition in Philadelphia. In 2001, she was signed to a major label, Arista Nashville.[21][12] Cook also signed with Britney Spears' production company, and Spears herself was supposed to have a cameo in Cook's first video.[21][12] At the time of signing, she was managed by the former manager of LeAnn Rimes.[21][12] In 2005, she released a CD called Devoted with Ren-Hen Records.[22]
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Michael Johns (born on October 20, 1978 in Perth, Western Australia) is a 29-year-old Australian rock/soul singer/songwriter. He moved to the United States from Australia in 1998 and lived in Buckhead (Atlanta) for six years, performing at local venues solo and with local band Film. He has since lived in Los Angeles, California. After recording a demo and traveling to Los Angeles to showcase for a number of labels in 2001, Johns signed with Maverick Records and formed a rock band called The Rising[23]. Before focusing on his singing career, Johns was a sportsman. He won a tennis scholarship[24] to become a professional tennis player and coaches the sport. He also played Australian rules football for the USAFL club Atlanta Kookaburras.[25][26]
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Ramiele Malubay (born September 6, 1987 in Saudi Arabia[27]) is a 20-year-old Filipino-American from Miramar, Florida who auditioned in Miami. She was raised in the Philippines. Prior to auditioning on Idol, she was a nursing student at Broward Community College and worked part-time at a sushi restaurant. She started Polynesian Dancing when she was in the first grade and started singing at the age of twelve. Since 12, Ramiele started singing to various Filipino-American events and was always invited to sing as a front act to filipino singers who have concert tours in U.S.[28].
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Chikezie (born Chikezie Eze on September 11, 1985 in Inglewood, California) is a 22-year-old Nigerian American from Inglewood, California who auditioned in San Diego. During the competition, he dropped using his last name because it was so frequently mispronounced ('eh-zee' and not 'EE-zee').[29]He previously auditioned for the show's sixth season, and made into the Hollywood Round, where he was cut before the top 44. Before auditioning for Idol, he worked as a TSA officer at Los Angeles International Airport. |
Amanda Overmyer (born October 26, 1984) is a 23-year-old Harley-riding nurse from Mulberry, Indiana who auditioned in Atlanta. She received a nursing degree from Ivy Tech Community College, and is a health-care specialist dealing predominantly in respiratory issues. She has been the lead singer of several local hard rock bands, including Steeleto and Ruinaces. Before Hollywood week, she was in a near-fatal car accident. She is engaged to her boyfriend Casey Taylor. Since her elimination she has been slated to play at The Whisky a Go Go bar in West Hollywood, and is also reportedly in talks to play her real-life musical influence Janis Joplin in a film about the aforementioned bar.
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David Hernandez (born May 31, 1983 in Glendale, Arizona) is a 24-year-old from Glendale, Arizona and a student at Arizona State University with a major in Broadcast Journalism. He gave up his apartment to move to Hollywood. Until September 30, 2007, Hernandez worked as a male stripper named "Caden" at Dick's Cabaret in Phoenix, Arizona, performing fully nude and giving lap dances to male patrons.[30] He was allowed to remain on the show.[31][32] |
[edit] Weekly song themes
- Week 1 (March 11): Lennon/McCartney Songbook
- Week 2 (March 18): The Beatles
- Week 3 (March 25): Year They Were Born
- Week 4 (April 1): Dolly Parton
- Week 5 (April 8): Inspirational Songs
- Week 6 (April 15): Mariah Carey
- Week 7 (April 22): Andrew Lloyd Webber
- Week 8 (April 29): Neil Diamond
- Week 9 (May 6): Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
- Week 10 (May 13): Judges' Choice, Contestants' Choice, Producers' Choice
- Week 11 (May 20): Clive Davis' Choice, Contestants' Choice from Idol Songwriting Contest 2008, Contestants' Choice
[edit] Results night performances
During the Hollywood weeks, "Hollywood's Not America" by Ferras played when contestants were eliminated, while "Best Days" by Graham Colton was the elimination song for the semi-finals round. For the finals, season 2 winner Ruben Studdard remade Kenny Loggins' "Celebrate Me Home" as the exit song.
[edit] Group song
The contestants also perform medleys of songs from that week's theme.
- Top 24: A medley of songs from the 1960s, including "Needles and Pins" and "When You Walk in the Room" by The Searchers, "Spanish Harlem" by Ben E. King, and "Bend Me, Shape Me" by The American Breed.
- Top 20: A medley of songs from the 1970s, including "I Saw the Light" by Todd Rundgren, "It's a Heartache" by Bonnie Tyler, "The Things We Do for Love" by 10cc, and "I Feel the Earth Move" by Carole King.
- Top 12: A medley of songs by The Beatles including "All My Loving", "I Feel Fine", "Can't Buy Me Love", and "Help!"
- Top 11: A second medley of Beatles songs including "While My Guitar Gently Weeps", "Here, There and Everywhere", "Because", and "The End".
- Top 10: "Right Back Where We Started From" by Maxine Nightingale.
- Top 9: "9 to 5" by Dolly Parton.
- Top 8: "Shout to the Lord" by Hillsong United.
- Top 7: "One Sweet Day" by Mariah Carey with Boyz II Men.
- Top 6: "All I Ask of You" by Andrew Lloyd Webber, from The Phantom of the Opera.
- Top 5: A medley of songs by Neil Diamond, including "Cracklin' Rosie," "Song Sung Blue," and "Brother Love's Travelling Salvation Show".
- Top 4: "Reelin' in the Years" by Steely Dan.
- Top 3: "Ain't No Stopping Us Now" by McFadden & Whitehead.
- Final 2: "Hero" by Chad Kroeger and Josey Scott.
[edit] Other performances
In addition, songs are played during the elimination night to promote an artist, single, album, or the show itself. Included is a list of those songs with their Billboard Hot 100 and Hot Digital Songs reactions. This chart does not include finale performances.
| Week | Performer(s) | Title | Hot 100 Reaction |
Hot Digital Songs Reaction |
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| Top 24 | Paula Abdul Randy Jackson |
"Dance Like There's No Tomorrow" | #62 (+18 - new peak)[33] | #36 (32,215 copies sold) (+559%)[34] | music video premiere |
| Top 20 | No performer | ||||
| Top 16 | Blake Lewis | "How Many Words" | Failed to chart | #128 (10,182 copies sold) (+999%)[35] | performed live |
| Top 12 | Katharine McPhee David Foster |
"Something" | Failed to chart | Ineligible to chart (No legal digital release) |
McPhee performed live Foster on piano |
| Top 11 | Kellie Pickler | "Red High Heels" | Ineligible to re-enter | Failed to re-enter | performed live |
| Top 10 | Kimberley Locke | "Fall" | Failed to chart | Failed to chart | performed live |
| Top 9 | The Clark Brothers | "This Little Light of Mine" | Failed to chart | Failed to chart | performed live |
| Dolly Parton | "Jesus and Gravity" | Failed to chart | Failed to chart | performed live | |
| Top 8 | Jordin Sparks & Chris Brown | "No Air" | #3 (+4 - new peak) | #4 (153,648 copies sold) (+34%)[36] | performed live |
| Top 7 | Elliott Yamin | "Free" | Failed to chart | Failed to chart | performed live |
| Mariah Carey | "Bye Bye" | #23 (debut) | #11 (60,037 copies sold) (+999%)[37] | performed live | |
| Top 6 | Leona Lewis | "Bleeding Love" | #1 (return for 4th week) | #1 (235,880 copies sold) (+30%)[38] | performed live |
| Top 5 | Natasha Bedingfield | "Pocketful of Sunshine" | #8 (+11 spots - new peak) | #4 (134,830 copies sold) (+110%)[39] | performed live |
| Neil Diamond | "Pretty Amazing Grace" | Failed to chart | Failed to chart | performed live | |
| Top 4 | Maroon 5 | "If I Never See Your Face Again" | #57 (debut) | #21 (42,983 copies sold) (+999%)[40] | performed live |
| Bo Bice | "Witness" | Failed to chart | Failed to chart | performed live | |
| Top 3 | Fantasia | "Bore Me (Yawn)" | Failed to chart | Ineligible to chart (No legal digital release) |
performed live |
| Top 2 | Ruben Studdard | "Celebrate Me Home" | Failed to chart | Failed to chart* | performed live at end of May 20, 2008 show |
- Celebrate Me Home was removed from Itunes the day after it was performed. It reached the top 60 before it was removed.
[edit] Elimination chart
| Female | Male | Top 12 | Top 24 |
| Safe first | Safe second | Eliminated |
| Stage: | Semi-Finals | Finals | |||||||||||||
| Week: | 2/21 | 2/28 | 3/6 | 3/12 | 3/19 | 3/26 | 4/2 | 4/101 | 4/16 | 4/23 | 4/302 | 5/7 | 5/14 | 5/21 | |
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| 1 | David Cook | Winner | |||||||||||||
| 2 | David Archuleta | Runner-Up | |||||||||||||
| 3 | Syesha Mercado | Btm 3 | Btm 3 | Btm 3 | Btm 3 | Btm 2 | Btm 2 | Btm 2 | Elim | ||||||
| 4 | Jason Castro | Btm 3 | Elim | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Brooke White | Btm 3 | Btm 3 | Elim | |||||||||||
| 6 | Carly Smithson | Btm 3 | Btm 3 | Elim | |||||||||||
| 7 | Kristy Lee Cook | Btm 3 | Btm 3 | Btm 3 | Elim | ||||||||||
| 8 | Michael Johns | Elim | |||||||||||||
| 9 | Ramiele Malubay | Elim | |||||||||||||
| 10 | Chikezie | Elim | |||||||||||||
| 11 | Amanda Overmyer | Elim | |||||||||||||
| 12 | David Hernandez | Elim | |||||||||||||
| 13-16 | Danny Noriega | Elim | |||||||||||||
| Asia'h Epperson | |||||||||||||||
| Luke Menard | |||||||||||||||
| Kady Malloy | Btm 3 | ||||||||||||||
| 17-20 | Robbie Carrico | Elim | |||||||||||||
| Alaina Whitaker | |||||||||||||||
| Alexandréa Lushington | |||||||||||||||
| Jason Yeager | |||||||||||||||
| 21-24 | Colton Berry | Elim | |||||||||||||
| Joanne Borgella | |||||||||||||||
| Amy Davis | |||||||||||||||
| Garrett Haley | |||||||||||||||
1 Due to the Idol Gives Back special airing on the show's regular Wednesday results night, the results show was moved to Thursday. Additionally, Seacrest announced that both Mercado and Smithson were safe in one statement before eliminating Johns.
2 From this point forward, there is no longer a bottom 3 or 2 mentioned, and a bottom 2 denotes the person that was saved last.
[edit] Idol Gives Back
The "Idol Gives Back" initiative returned on April 9 for a second consecutive year, with a special start time of 7:30 p.m. ET, running for 150 minutes (the show ran several minutes late). Producers are hoping to exceed last year's $76 million raised. Again, proceeds will go to children's charities in Africa and the United States. Unlike "Idol Gives Back 2007" when no finalist was eliminated (and two were eliminated in the following week), Michael Johns was still eliminated during "Idol Gives Back 2008."
[edit] Finale
[edit] Controversies
- Season 7 contestant Carly Smithson has stirred up controversy due to a prior major label record deal she had with MCA Records. It has been reported that MCA spent over 2 million dollars promoting Smithson's previous album "Ultimate High", which she made under the name Carly Hennessy. The album sold 378 copies, but is now available on iTunes. To further complicate things, Randy Jackson worked for MCA during the same period of time that Smithson was signed. The show made no mention of this deal, despite the fact that the show goes to great lengths to chronicle the personal lives of its contestants (such as the homelessness of Josiah Leming). According to a poll conducted by AOL Television, 63 percent of those polled believed that contestants who have already had record deals should not be contestants on American Idol.[41]
- David Hernandez was revealed by VotefortheWorst.com to have worked as a stripper in Phoenix, AZ. According to the owner of Dick's Cabaret, David's job included a routine featuring full nudity and performing lap dances for male clientele. [42][43]
- On the April 29 show, the five remaining contestants each sang two songs. Diverting from their usual format, due to time constraints, the judges' critiques after each performance comments were instead to be bundled until after both songs were performed. However after the first round had finished, host Ryan Seacrest asked for comments and judge Paula Abdul, in discussing Jason Castro, delivered feedback on his second song before he had performed it. This has led to speculation that the show is scripted or rigged.[44] The next day, Abdul claimed on Seacrest's radio show that she listened to the performance in rehearsal and in the rushed atmosphere of the show was confused and thought she was supposed to critique both.[45]
- Following the May 8 show, David Archuleta's father, Jeff, was banned from rehearsals. It was reported that Mr. Archuleta was constantly involved in his son's preparation, much to the dismay of the series' producers. The catalyst that caused the producers to ban him from rehearsals was when Mr. Archuleta insisted on altering David's rendition of "Stand by Me" to include the lyrics of Sean Kingston's "Beautiful Girls" despite being warned not to do so. This lyric change caused additional licensing costs to the show.[46][47]
[edit] Releases
[edit] iTunes
This season, American Idol has partnered with iTunes to make available for sale exclusive performance videos and full length studio recordings of the songs contestants performed on the show. In order to keep the competition fair, these singles are not allowed to appear on iTunes sales charts until after the finale. As a result only David Cook and David Archuleta's songs charted.
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- ^ UKMIX - Forums - View topic - US Billboard Charts (10/05/2008)
- ^ UKMIX - Forums - View topic - US Billboard Charts (17/05/2008)
- ^ UKMIX - Forums - View topic - US Billboard Charts (24/05/2008)
- ^ "Underwood most popular "Idol," Castro overrated", Reuters, 2008-05-19.
- ^ "Club Manager Says 'Idol' Contestant Was a Stripper?", Associated Press, Entertainment Weekly.
- ^ "'American Idol' Stripper to Stay on Show", AOL Television, 2008-03-04.
- ^ "Abdul makes gaffe on US Idol show", BBC News, 2008-04-30.
- ^ Vary, Adam B. "Paulagate 2008: Ms. Abdul does some 'splaining on Ryan Seacrest's radio show", Entertainment Weekly, 2008-04-30.
- ^ "'Idol' contestant's dad booted from backstage", Associated Press, CNN, 2008-05-11.
- ^ Elber, Lynn. "David Archuleta's dad loses 'American Idol' backstage pass", Associated Press, 2008-05-10.
[edit] External links
- Official American Idol Contestants Website
- Pronunciation Guide to the American Idol Top 24 -- Season 7
| Preceded by Season 6 (2007) |
American Idol Season 7 (2008) |
Succeeded by Season 8 (2009) |
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David Cook auditioned in Omaha, NE
