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From American Idol Buzz - 4/24: Sanjaya, eat your
heart out!

post from The American Idol Blog on 26 April 2007 09:16:44 PM. © The American Idol Blog

Some enterprising dude on youtube posted this lovely video of Julien on the French version of “American Idol.”. The guy is pretty attractive but man, he sings “Like a Virgin” like the worst lounge singer on earth. It’s pretty darn… Read more…From AccessAtlanta: American Idol Buzz - www.accessatlanta.com

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4/26: Idol Gives Back raises $60 mil plus

post from American Idol Blog on 26 April 2007 06:34:01 PM. © American Idol Blog

The “Idol Gives Back” charity event Wednesday night raised more than $60 million for poverty outreach in the U.S. and Africa, according to Fox in a press release Thursday afternoon.

One recipient is SafeHouse Outreach here in Atlanta. Our city was picked because it’s Ryan Seacrest’s hometown.

Safehouse founder Philip Bray said a producer at “Idol” knew Dr. Gerald Durley, former president of Morehouse College. Durley recommended “Idol” support SafeHouse. On April 9, producers flew into Atlanta to film footage about SafeHouse, which received about 30 seconds of airplay Tuesday night.

“The main thing was exposing them to the good works and people making a difference in Atlanta,” said Bray, who founded the charity 25 years ago. It now raises $2 million and several million more in volunteer and in-kind services. The organization, he says, draws thousands of volunteers a year and served 187,000 meals last year. Based in downtown Atlanta near the Ritz Carlton Hotel, he says SafeHouse does both preventative and intervention-type outreach featuring mentoring and parenting classes. With more poor people leaving the in-town core (due to rising real estate prices and torn-down public housing), the organization opened a satellite office in DeKalb County a few years ago.

Bray has no clue how much money he’ll ulimately receive.

From the press release, here’s how the charity organization “Idol’ created will work:

CPEF is a new charitable organization established to raise money and awareness to help combat extreme poverty in the U.S. and throughout the world, particularly in Africa. CPEF’s mission is to use the power of entertainment to drive positive change to achieve its vision of creating a just world free from poverty. CPEF is inspired and supported by the UK charity that invented Red Nose Day.

CPEF is a supporter of ONE: The Campaign to Make Poverty History, a new effort by Americans to rally Americans — ONE by ONE — to fight the emergency of global AIDS and extreme poverty. ONE is a coalition of over 2.4 million people and more than 100 of the nation’s leading relief, humanitarian and advocacy organizations joining together to help save lives in Africa and the world’s poorest countries.

In the United States, CPEF has selected Save the Children, America’s Second Harvest - The Nation’s Food Bank Network, Boys & Girls Clubs of America and Children’s Health Fund as beneficiaries of IDOL GIVES BACK. These organizations deliver support to poor children in some of the most disadvantaged areas of the country, providing them with medical care, food and grocery products, health and life skills, literacy programs and obesity prevention, among other important initiatives.

In Africa, funds will be dedicated to The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria, Malaria No More, Nothing But Nets, Save the Children and The U.S. Fund for UNICEF. Each organization will receive funds to support efforts to battle poverty through various health and education programs, including delivering medical supplies and providing clean water. These organizations also aim to control and prevent malaria through practical resources and programs, including providing life-saving bed nets and other activities tied to Africa Malaria Day on April 25.

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4/26: Was Jordin mistreated

post from American Idol Blog on 26 April 2007 05:03:04 PM. © American Idol Blog

As the day comes to an end, one simple question: was Jordin treated fairly by being placed in a situation where she thought she had been eliminated but… wasn’t?

Ultimately, did “Idol” producers achieve the right mix of schmaltz, sadness, comedy and manipulation to keep us watching?

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Nobody Voted Off Charitable 'American Idol'

post from American Idol - best news, blogs, videos, photos and more - Boxxet on 26 April 2007 03:05:41 PM. © American Idol - best news, blogs, videos, photos and more - Boxxet

American Idol took its charity theme very seriously this week as it spared all six finalists from being voted off Singer Josh Groban center American Idol Judge Simon Cowell Misses Charming Sanjaya Malakar Post Chronicle American Idol Better With Sanjaya Simon Glad Malakar Was On Idol Post Chronicle American Idol 6 Should Idol Gives Back Have Affected the Voting Foxes on Idol C
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American Idol: Bait and Switch on Charity Show

post from American Idol on 26 April 2007 02:13:29 PM. © American Idol

by Elaine LinerRaising money for charities dedicated to helping the poor, sick and downtrodden in Africa and the USA is a good thing. Lying to viewers while doing it is not.This week's American Idol: Idol Gives Back special was an awkward combination of[...]

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4/26: Kelly tour, ratings, Bucky at No. 4

post from American Idol Blog on 26 April 2007 01:26:11 PM. © American Idol Blog

Kelly Clarkson has announced her summer tour dates, including a stop in Atlanta on August 28, according to Idol Chatter. I’m trying to pin down the locale but odds are it’s Philips Arena.

Preliminary Nielsen “Idol” ratings were down about 2 million viewers over last week, finishing at 26.4 million. But the fact it ran two hours dragged the numbers down.

Here are the approximate half hour breakdowns, according to Marc Berman

8 p.m.: 21.6 million

8:30 p.m. 25.2 mil

9 p.m. 28.6 mil

9:30 p.m.; 30.3 mil

And Bucky Covington landed at No. 4 on the Billboard top 200, no. 1 on the country chart, with 61,000 in sales. He naturally was thrilled at the Atlanta Kicks country station appearnace last night. (More later.). He didn’t do as well, first week sales wise, as fellow season fivers, Taylor, Kat, Chris, Elliott or Kellie. But he did come in eighth and in fact, he is the only 8th place “Idol” finalist to even get a major record label deal. (Lyric Street, home of Rascal Flatts.)

He even beat Chris Daughtry, who sold another 52,000 to move his total to 2.3 million. He ranked no. 7, down from 6.

Carrie, thanks to CMT, jumped back into the top 10, from 14 to 9. Sales were 45K. Sales are up to 5.3 million.

Elliott slips to 62 from 59, with 10K sold and 164K total.

Kat edges up to 108 from 112 but her single “Over It” is slipping. She moved another 7,000 and 301K total.

Kellie jumps to 118 from 142 (CMT effect?) and has jumped to 505K.

Fantasia rebounds to 166 from 192 and has sold 351K.

Taylor adds another 2K, with 671K total. Ruben sold 1,200 with 222K total. Clay sold 600, with 509K total. Kellie’s “Breakaway” moved 4,900 and is up to 5.7 million.

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Nobody Voted Off on Charitable American Idol

post from American Idol - best news, blogs, videos, photos and more - Boxxet on 26 April 2007 10:14:22 AM. © American Idol - best news, blogs, videos, photos and more - Boxxet

Apr 26 2007 American Idol took its charity theme very seriously this week as it spared all six finalists from being voted off Kelly Clarkson poses for photographers in
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where's the dog I like dogs...

post from The Woes and the Prose of an American Idol Junkie on 26 April 2007 10:01:00 AM. © The Woes and the Prose of an American Idol Junkie

My new favorite Idol is Lisa Simpson, the only star from the non-elimination.

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4/26: Promotions galore

“American Idol” itself isn’t above shameless self promotion. And neither am I.

First, the fine folks at ajc.com have designed a little game in which you rank the six finalists in order and compare your results with others. It’s right here.

I ranked them 1-Jordin 2-Melinda 3-Blake 4-LaKisha 5-Chris 6-Phil

I’ll let you do it yourself so you can see what the consensus is. (It’s not the same as mine.)

And you can watch me pontificate about “American Idol” on CNN Pipeline, so cut me some slack.

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