News and views from the stateside Pop Idol spinoff, American Idol and it’s judges Simon Cowell, Paula Abdul and Randy Jackson
May 18th, 2013 by Josh Coleman.

Mariah Carey’s publicist has slammed reports that the American Idol judge ‘lip-synced’ during her performance on the season finale.
The publicist stressed that the singer “absolutely did not lip-sync” during her performance on the FOX hit reality TV show.
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May 17th, 2013 by Anna Howell.

Thursday night saw the moment that all American Idol fans worldwide had been waiting for, the announcement of this year’s winner – Candice Glover!
Candice, who is the first female winner of the hugely popular reality talent show since Jordan Sparks back in season 6, beat Kree Harrison in Thursday night’s results show, in what was in actual fact her third time of trying out for the show.
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May 17th, 2013 by Lisa McGarry.

Jessie J has finally confirmed the title of her brand new single.
The track will be the lead release from her second studio album, on which she completed work only a few weeks ago and the ‘Domino’ hitmaker has confirmed that it will simply be titled ‘Wild.’
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May 16th, 2013 by Lisa McGarry.

Adam Lambert isn’t just a brilliant singer, he’s also a very popular dude and his loyal fan base have earned him yet another award nomination this month.
The American Idol star only just received his GLAAD Award last week, receiving it from former Spice Girl Mel B, and now he has been recognised on this year’s O Awards.
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May 16th, 2013 by Josh Coleman.

With the American Idol season finale taking place this weekend, judge Mariah Carey has taken to Twitter to express her excitement about the finalists and their performances.
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May 16th, 2013 by Lisa McGarry.

American Idol is offering fans an all-access, online VIP pass to the star-studded red carpet action prior to the Season 12 Finale tonight!
The 90-minute live stream, will be filmed on the red carpet at the Nokia Theater L.A. LIVE and will be hosted by Jim Cantiello, Jessica York and Season 10 fan-favorite Pia Toscano.
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May 16th, 2013 by Josh Coleman.

American Idol judge Keith Urban, has today revealed that he would love to return to the hit US talent show for another season and sit behind the judging desk once again.
The country singer told new network E! that he has ‘loved the adventure’ of being both a judge and mentor on the show.
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May 14th, 2013 by Josh Coleman.

Former American Idol contestant Adaml Lambert, has today thanked his Twitter followers as his count hit the two million barrier.
The singer thanked his ‘Glamberts’ after he reached the milestone. Lambert thanked them for their devoted support on the social networking site just before he smashed the two million mark.
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May 13th, 2013 by Lisa McGarry.

The next season of American Idol could be more streamlined than the current run it seems, starting with the number of seats at the judges’ table.
The 12th season of the show hasn’t even ended yet but already rumours and gossip are spreading thick and fast. It’s been reported over the past week that Fox bosses are planning to wipe out the current panel in it’s entirety and replace it with all new stars. However, all we really know for sure is that Randy Jackson won’t be taking part.
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May 13th, 2013 by Josh Coleman.

Former American Idol contestant Adam Lambert has walked away with an award for his contributions to the GLBT community this weekend at the annual 2013 GLAAD Media Awards in San Francisco.
The 31 year-old was presented with his award by Spice Girl Mel B and she wasn’t holding back on her excitement before the awards as she tweeted: ”Going to the #glaadawards in SF tonight!!! Can’t wait
@glaad http://glaad.org/mediaawards.”
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