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American Idol: Crystal Bowersox reaches out to Casey Abrams

Crystal Bowersox has shown her support for American Idol contestant Casey Abrams, after he was forced to miss the first results show of the year after being hospitalized.

The 20 year old singer from Illinois, was scheduled to appear on Thursday’s show but soon after the episode took to the airwaves, Ryan Seacrest announced that he was being treated in hospital yet again for a non-disclosed illness.

It has since been revealed that the star is suffering from ulcerative colitis- a form of irritable bowel syndrome. This specific form causes sores on the colon and intestine.

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American Idol: Crystal Bowersox signs with 19 Recordings/Jive Records

American idol runner up Crystal Bowersox has signed her first major record deal.

24 year old “MamaSox” penned a deal with 19 Recordings/Jive Records, it was announced today. She will be kept company by former Idol winners Jordin Sparks and Kris Allen, and season eight finalist Allison Iraheta.

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American Idol 2010: Crystal Bowersox ‘It would be cool to collaborate with Adam Lambert!

American Idol runner-up Crystal Bowersox has admitted that she would love to collaborate with the glamourous Adam Lambert.

The 24 year old Ohio singer told Entertainment Weekly that along with Lambert, she would also quite like to work with show winner Lee DeWyze.

“Maybe Adam [Lambert] would be down! That would be cool, that would be fun!” she replied. “He has a heck of a voice. Even Lee, we might work together too.

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American Idol 2010: Lee DeWyze & Crystal Bowersox sing on NBC’s Today (VIDEO)

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American Idol winner Lee DeWyze and runner up Crystal Bowersox have been hitting the promotional trail hard and the paired rolled up to NBC’s Today show earlier this morning.

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American Idol 2010: Crystal Bowersox sings ‘Up To The Mountain’ on Ellen DeGeneres show (VIDEO)

American Idol winner Lee DeWyze and runner up Crystal Bowersox joined forces once more on the Ellen DeGeneres show this week and spilled the beans on how it feels to be finished with Idol.

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American Idol 2010: Crystal Bowersox ‘I wanted to remain true to who I am’

American Idol runner up Crystal Bowersox has admitted that her overriding priority when she made it onto the show, was to make sure that she remained true to herself and didn’t change too much.

In an interview with reporters after Wednesday night’s extravagant finale show, Crystal insisted that she isn’t at all disappointed to have come second out of hundreds of thousands of people. She said::

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American Idol 2010: Crystal Bowersox ‘Idol has really shown me what I’m capable of’

American Idol runner up Crystal Bowersox has admitted that while she wasn’t necessarily comfortable with a lot of the things she did on the Fox show, the experience did show her how much she is capable of.

During an interview with reporters after the final show, Crystal laughed that she doesn’t see any more big dance numbers or group performances in her future. She said:

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American Idol 2010: Lee DeWyze scores top five hit with winners single ‘Beautiful Day’

Gravelly rock singer Lee DeWyze won this year’s American Idol less than 48 hours ago and already his debut single has been released.

Lee’s winners single, a cover of U2′s ‘Beautiful Day,’ has shot to the top of the iTunes chart and currently sits at number three. We didn’t love his rendition of the track on Tuesday night’s show (video here) and thought he lacked a lot of Bono’s charisma and vibrancy in his performance. However America obviously disagrees and it would seem that they are buying Lee’s song in their droves.

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American Idol 2010: Crystal Bowersox and LeeDeWyze sign record deals

Proving that it really doesn’t matter whether you win the show or not, American Idol top two Crystal Bowersox and Lee DeWyze have both signed their first record deals.

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American Idol 2010: Crystal Bowersox broke up with boyfriend hours before final

American Idol runner up Crystal Bowersox has revealed that she was feeling pretty emotional going into the final night of performances this week, because she broke up with her long term boyfriend that morning.

24 year old Ohio singer, Crystal, almost moved us to tears with her moving rendition of Patty Griffin‘s “Up to the Mountain” on the first night of the American Idol finale. She has since revealed that the emotion wasn’t faked in the slightest.

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