, Life After ‘Idol’ , Hot Topics That Lee DeWyze is one chatty dude. Sure, winning ‘American Idol’ is probably gonna put you in a good mood, but as he gave lengthy, well thought out answers about his past, present and future in a press conference call earlier today, one thing became clear: If the ‘AI’ producers want to know one thing they should improve upon next season, it’s giving viewers the chance to get to know the contestants a little better.

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Lee DeWyze on Being Inspired by Hometown Fans and Doing His Own Thing on His First Album

, Life After ‘Idol’ , Hot Topics That Lee DeWyze is one chatty dude. Sure, winning ‘American Idol’ is probably gonna put you in a good mood, but as he gave lengthy, well thought out answers about his past, present and future in a press conference call earlier Friday, one thing became clear: If the ‘Idol’ producers want to know one thing they should improve upon next season, it’s giving viewers the chance to get to know the contestants a little better. In seasons past, we had a good feel for the contestants’ personalities, especially as the Top 12 got smaller and smaller and each singer got more screen time.

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Interview: ‘American Idol’ Winner Lee DeWyze — He Did It His Way

, Life After ‘Idol’ , Hot Topics Crystal Bowersox, a 24-year-old single mom from Ohio, was the clear front-runner for most of season 9, with such memorable performances as ‘People Get Ready’ (tear!), ‘Me and Bobby McGee’ and ‘Come to My Window.’ But in the end, she was defeated by another 24-year-old guitarist: Lee DeWyze, a paint salesman from Chicago.

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Crystal Bowersox on Breaking Up With Her Boyfriend and Predicting Lee’s Victory

, Hot Topics Tonight, former judge Paula Abdul — who left the show after last season — returned to ‘Idol’ to give departing judge Simon Cowell an official goodbye. Abdul joked a bit at the beginning, claiming the real reason she didn’t return as judge was a surprised pregnancy. “There’s a baby backstage with Simon’s haircut, and baby, it’s your turn to feed him,” she quipped to Cowell

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Paula Abdul Returns to Bid Simon Cowell Farewell

, Music During tonight’s ‘Idol’ finale, ‘Celebrity Apprentice’ winner Bret Michaels remarkably made his second TV appearance in just three days — this time, to perform his hit song ‘Every Rose Has Its Thorn’ with third-place finisher Casey James. Michaels was a big secret, according to TMZ .

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, Hot Topics Well, the end is finally here. The dust has settled, the last notes have faded away and Ryan Seacrest has delivered his final witty bon mot. But while there’s still plenty of pomp and theatrics still to come as the show welcomes its usual array of guest performers and bids farewell to Simon Cowell, for most fans, there’s only one question left: Who will win?

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‘American Idol’ Prediction: Who Will Win Season 9?

, Music , Hot Topics A very long season has come down to a final two that we certainly couldn’t have imagined when the season began. Crystal Bowersox ?

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Finale Week: What Should the ‘American Idol’ Top 2 Sing?

, Music , Hot Topics And then there were three. We’re just a little more than a week away from the ‘American Idol’ season finale on May 26 (which, get those DVRs ready, will be two hours and seven minutes long – random, no?), so this week’s Top 3 performances are pressure-packed for finalists Casey James, Crystal Bowersox and Lee DeWyze

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Judges’ and Contestants’ Choice Week: What Should the ‘American Idol’ Top 3 Sing?

Filed under: Hot Topics When current ‘American Idol’ frontrunners Lee DeWyze and Crystal Bowersox stepped up to the mics last night to deliver their version of Glen Hansard and Mark

, Blogosphere ‘Idol’ went to the movies last night, giving each contestant the chance to sing a song from a film’s soundtrack. The best performances were by Crystal Bowersox doing ‘I’m Alright’ from ‘Caddyshack’ and Casey James doing ‘Mrs

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