, Life After ‘Idol’ ‘Idol’ season 5 contestant Elliott Yamin , stuck in Chile following an 8.8 magnitude earthquake south of the country’s capital last week, will be returning home to the United States today. Yamin finished third on ‘Idol,’ losing out to Katharine McPhee and winner Taylor Hicks

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Elliott Yamin Finally Returning Home from Chile

Filed under: Features For the next two weeks, we’re teaming with Vote for the Worst to name the 10 worst ‘American Idol’ semifinalists ever. Check back tomorrow to see their pick for number two. Name: Bobby Bennett Season: 5 Worst Performance: ‘Copacabana’ Why We Loved to Hate Him: It’s hard to know where to begin with Bobby Bennett

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Worst ‘American Idol’ Semifinalists Ever: #3 — Bobby Bennett

Filed under: Features For a couple of seasons, ‘Idol’ took a liking to the modern-day crooner (think “rocker chick,” but for guys); and in season 5, that role was filled by 17-year-old David Radford.

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Worst ‘American Idol’ Semifinalists Ever — #7: David Radford

Filed under: Blogosphere As the race for Ted Kennedy’s vacant Senate seat continues today, we can’t help but recall the days when Republican candidate Scott Brown’s daughter, Ayla, graced the ‘Idol’ stage. You may remember her from season 5 as the 6-foot-tall college basketball forward who kinda looked the part, but, after making it to Hollywood and the Top 16, failed to wow the voting public with her rendition of Natasha Bedingfield’s ‘Unwritten’ and was sent on her not-so-merry way.

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A Look Back at Ayla Brown on ‘American Idol’

Filed under: Blogosphere , Life After ‘Idol’ , Hot Topics Calling all Daughtry fans: The band has just released the second single off their sophomore CD, ‘Leave This Town,’ and PopEater has the exclusive music video. In a new interview, frontman Chris Daughtry says the ‘Life After You’ video is about “capturing our life on the road.

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New Daughtry Music Video: ‘Life After You’

, Blogosphere , Life After ‘Idol’ — Adam Lambert was named one of this summer’s hottest bachelors. And who said winning ‘Idol’ was everything

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‘Idol’ Lunchtime Lowdown 06/17/09

, Predictions , Blogosphere , Life After ‘Idol’ — Ever wonder how much Paula Abdul makes per season? The reported answer may surprise you — especially compared to Simon’s rumored salary [ LA Times ] — Now that we’re down to the final three, will Adam Lambert actually take the prize?

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‘Idol’ Lunchtime Lowdown 05/07/09

— Kellie Pickler returns to the ‘Idol’ stage tonight. Read what she has to say about coming back and Simon’s “naughty little minx” comment from season 5 [ Fox News ] — Attention ‘Fringe’ fans: One of the show’s co-stars was spotted in the audience last night

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‘Idol’ Lunchtime Lowdown 04/08/09

, Hot Topics The good news: ‘American Idol’ cut down to a one-hour performance episode this week. The bad news: It didn’t finish on time and cut off a contestant. And that contestant was front-runner (and controversy-generator) Adam Lambert.

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‘Idol’ Runs Long, DVRs Cut Off Adam Lambert’s ‘Mad World.’ Cue Outrage

, Music The Top 8 contestants performed songs from the year they were born Danny Gokey ‘Stand By Me’ ( Ben E. King , covered by Mickey Gilley) Kris Allen ‘All She Wants to Do Is Dance’ ( Don Henley ) Lil Rounds ‘What’s Love Got to Do With It’ ( Tina Turner ) Anoop Desai ‘True Colors’ ( Cyndi Lauper )