American Idol extends talent search to songwriters
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It's hard to imagine that the  producers of "American Idol" would want to tinker with the  show's formula following last season. After all, the hit  reality program -- a talent search for music's Next Big Thing  -- was 2006's top-rated TV series by a wide margin. But when  the "A.I." juggernaut returns for its sixth season January 16,  that's just what they'll be doing.
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More than 36 million &quot;American  Idol&quot; fans watched the star-studded finale of the hit talent  show on Wednesday night as gray-haired soul crooner Taylor  Hicks was crowned the winner in a dramatic close to the 2005-06  U.S. television season.
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The integrity of "American Idol" as  a contest for raw, undiscovered talent was called into question  again after an Irish singer who once had a major-label deal,  and solo album that flopped, advanced to the top rung of the  competition this week.
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Two former "American Idol" rivals &#151; second-season winner Ruben Studdard and runner-up Clay Aiken &#151; will battle again when their new albums are released next month.
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The soulful songs, the floppy mop of premature gray, the bluesy baritone: "American Idol" winner Taylor Hicks can hardly avoid comparisons to former Doobie Brothers singer Michael McDonald.
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LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - "American Idol" is poised to set ratings records when Fox's talent show returns to the airwaves with a four-hour season premiere on Tuesday and Wednesday.
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LOS ANGELES  - A dominating ratings  performance from "American Idol" took Fox where it hadn't been  since last season's May 24 finale of the talent show -- atop  the weekly ratings among adults 18-49 without the help of  sports.
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Your singing voice might make Simon cringe and your two left feet might not endear you to Paula, but the chance to look like an American Idol could still be in the stars.
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LOS ANGELES  - Gwen Stefani, Pink and Annie Lennox will perform on a star-studded two-night "American Idol" charity special next month.
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Clay Aiken sang his way to a runner-up finish on the television show "American Idol." Last season, fellow North Carolinian Fantasia Barrino won a lucrative recording contract by claiming the title.
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Ratings for Fox's top-ranked  "American Idol" will probably decline as the television talent  search show enters its fourth season this week, a network  official said on Monday.
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At least 29.5 million &quot;American  Idol&quot; fans watched the finale of the hit talent show as  17-year-old Jordin Sparks was crowned the youngest winner yet  in the program&#39;s history, preliminary numbers showed on  Thursday.
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At least 29.5 million "American Idol" fans watched the finale of the hit talent show as 17-year-old Jordin Sparks was crowned the youngest winner yet in the program's history, preliminary numbers showed on Thursday.
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The integrity of "American Idol" as a contest for raw, undiscovered talent was called into question again after an Irish singer who once had a major-label deal, and solo album that flopped, advanced to the top rung of the competition this week.
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While "American Idol" is busy culling the next Kelly Clarkson from the legions of warbling weirdoes, many Web sites also are sifting the great unwashed for musical talent.
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NEW YORK (Billboard) - "American Idol" graduate Clay Aiken  will deliver a double whammy Nov. 16 with the release of a new  album and his first book.
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If you want American Idol exposure, you have to pay the   price.