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American Idol Says Goodbye to One More! On Wednesday, March 26th 2008 one more person left American Idol and his name was Chikezie Eze. Chikezie is a 22 year old male from Inglewood, Cailfornia. Chikezie sang “If Only For One Night” and the judges thoughts were, from Randy “I didn’t love it for you” from Paula “I think you did a great job” and from Simon “I thought the performance was actually very cheesy” If you would like to watch American Idol tune into Fox 6 News every Tuesday and Wednesday at 7:00pm central time.

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These past weeks there have been a total of 10 people eliminated of American Idol and here they are Jason Yeager, Alex Lushington, Alaina Whitaker, Robbie Carrico, Danny Noriega, Asia’h Epperson, Luke Menard, Kady Malloy, David Hernandez, and Amanda Overmyer. Jason Yeager a 28 year old male from Grand Prairie, Texas sang “Long Train runnin” and the judges commented on it Randy said it was a little karaoke Paula said there wasn’t very many notes that showed his vocal range and Simon called it awkward and ordinary. After Jason came Alex Lushington a 19 year old female from Douglasville, Georgia. Alex was voted February 28th 2008 and she sang “If You Leave Me Now” and the Judges commented: Randy said “It was a little safe for me” Paula said “I’ve been impressed with you since day one” and Simon said “You look terrific but it was boring.” Next to go was Alaina Whitaker a 16 year old female from Tulsa, Oklahoma. Alaina sang “Hopelessly Devoted To You” and Randy thought it was a little pitchy. Paula thought Alaina did a real good job. Simon thought Alaina was one of the dark horses in this competition. Along with Alaina went Robbie Carrico a 26 year old male from Melbourne, Florida. Robbie sang “Hot Blooded” and the judge’s comments were, from Randy “It was just ok” from Paula “You played it a little safe this week” and from Simon “Actually, I thought the vocal was ok tonight” After that week of people went home there was another week with four more people the first person out of that group was Danny Noriega an 18 year old male with a huge personality. Danny is from Azusa, California. Danny sang “Tainted Love” and the judge’s thoughts were, from Randy “It started a little rough” from Paula “I love the fact that your true to yourself” and from Simon “I thought it was horrible the whole thing. Danny was eliminated on March 6th 2008. After Danny came Asia’h Epperson a 19 year old female from Joplin, Minnesota. Asia’h sang “I Wanna Dance With Somebody” and the judge’s thoughts were, from Randy “You proved tonight that you deserve to be here” from Paula “You nailed it!” and from Simon “Second rate Whitney Houston, good enough for the top 12” The First out of the next two to be eliminated was Luke Menard a 29 year old male who is from Crawfordsville, Indianapolis. Luke sang “Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go” the judge’s thoughts were, from Randy “A little bit corny for me but it was alright” from Paula “I loved it” and from Simon “I thought it was weak, a bit girly” After Luke was eliminated it was Kady Malloy a 18 year old female from Houston, Texas. Kady sang “Who Wants To Live Forever” the judge’s thoughts were, from Randy “You hit the big notes really well, but the small notes not well enough” from Paula “To date for me, This was you r best performance” and from Simon “You’re like a robot when you sing, I just can’t get anything out of you” The very next week only one contestant left American Idol and David Hernandez was eliminated. David Hernandez is a 24 year old male from Glendale, Arizona. David sang “ I saw Her Standing There” the judge’s thoughts were, from Randy “It was a little to overdone” from Paula “I felt like you kinda over did it a little” and from Simon “David no, no, no, I thought it was corney verging on desperate” Last week also only one person left American Idol and it was Amanda Overmyer a 23 year old female from Mulberry, Indiana. Amanda sang “Back in the U.S.S.R” the judge’s thoughts were, from Randy “For me I’ve got to give you a 7 out of 10 on that one” from Paula “I love you, I think your going to continue” and from Simon “It was predictable and a bit of a mess in some parts” You can watch American Idol every Tuesday and Wednesday starting at 7:00pm To get to know the contestants better click the link below: http://www.americanidol.com/contestants/season7/amanda_overmyer/



Music of the Week Randy Jackson makes song featuring Paula Abdul! The two American Idol judges Randy Jackson and Paula Abdul have had a blast making their new song and music video “Dance like there’s No Tomorrow” or at least that’s what these two judges said when the song first premiered on American Idol last Thursday.  Randy Jacksons’ new album with many featured artist will be released on March 11th, 2008. Randy Jacksons new album is called Music Club, Vol. 1. There are many of artist in his new album such as Paula Abdul, Katherine McPhee, Elliot Yamin, Joss Stone, Travis Tritt, Sam Moore, Bon Jovi, Mariah Carey, and many, many more.  If you would like to see the music video of “Dance like there’s no tomorrow” click the link below.  [|www.fox.com/paula]  This will be Paula’s first song in over a decade The 411 On The Contestants

If you watch American Idol you’ll know that whether you are a good singer or you’re the best singer one of the contestants are going to be eliminated and that’s exactly what happened February 21st, 2008. Two boys and two girls were eliminated they were good but I guess they weren’t good enough for the show. The first person eliminated from the show was Garret Haley. Garret Haley is 17 years old and is from Elida, Ohio but auditioned in San Diego from there, there was no stopping him. Garret Haley made it through auditions, he made it through Hollywood week, but unfortunately did not make it through the first round. Even though Haley did not make it to the top he still plans to keep singing and hopefully will pursue his dream of singing. The next contestant that was eliminated was Amy Davis. Amy Davis is a 25 year old female who is from Lowell, Indianapolis. She sang “Where the Boys Are” and got a bad review of it to. Paula’s review of Amy was “I don’t know if it was the most engaging song for you” Randy’s review of Amy was “There were just a lot of pitch problems there” and Simon’s review of Amy was “You look great but you didn’t sound great.” The next contestant to go was Joanne Borgella from Hoboken, New Jersey. Joanne is a 25 year old female who looks up to Whitney Houston, Celine Dion, Barbara Streisand, Alanis Morrisette, and Andrea Borcelli. The review from the judges weren’t horrible but here they are. Randy’s review of Joanne was “I felt like your voice was a little shaky.” Paula’s review was “I liked it, I didn’t love it.” And Simon’s review was “A very average cabaret version of a cabaret song.” The last contestant to go was Colton Berry. Colton is from Staunton, Virginia and is 18 years old. The judge’s reviews were from Randy “You did a pretty good job on it” From Paula “It's nice to see a different side of you” and from Simon “I’m not looking at a recording artist”. You can watch American idol every Tuesday and Wednesday on Fox6 News at 7:00pm through 8:00pm. Kayla Morgan www.huskypawper2-1.wikispaces.com

Music of the Week!  **Battles of the singers!!!!!! **

**This week Flo Rida still stays Top 100 Billboard king but is up against some tough competition with Chris Brown’s “With You” and Rihanna’s “Don’t Stop the Music” Flo Rida’s “Low” also premiers in the new movie **//**Step Up 2 **//**. **<span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> **<span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: #3d3d3d; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">But the biggest news in the top 10 is the No. 9 debut of Yael Naim's "New Soul," the chart's best entry since "What Time Is It" by High School Musical Cast (No. 6) and Akon's "Sorry, Blame It on Me" (No. 7) bowed in the Aug. 11, 2007, issue. **<span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">

**<span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: #3d3d3d; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Alicia Keys’ “Like You’ll Never See Me Again” rules hot R&B/Hip Hop songs for a seventh week. On that Chart, the top debut comes from Trey Songz’ “Last Time” at number 69. **<span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">

**<span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: #3d3d3d; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Brad Paisley's "Letter to Me" starts a third week atop Hot Country Songs, where four songs cross into the top 10, the first time that has happened in nearly a decade. New to the upper rungs are Alan Jackson's "Small Town Southern Man" Carrie Underwood's "All-American Girl" Chuck Wicks' "Stealing Cinderella" and Craig Morgan's "International Harvester." **<span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">

**<span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: #3d3d3d; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"> There's no stopping Seether on Billboard's rock charts. The band's track "Fake It" is No. 1 on Modern Rock for a seventh week and at top Mainstream Rock for a 14th. Panic At The Disco has the top debut on Modern Rock at No. 29 with "Nine in the Afternoon"; the song will appear on its new album, "Pretty. Odd.," due March 25. **

Music of the Week! The 50th annual Grammys Were on Sunday February 10th at the Los Angeles Staples Center and here are your nominees. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Album of the Year: "River: The Joni Letters," Herbie Hancock <span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Record of the Year: "Rehab," Amy Winehouse. Song of the Year: “Rehab” Amy Winehouse <span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">New Artist: Amy Winehouse. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Producer of the Year, Non-Classical: Mark Ronson. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Pop Vocal Album: "Back to Black," Amy Winehouse. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Female Pop Vocal Performance: "Rehab," Amy Winehouse. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Male Pop Vocal Performance: "What Goes Around...Comes Around," Justin Timberlake. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Pop Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocals: "Makes Me Wonder," Maroon 5. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Pop Collaboration With Vocals: "Gone Gone Gone (Done Moved On)," Robert Plant & Alison Krauss. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Pop Instrumental Album: "The Mix-Up," Beastie Boys. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Pop Instrumental Performance: "One Week Last Summer," Joni Mitchell. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Traditional Pop Vocal Album: "Call Me Irresponsible," Michael Buble. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Alternative Music Album: "Icky Thump," The White Stripes. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Rock Album: "Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace," Foo Fighters. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Rock Song: "Radio Nowhere," Bruce Springsteen, songwriter (Bruce Springsteen). <span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Solo Rock Vocal Performance: "Radio Nowhere," Bruce Springsteen. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Rock Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocals: "Icky Thump," The White Stripes. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Hard Rock Performance: "The Pretender," Foo Fighters. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Metal Performance: "Final Six," Slayer. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Rock Instrumental Performance: "Once Upon a Time in The West," Bruce Springsteen. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Rap Album: "Graduation," Kanye West. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Rap Solo Performance: "Stronger," Kanye West. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Rap Performance by a Duo or Group: "Southside," Common, featuring Kanye West. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Rap/Sung Collaboration: "Umbrella," Rihanna Featuring Jay-Z. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Rap Song: "Good Life," Aldrin Davis, Mike Dean, Faheem Najm & Kanye West, songwriters (J. Ingram & Q. Jones, songwriters) (Kanye West Featuring T-Pain). <span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Country Album: "These Days," Vince Gill. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Country Song: "Before He Cheats," Josh Kear & Chris Tompkins, songwriters (Carrie Underwood). <span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Female Country Vocal Performance: "Before He Cheats," Carrie Underwood. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Male Country Vocal Performance: "Stupid Boy," Keith Urban. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Country Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocals: "How Long," Eagles. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Country Collaboration With Vocals: "Lost Highway," Willie Nelson & Ray Price. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Country Instrumental Performance: "Throttleneck," Brad Paisley. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">R&B Album: "Funk This," Chaka Khan. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">R&B Song: "No One," Dirty Harry, Kerry Brothers & Alicia Keys, songwriters (Alicia Keys). <span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Contemporary R&B Album: "Because of You," Ne-Yo. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Female R&B Vocal Performance: "No One," Alicia Keys. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Male R&B Vocal Performance: "Future Baby Mama," Prince. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">R&B Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocals: "Disrespectful," Chaka Khan, featuring Mary J. Blige. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Traditional R&B Vocal Performance: "In My Songs," Gerald Levert. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Urban/Alternative Performance: "Daydreamin'," Lupe Fiasco, featuring Jill Scott. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Dance Recording: "LoveStoned/I Think She Knows," Justin Timberlake, Nate (Danja) Hills, Timbaland & Justin Timberlake, producers; Jimmy Douglass & Timbaland, mixers. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Electronic/Dance Album: "We Are the Night," The Chemical Brothers. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Bluegrass Album: "The Bluegrass Diaries," Jim Lauderdale. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Traditional Blues Album: "Last of the Great Mississippi Delta Bluesmen: Live In Dallas," Henry James Townsend, Joe Willie "Pinetop" Perkins, Robert Lockwood Jr. & David "Honeyboy" Edwards. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Contemporary Blues Album: "The Road to Escondido," JJ Cale & Eric Clapton. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">New Age Album: "Crestone," Paul Winter Consort. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Contemporary Jazz Album: "River: The Joni Letters," Herbie Hancock. Those were all of your nominees for this years Grammy’s. This year the Queen of the Grammy’s took the stage and that was Tina Turner featuring Beyonce who pulled it off considering her age. Aretha Franklin also pulled off a performance as well. That wasn’t all who we got a performance from either The Foo Fighters, Rihanna, Kanye West, Amy Winehouse, Brad Paisley, and many many more if you want to here more on the grammys go to: [|www.grammys.com]



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 * MUSIC OF THE WEEK! **
 * <span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'">This week Flo Ridas’ Low starts its sixth week as number 1 on the Billboard hot 100. Sean Kingston had a big year in 2007 thanks to his 1st single called “Beautiful Girls” his other songs “Me Love” and Take You There” helped push his album to the top. Sean Kingston had four hundred thousand albums sold while other fans purchased over millions of ringtones. Sean wrapped up performing with Chris Brown on his Holiday Tour. Sean released his fourth single “There’s Nothin” a while back but he just released his music video for “There’s Nothin” on February 2nd, 2008. Sean celebrated his 17th birthday February 3rd, 2008. **
 * <span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'">As for the Grammy’s they will still be held at the Los Angeles’ Staples Center. All celebrities including Akon, Beyonce, Queen Latifiah, and many, many more. This will be the 50th annual Grammy’s. **
 * <span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'">If you listened to the radio this week you would have heard that Michael Jackson might perform at the Grammy’s. **
 * <span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'">As for new releases the Juno soundtrack just released last week it is the #1 album on the Billboard’s hot 200. **
 * <span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'">Read Next weeks article to hear about the Grammy nominations.

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