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'American Idol' finalists share what they sacrificed to compete on the show
Contestants gave up school and jobs to compete.Eric Liebowitz/ABC/Getty Images; Kevin Winter/ImageD…
Meghan Cook
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'American Idol' runner-up says she's 'happy' the show stopped airing 'really bad' auditions
Season-11 finalist Jessica Sanchez said she's glad the show stopped showing cringey auditions of si…
Meghan Cook
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'American Idol' finalists share what the judges are really like
Contestants from the show said Simon Cowell was just being honest, Jennifer Lopez had a great work …
Meghan Cook
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'American Idol' runner-up says she didn't want her past abusive marriage used as a 'sob story' to help her win
ASE, formerly known as La'Porsha Renae, was on season 15 of the singing competition. But she wanted…
Meghan Cook
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Everyone wants to win 'American Idol' — but what happens to the singers who come in second place?
Insider spoke to nine runners-up, like Justin Guarini and Clark Beckham, about what losing was like…
Meghan Cook
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'American Idol' runner-up says she almost lost her 'sole source of income' when the show told her to stop performing local gigs
Crystal Bowersox, a season-nine finalist, said the contract didn't allow her to perform on the side…
Meghan Cook
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'American Idol' finalist hired a bodyguard after Nicole Kidman pulled her aside at a restaurant and told her to 'invest in security'
Season six's Melinda Doolittle said the "Nine Perfect Strangers" actress gave her safety advice aft…
Meghan Cook
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Everyone wants to win 'American Idol' — but what happens to the singers who come in second place?
Insider spoke to nine runners-up, like Justin Guarini and Clark Beckham, about what losing was like…
Meghan Cook
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'American Idol' finalists share what it's really like to audition for the show
Former competitors said there were multiple rounds before they sang in front of the judges and they…
Meghan Cook
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'American Idol' runner-up says he planned to wear a 'Vote for Jordin Sparks' shirt on the finale because he knew he was going to lose
Season six's Blake Lewis said he knew Jordin Sparks would win the competition, so he was planning t…
Meghan Cook
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'American Idol' contestant Sanjaya Malakar says it was 'really difficult' to get a job after the show
The finalist told Insider people told him he wouldn't be valued as an artist if he got a job at a p…
Meghan Cook
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Sanjaya Malakar is done being the butt of the joke on 'American Idol.' He just wants to make custard in peace.
The singer has been mocked and parodied since being on the Fox-ABC singing competition in 2007. Now…
Meghan Cook
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'American Idol' season-13 winner says his debut single from the show is 'utter crap' and a 'nightmare' to perform
Caleb Johnson won season 13 of the popular singing competition, but he wasn't happy to perform his …
Meghan Cook
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'American Idol' finalists share the 12 worst parts about being on the show
Finalists, runners-up, and winners of the popular singing-competition series said being on "America…
Meghan Cook
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'American Idol' runner-up says it was 'agony' going into the season-6 finale because he could tell Jordin Sparks was set up to win
Blake Lewis lost to Jordin Sparks on the reality competition, and he said it was partly because the…
Meghan Cook
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'American Idol' runner-up says it was 'agony' going into the season-6 finale because he could tell Jordin Sparks was set up to win
Blake Lewis lost to Jordin Sparks on the reality competition, and he said it was partly because the…
Meghan Cook
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'American Idol' finalists share 12 things even superfans don't know about being on the show
Alumni of the singing competition said that they could vote for each other, the security was strict…
Meghan Cook
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'American Idol' runner-up says judges 'forced' him to beatbox during his audition after he said 'no' 3 times
Blake Lewis, who came in second on season six, said judges pressured him into beatboxing and the sh…
Meghan Cook
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William Hung shares how his legendary 'American Idol' audition came together 18 years ago
Hung didn't make it onto season three of the show, but he's widely known for his rendition of the R…
Meghan Cook
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'American Idol' runner-up Justin Guarini says it was obvious to 'to any objective observer' Kelly Clarkson was going to beat him
Speaking with Insider for the show's 20th anniversary, the reality-TV contestant said he believed t…