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Carly Smithson

The top six "Idols" sing show tunes
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carolinagrrrl
 on April 23, 2008 | Comments (14)
We're halfway through the finals on American Idol, and yet I feel as though we've been watching these "singers" for months. Oh, wait. We have been. (I
"Idol" inspires
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carolinagrrrl
 on April 9, 2008 | Comments (10)
Tonight is the second annual Idol Gives Back special on American Idol, and it promises to be a celebrity-studded event. Due to the success of last year's
“American Idol” goes to Dollywood
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carolinagrrrl
 on April 2, 2008 | Comments (17)
It's been a long time coming, but Dolly Parton finally stepped into the American Idol arena last night as a mentor. Though I was a little uncertain about how w
"American Idol": '80s night under another name
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carolinagrrrl
 on March 26, 2008 | Comments (21)
After last week’s poor choice of theme on American Idol, I remember thinking to myself, “Self, it can only get better from here.” I was incredibly mi
"American Idol": More Beatles, but why?
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carolinagrrrl
 on March 19, 2008 | Comments (9)
The American Idol producers thought last week’s show went so well, they might as well do an “encore night” of Beatles songs. I guarantee you they
Kiss them: They're Irish
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scribegrrrl, Contributing Writer
 on March 17, 2008 | Comments (42)
It's St. Patrick's Day! I'm never quite sure what to make of this particular holiday, since it immediately brings to mind losers wearing green hats and guzzli
"American Idol": Letting it be on Beatles night
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carolinagrrrl
 on March 12, 2008 | Comments (26)
Last night on American Idol, the new set was unveiled to mark the beginning of this year’s finals. Ryan Seacrest made a big to-do about it, and t
"American Idol" reveals the final 24 tonight
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scribegrrrl, Contributing Writer
 on February 13, 2008 | Comments (9)
Now that the weeks-long exercise in public humiliation — aka the audition phase — is over, I can finally watch American Idol. Last night, the Hollyw
An "Idol" who's neither American nor undiscovered
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scribegrrrl, Contributing Writer
 on January 23, 2008 | Comments (11)
Today on the Chicago Tribune blog The Watcher, TV critic Maureen Ryan exposes an American Idol contestant who has already made an album. Carly Smithson, highl