iTunes is running a promotion where previous American Idol’s CDs are only $7.99! And it’s not just previous CDs. The latest from Kelly Clarkson, Carrie Underwood, Daughtry and many more are included. That’s a steal!

American Idol Alumni Artists Included:

• Kelly Clarkson – Breakaway, Thankful and My December
• Justin Guarini – Justin Guarini
• Fantasia – Fantasia and Free Yourself
• Diana DeGarmo – Blue Skies
• Clay Aiken – A Thousand Different Ways and Measure of a Man
• Ruben Studdard – The Return, Soulful and I Need an Angel
• Taylor Hicks – Taylor Hicks
• Katharine McPhee – Katharine McPhee
• Bo Bice – The Real Thing
• Blake Lewis – Audio Day Dream
• Carrie Underwood – Some Hearts and Carnival Ride
• Daughtry – Daughtry
• Jordin Sparks – Jordin Sparks
• Bucky Covington – Bucky Covington
• Josh Gracin – Josh Gracin and We Weren’t Crazy
• Kimberley Locke – Based on a True Story and One Love
• Elliott Yamin – Elliott Yamin
• Kellie Pickler – Small Town Girl
• Constantine Maroulis – Pray for the Soul of Betty
• William Hung – Inspiration
• Jim Verraros – Rollercoaster

Each CD is only $7.99 on iTunes and you can download your copy today!

2007 Runner-up, Blake Lewis, has released is debut album Audio Day Dream. It’s an interesting mix of music that resembles that of Justin Timberlake or Prince with the high pitched voices. However, each song is unique and Blake really shows his vocal talents.

Huge props go out to Blake as he has release an album that is, by all means, unique. This is not some cookie cutter album like so many new artists put out. It’s completely original, maybe to much so.

iTunes user reviews are mostly positive, but a few are not impressed calling it an audio nightmare. What do you think of Blake Lewis’ debut album?

Audio Day Dream (ADD) Track Listing
1. Silence Is Golden… (Intro)
2. Break Anotha
3. Gots To Get Her (Inspired by “Puttin’ On The Ritz”)
4. Know My Name
5. How Many Words
6. Surrender
7. Hate 2 Love Her
8. Without You
9. Here’s My Hello
10. What’cha Got 2 Lose?
11. She’s Makin’ Me Lose It
12. Bshorty Grabs Mic!
13. End Of The World
14. 1000 Miles
15. I Got U
16. ..I Choose Noise (Outro)

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Beat boxing guru Blake Lewis will release his debut album Audio Day Dream on November 27th. Not to many details on it yet, but mark your calendars.

Congratulations to Jordin Sparks as she won the American Idol Finale last night in Hollywood. She beat out the bet boxing Blake Lewis and definitely deserves the title.

The show, which was just over two hours long, seemed more about American Idol overall than season 6 or Jordan and Blake.

All former Idols where there with the exception of Fantasia who was busy on broadway. Kelly Clarkson kicked off the show with her new single. Tailor also sang his new single. Carrie sang her Idol Gives Back song and Rubin did a duet with Jordin. Then all the Idols came back on stage and did a tribute to Sargent Pepper.

There we also many musical guest stars but everyone was there trying to up their album sales. Pretty soon we’ll have a commercial free American Idol as it’s all turning into advertising anyway.

Carrie Underwood was presented with an award from the American Idol record company for having the biggest selling album. With just over 6 million sales, and tons of awards, she’s well on her way to be the biggest Idol ever. It was also noted that Chris Daughtry, who placed fourth last year, has the biggest selling album so far this year. Not just for American Idol, but for the music industry overall. Taylor has almost half a million album sales, Kathrine is at about a quarter of a million and Chris is at two million. Interesting.

Last night Melinda and Sanjaya also got to share the spotlight as those two Idols got their own spot on the show. Melinda sang with the group she use to sing backup for and they sang an odd song that sounded like something out of an after school special. Sanjaya sang his horrible You Really Got Me Going song with Joe Perry from Areosmith. Even Ashley Ferl was on hand to cry cry cry.

Ohh and lets not forget about the Golden Idol Awards. The awards that promote the worst and continue to tarnish the finale show. I really think these things hurt American Idol’s image as it shows they are not just looking for the best singer, but they reward the horrible, bush baby owl and giant chicken, singers. Come on.

And after all the Idol advertising and artists promoting their albums or shows it was time to get back to why we were all here, oh yea, to crown an American Idol.

609 Million votes were cast this season, 74 just for the finale. And what it all came down to was Jordin Sparks. The 17year old that has been amazing the judges and audience for the past few weeks. She deserves it and has earned it!

The American Idol finale was long, over done and seemed to focus more on everyone else than the two fighting it out for the title. I had to skip the season finale of Lost for this and it true Idol fashion, it was one hell of a show.

Tonight’s the night, the night we find out who is going to put it all out there to win American Idol 2007. Granted, the results won’t be out till tomorrow, but it’s tonight that decides who wins and who looses umm… wins.

The American Idol finale is not as big as it use to be. The winner gets a recording contract and so does the second place, third and probably many others. The winner gets to go on tour along with the other top 12. The winner gets fame and glory, along with pretty much everyone else. So who cares if you win or not?

Taking a look at last year, was it Taylor that made it big? Sort of. Katharine? Maybe, Chris Daughtry? Definitely! Chris got 3rd place and is quite successful. More so than The top three from season five.

And what about Kelly Pickler? She placed sixth in season five and yet was the first to get an album out and have major radio play & success.

So what does the finale mean? What does the winner get? Maybe a bit more publicity, more financial help but really, it’s all about talent and not what place you came in. Blake and Jordin have both won along with pretty much everyone in the top 6.

In a bit of a shocker, front runner Melinda was voted out. It seems to happened to all the best ones before the final show though. Or at least it did last year.

I think she’s gone because of age. She’s a bit older than the others so lacks the ‘good looks’ vote. I think she’ll do great no matter what.

Either way, she’ll be in the finale. I believe all of the top 12 (or is it 10) perform. Plus she’ll get to go out on tour and I’m sure an album will be on it’s way.

You rock Melinda!!!

The ACM awards are pulling out all the stops and doing everything they can to out-shine American Idol. Guess, what … even Shania Twain can’t make me switch away from Idol.

Ok, so I’m watching on the commercials, but the thought of Shania Twain, Carrie Underwood and Kelly Clarkson all make me want to tune in, but Melinda, Blake and Jordin beat out the country superstars.

Nice try CBS, but I’m sticking with American Idol tonight.

I was excited for Bon Jovi to play on American Idol. He gave the Idols tips on how to rock and has had some amazing hits over the years. When it was their turn to perform, they didn’t rock, didn’t excite and barely entertained.

They sang their new single, Make a Memory, and it just wasn’t good. Slow and boring and not half as exciting as the Idols the night before.

When it came to elimination time, I was right on the money. Chris Richardson and Phil Stacey both when home. They are excellent guys, but not good enough to stay. Now Blake is stuck with three girls and will have to do killer performances to say in it.

I’m hoping that we see a Phil Stacey country album out of this and Chris could make a good album too if he sang songs like he did on the show. Some Idols have a tendency to go off and make weird albums. Time will only tell what we’ll get out of these two though.

With only four Idols left, who is the next idol???

Talk about a wild Idol night. Last night the Idols rocked it out to Bon Jovi and gave some of the best performances in a long time. There were a few shockers too including an appearance by the president and a bit of kissing going on.

The night started with Phil and he came on strong. I really enjoyed his performance and think he’s getting a bit better every week.

Jordin then tried to rock it out and pretty much failed. She just couldn’t pull it off but gets props for trying something a bit harder and a bit more uncomfortable. I wanted to hear more of her powerful voice, but it just didn’t come though.

And then there was Lakisa. The song started slow but true Lakisa form was back by the end and she belted out the song and it was awesome. Simon was so happy he gave Lakisa a kiss on the lips!! After the kiss Simon commented that she had “nice lips”.

Blake took a flying leap of faith and re-mixed Bon Jovi’s Band Name. So different that you either hated it or loved it. I have to say I liked it, but he almost overdid the beat boxing thing. Blake also dyed his hair black/brown for the night bringing a bit more of a normal look to him. It was a big chance he took and we’ll see how that pans out tonight.

Chris sounded very good on his song choice, Dead or Alive. I think he sang it really well, but it’s about the end of the line for him.

And Melinda. What can we say about her? Well, for starters, the shy timid woman can perform like a rock star! She sang Have a Nice Day and it shined with attitude and energy. Melinda showed that she can adapt well to any genre of music, probably better than any other constant.

When the Idols were done sining, the President came on, taped of course, and thanked us for raising over $70 million for those that need it. It was cool that they did it, but George Bush is not really camera friendly. Either way, it was a nice gesture.

It’s tough to think about who is going home tonight. My guesses are Chris Richardson and, even though I hope not, Phil Stacy. Those two are just having a hard time measuring up to the other Idols who seem to have a bit more in the voice or talent category.

In iTunes this morning, Idol Gives Back is featured with some celebrity playlists. Those happen to be Blake Lewis, Chris Richardson, Jordin Sparks, LaKisha Jones, Melinda Doolittle and Phil Stacey. Each playlist is a mix of songs that drive them to perform and include various artists from all genre’s of music. You can download individual songs or the entire albums.

Keep checking back though as iTunes get more exclusive content of the Idol Gives Back performances. The exclusive content will benefit the charity and it’s one way you can help out! There is also talk of an exclusive Carrie Underwood track coming!!