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!

Taylor Hicks is out with his first audio book called Heart Full of Soul. The American Idol winner talks about his journey from American Idol to the celebrity status he now has today. Sure, everyone wants to be a star, but when you get there, it’s a bit different than you imagined.

The audio book is available for download on iTunes for $10.95 or on Amazon for around $18.

Have you listed to it? Let us know!

“Heart Full of Soul: An Inspirational Memoir About Finding Your Voice and Finding Your Way” (Taylor Hicks)

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.

As mentioned earlier, we picked up Karaoke Revolution Presents American Idol at the store the other day and have been having a blast playing it. Can you handle the pressure? Are you the next American Idol?

In the game, there are two game modes, Karaoke and Idol. Karaoke is much like other versions of Karaoke Revolution where you sing at the beach, Vegas, rooftop or whatever and have a good time. This game really shines when you enter into the American Idol competition.

First off, you create your contestant. Pick your look from your skin tone to your sunglass and then get ready. You’re first stop is the auditions with Simon, Randy and Laura. Laura is who’s taking Paula’s place and looks a bit like Paula. The background is just like you see in Idol auditions and at the end, you are judged. If you sang well, you’ll get good mentions. Pitchy? Well they’ll tell you that too. And, if by chance your singing is horrible, they won’t let you go to Hollywood or Simon will surely tell you to never sing again.

After that you make your rounds from that first round with the basic stage to the final grand finale stage, the sets are represented really well. As you go along in the competition though, you can be cut at any time. Ryan Seacrest also appears in the game, but only as a voice. He comes on when it’s decision time much like on TV. Only in the game, he’s not quite so mean with long pauses and commercial interruptions.

An interesting note, other Idol contestants have names like Kelly, Bo, Rubin, Clay and Carrie. Their picture doesn’t match, but you are competing with the best.

As you rack up points and do well, you’ll unlock Idol video clips. Contestants from every year singing the songs represented in the game. And they are not all good. William Hung appears in a video clip along with a bunch of other horrible Idol auditions. But don’t fear, great clips from Carrie Underwood, Bo Bice, Fantasia Barrino, Kelly Clarkson and many others are there. Even some Idol faces that you may not quite remember like Justin Guarini.

The only thing really missing from this game is Paula Abdul. She’s been replaced by some Laura character and only shows up in the video clips. However, her Straight Up does appear on the song list for the game.

The only downside to the game is the freaky tongue action. I know that sounds weird, but when the judges are giving feedback, the tongue is really odd. Not sure who forgot to fix that code.

Overall the American Idol game represents the TV show very well and I’d highly recommend it to any fans. Randy says Dawg a lot and Simon will insult you for singing bad but that’s just how it is. I’m not the best singer, and I’ll never be an American Idol, but this is fun.

Karaoke Revolution Presents American Idol is available for Playstation 2. Since Playstation 3 can play PS2 games, it should also work with PS3.

Song List:
All My Life
Alone
(There’s) Always Something There To Remind Me
Be Without You
Breakaway (by Kelly Clarkson)
Build Me Up Buttercup
Can’t Help Falling In Love
Crazy Little Thing Called Love
Dilemma
Do I Make You Proud? (by Taylor Hicks)
Don’t Let The Sun Go Down on Me
Don’t You Want Me
Easy
Every Rose Has Its Thorn
Flying Without Wings
Heartbreaker
Heaven
Hungry Like The Wolf
If You Don’t Know Me By Now
It’s Not Unusual
Just The Way You Are
Let’s Stay Together
Love Will Keep Us Together
More Than Words
Photograph
Piano Man
Proud Mary
Rock With You
Saving All My Love For You
She Bangs (made famous by William Hung)
Stand By Me
Stickwitu
Straight Up (by Paula Abdul)
Sugar, We’re Going Down
The Real Thing (by Bo Bice)
Total Eclipse Of The Heart
Unwritten
What A Girl Wants
You And Me
You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feeling