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- Idol Numbers - Listing of each contestant's landline and cell phone voting numbers for the week.
- USA Today - 'American Idol' Finalists Headed to the White House - President Bush receives the ten idol finalists. (July 24, 2006)
- Cleveland Jewish News - "Nice Jewish Boy" Yamin is Our "American Idol" - Elizabeth Bendycki reports on Elliott's likability factor. (May 19, 2006)
- USA Today - Three to Get Ready - Idol coaches Rona Elliot, Rich Martini, Gene Sculatti and Don Waller analyze the final trio, and conclude that it is Hicks' contest to lose. (May 15, 2006)
- Variety - The Money Tree - Reporters Steven Zeitchik and Nicole LaPorte report on the spillover effect of everything that touches Idol. (May 7, 2006)
- Uncoverer: American Idol Rigged - Reporter Colleen Smith posits that AI chooses the winner rather than basing it on votes. (April 27, 2006)
- USA Today - Coaching the Idols - American Idol coach and self-admitted Soul Patroller Rona Elliot critiques Paris, Elliott, Kellie, Katharine, Chris, and Taylor. (April 24, 2006)
- Press Enterprise - Aging Idols - Columnist Lynn Elber argues that the odds may be stacked against this year's finalists who are 25 or older, but that talent trumps all. (Requires free registration to view.) (March 28, 2006)
- Birmingham News - "Idol Communication" - Staff writer, Kathy Seale, reports on a body language expert's interpretation of AI5 idols. (March 21, 2006)
- Chicago Tribune - It's Hicks vs. Bennett for the Idol Crown - Maureen Ryan, The Watcher, argues that Taylor and Paris are the only two worthy of winning AI. (March 14, 2006)
- USA Today - 12 'Idol' Finalists Surge Ahead - Simon Cowell picks Chris Daughtry, Taylor Hicks, and Mandisa as most talented. (March 13, 2006)
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