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American Idol. season 8. The eighth season of American Idol premiered on Tuesday, January 13, 2009, and concluded on May 20, 2009. Simon Cowell, Paula Abdul, and Randy Jackson returned as judges, while Ryan Seacrest returned as host. This season introduced Kara DioGuardi as a permanent fourth judge. [ 1]
Kelly Clarkson, first season winner. Ruben Studdard, second season winner. Fantasia Barrino, third season winner. Carrie Underwood, fourth season winner. Taylor Hicks, fifth season winner. Jordin Sparks, sixth season winner. David Cook, seventh season winner. Kris Allen, eighth season winner. Lee DeWyze, ninth season winner.
Kristopher Neil Allen (born June 21, 1985) is an American singer, songwriter, and the winner of the eighth season of American Idol. [1] Prior to Idol, he self-released a 2007 album, Brand New Shoes. [2] [3] Allen's Idol coronation song, "No Boundaries" and his version of "Heartless" both charted within the Top 20 of the Billboard Hot 100.
Artists with sales of less than 500,000 albums. The following is a list of other American Idol alumni album sales and reflects that commercial success can be achieved through association with American Idol and with post- Idol promotion, although the degree of success varies considerably. This list only includes contestants who have numbers ...
Lou Rocco / Getty Images. 3. Adam Lambert. How he finished: Season 8 Runner-Up Net worth: $45 million The Grammy-nominated singer knew how to command the stage ever since he competed on Idol.After ...
American Idol Season 8 Top 7 Performance (M Becker / Getty Images) ... Ever since “Idol” judge Simon Cowell told the 19-year-old from North Carolina she was the best contestant the show had ...
Kris Allen waves onstage during the "American Idol" Season 8 finale held at Nokia Theatre L.A. Live on May 20, 2009. ... became the best-selling Idol ... eliminated after the top 50. He won Season ...
American Idol. Hot 100 singles. This is a list of songs released for sale from the show American Idol, consisting of recordings of coronation songs by winners and runners-up of the show, live and studio recordings by contestants, songs from the American Idol CDs, as well as special singles released by the show such as those for Idol Gives Back ...