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Once again, Idolator intern Kate Richardson scours the video sites, looking for the best fan-made music videos. In this installment, she tries to see if Bryan Adams or Richard Ashcroft is a more appropriate foil for Disney's animated adapation of the classic tale Robin Hood: More »

Welcome to our second night of live-blogging the American Idol finale, two hours of spectacle leading up to the crowning of a David as the favorite pop singer of this very phone-equipped nation. I'm watching the TV Guide Channel's preshow, which has Kimberly Caldwell screaming a lot and Justin Guarini laughing dumbly a bunch and Janice Dickinson saying that she's in the tank for Archie too. (For that the producers denied Danny Noriega a ticket? Hmph.) Also, apparently Simon Cowell told Justin Guarini that it was a draw while I was on the phone?! Looks like someone saw our poll! Coverage begins after the jump... More »

Mika's "Grace Kelly," which got the cover treatment from the famously cast-off Josiah Leming during last week's Hollywood week episodes of American Idol, reappeared on the digital-tracks charts thanks to a 422% gain in sales; it sold 11,000 copies and came in at No. 133. Other Idol-featured songs from last week's episodes to reappear on the charts: Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody," which Michael Johns sang (No. 68, 20,000 sold/+189%); Bryan Adams' "Everything I Do (I Do It For You)," which got the full-on medley treatment and sold 9,600 copies (No. 151, +164%); Adams' "Heaven" (No. 173, 8,700 sold/+447%); and Heart's "Alone," performed by Carly Smithson (No. 197, 7,900 sold/+390%) Also, Daughtry's "Home" experienced a 30% bump, although I'm going to chalk that up to the fact that so many of this year's Idol hopefuls are clearly operating in his mold. [YouTube]