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'American Idol' Says Goodbye To Brooke White
Starpulse Entertainment News — Brooke White The final five contestants on " American Idol " gracefully welcomed the legendary Neil Diamond to the stage Tuesday night. One of the music industry's most enduring singer/songwriters of the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s, Neil Diamond is noted for popular singles such "Cherry, Cherry," "Red, Red Wine," "Sweet Caroline" and many others. The remaining handful of contestants stepped out of the mainstream contemporary bubble for a temporary flashback to the past. While some were able to transform two songs into their own, others fell victim to the songs' time period, bringing forth a wave of criticism from particular judges. David Archuleta ...

Why It Doesn't Matter Who Wins American Idol [American Idol]
Gawker — Fresh off its intellectualization of The Hills, the New Yorker has turned its attention to this American Idol phenomenon that is so big with the kids (and their parents... and their grandparents). And, hey, guess what America? You can stop text-messaging your votes to the show because it doesn't really matter who wins! What matters is that Americans are learning very important things about music. For example, wrote New Yorker music critic Sasha Frere-Jones, Idol contestant David Archuleta's awful rendition of the Neil Diamond song "Sweet Caroline" taught us to finally ...