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Billboard Chart Top 200

Chris Daughtry — #10 (peaked at # 1, then down to # 6 last week) 26 weeks on the chart
Carrie Underwood — #11 (from #8) 79 weeks on the chart
Elliott Yamin — #20 (from #67) 9 weeks on the chart

Bucky Covington — #56 (from # 44) 5 weeks on chart
Fantasia Barrino — #91 (from #99) 23 weeks on the chart
Kellie Pickler — #100 (from # 109) 29 weeks on the chart

Hot 100

DAUGHTRY – #5 (from #13 last week) 12 weeks on

Carrie Underwood — #8 (from # 11 last week) 38 weeks on

Elliott Yamin — #31 (from #80 last week) 5 weeks on the chart

The day is getting nearer. Our American Idol season 4 rocker, Constantine Maroulis will finally appear on the famous CBS daytime soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful beginning Tuesday, May 15. Expect a lot of singing in his appearances which will last for several months. His character’s name is as predictable as “Constantine Parros”. The Bold and the Beautiful is broadcast weekdays from 1:30-2PM ET and 12:30-1PM PT on CBS.

Some juicy Carrie Underwood news from American Idol.com

“Carrie Underwood recently wrapped a three-week reign at #1 on the country charts with “Wasted,” and now her previous multi-week country chart-topper, “Before He Cheats,” showcases her massive cross-format appeal as it cracks the Top 10 on the Billboard Mainstream Top 40 Radio Airplay chart this week at #9. The last country song to break into the Top 10 on the Mainstream Top 40 Radio Airplay chart was Faith Hill back in 2000 with “Breathe.”

Already a Top 10 at Hot AC, “Before He Cheats” notched a whopping five weeks as country’s #1 single in late ’06, scoring a People’s Choice Award for Favorite Country Song and earning multiple trophies at the 2007 CMT Music Awards. Now in rotation at MTV, the video for “Before He Cheats” was a recent “First Look” on TRL and became the first country video ever to air on the show, and the first country video added to MTV since Shania Twain’s “Man, I Feel Like a Woman” in 1999. It’s also red hot at VH1, where it’s the #4 most-played video and #4 on the viewer-voted VSpot Top 20 Video Countdown.“

May 1, 2007 marked another momentous event on Anthony Federov’s life. The American Idol season 4 (top 4 finalist) portrayed the role of “Matt” in the longest-running off-broadway musicale “The Fantasticks” held at the Snapple Theater Center. The story of this musicale is about a young boy and girl who are intensely in love with each other in the middle of their intrusive fathers, then friction grows strong until they drift from one another. Hmmm….interesting.

photo by Joan Marcus

Anthony Fedorov replaces recent cast member Douglas Ullman, Jr.

Celebrity arrests are in the air, and it has not skipped former American Idol finalist (barely a celebrity these days) Jessica Sierra. Police said that Jessica Sierra was arrested early Sunday (in her hometown, Tampa, Florida) for allegedly hitting a man on the head with a heavy glass at a café, making the victim suffer a cut over his eye.

The 21-year old (AI season 4 top 10 finalist) was brought to the Hillsborough County Jail on a charge of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon. A small amount of the drug was also found during her arrest, which is another case against her (possession of cocaine and introduction of contraband into a correctional facility). She was also released Sunday afternoon after paying a $11,500 bail. I guess now she knows that freedom costs much. Seriously, she needs to redeem herself, and get her acts together.

American Idol fourth season winner and innocent-looking pop gospel artist Carrie Underwood bags home two major CMT awards Monday (April 16), underscoring her importance in the mainstream recording industry. She picked up both Video of the Year and Female Video of the Year for the single Before He Cheats. The video of that track also won Best Video Director for helmer Roman White. In 2006, she had already won several country music awards. She definitely had not regretted going into country and gospel after winning the American Idol. In fact, she’s the first AI winner to bag all the three major music awards – two Grammys, one American Music Award and five Billboard awards.

Carrie Underwood, our American Idol season 4, will grace the cover of Country Weekly Magazine (April 9 issue). She will talk about her experiences in AI as well as her numerous endeavors after the exiting hit reality show. In the interview that accompanies the cover picture, Carrie will also be talking about how her conservative roots have greatly influenced her direction in life despite pressures from various fronts. With that, Carrie says she is grateful to her mom who has helped her a lot in coping with the treacherous showbiz industry.

Carrie reveals “My parents definitely did instill a moral compass in all of us.” When it comes to relationships, she says “There’s nobody in the picture romantically. But it’s better now that I have friends I can go hang out with in town.”

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Former “American Idol” finalist Lisa Tucker has been cast in the Fox drama pilot “Born in the USA” which deals with real-life issues of blue-collar families in Philadelphia. Tucker, 17, will play a smart, beautiful and quiet girl with a good sense of humor.

*This girl from Anaheim, California was the 10^th placer on the 5^th season of American Idol. also has appeared on Fox’s “The O.C.” and multiple episodes of Nickelodeon’s “Zoey 101.” When she was 11, she did a nine-month run in “The Lion King” at the Pantages Theatre in Hollywood.

American Idol (season 4) 6^th placer, Constantine Maroulis has decided to try the boob tube for a while and signed on a delicious deal to star on soap opera “The Bold & the Beautiful”.

He’s also busy these days with the Yahoo Buzz Session, and he’s good at it. He was also a part of the Broadway musical “The Wedding Singer.”

Go ahead, Constantine! Satisfy the 493,876 CON CON Girls!

Go Maroulis ! Go Go Maroulis!

The second season of “American Idol Extra” is set to keep us glued on the boobtube once again starting on Thursday, March 15 at 6:30 pm ET (with an encore at 10:30 pm ET) on Fox Reality channel. This season will be hosted by JD Roberto (“Outback Jack”, “Shop ‘Til You Drop”, “Cut to the Chase”, “Great Hikes”, etc). AME aims to go deeper to show us the action that goes behind the scenes, and to help in that task are AI top 12 alums Mikalah Gordon (season 4) and Matt Rogers (season 3). Both have showed good confidence and hosting potential in past AI specials, it’s but right to give them this opportunity.

*The show will let us peek on the production team of American Idol. It will also give a glimpse on the producers, directors, fashion and make up unit of the show. It will also give us some updates on the past seasons’ AI finalists.