Heartbreaking Night For Four As They Say Goodbye

Last night proved to be another nail biting elimination night on American Idol. America said goodbye to Jason Yeager, Alaina Whitaker, Alexandrea Lushington, and Robbie Carrico.

I was especially disappointed to see Alaina Whitaker (the Carrie Underwood look-alike) go, only 16-years-old from Tulsa, OK. Her elimination was pretty surprising to me. Although Simon criticized her fashion sense this week, he also mentioned that he thought she was a "dark horse" in the competition and I've always liked her voice. I was really hoping to see her make it to the top 12. She was visibly shaken by last night and didn't think she could sing, but the other girls stepped up to provide support and she was able to get through Spiral Staircase's "More Today Than Yesterday."

Carrie Underwood's Latest Video, "All American Girl"

Six Idols Up for Grammy Nods

Six of our favorite Idols are officially in the running for a Grammy. (http://www.americanidol.com/news/view/?pid=1109)

Chris Daughtry-4 nominations, including Best Rock Song and Best Rock Album.
Fantasia received 3 nominations, which included Best R&B Song
Carrie Underwood-2 nominations including Best Country Collaboration for "Oh Love."
Kelly Clarkson-1 nomination, in the same category as fellow Idol, Carrie Underwood, for her collaboration with Reba McEntire.
Mandisa-1 nomination for Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album, True Beauty.

2007 American Music Awards

Did you catch the American Music Awards (http://abc.go.com/primetime/ama/index?pn=winners) last night? Two of our favorite American Idols took home a combined total of 5 awards! Chris Daughtry won Favorite Pop or Rock Album, Adult Contemporary Favorite Artist, Favorite Album, (Daughtry/Daughtry) and Favorite Breakthrough Artist! Chris Daughtry and his band also gave a great performance of "Home". They looked so excited and grateful to be there.

Carrie Underwood enjoyed continued success last night when she won Favorite Female Country Music Artist and Favorite Country Album (Carrie Underwood/Some Hearts)

Carrie Underwood at the CMA's

American Idol's champion sweetheart from season 4 does it again! At the recent CMA awards, Carrie took home the Female Vocalist of the Year as well as the Single of the Year

http://www.carrieunderwoodofficial.com/.

The Checotah, OK native has been singing since the age of 3 http://www.americanidol.com/contestants/season4/carrie_underwood/ and since her American Idol win in 2005, her success as a country music artist has exploded!

Carrie and Keith Urban are gearing up for their tour which includes 24 US cities. Love, Pain, and the Whole Crazy Carnival Ride is set to begin January 31.

How Do the Idols Stack Up?

SEASON 1
Champion: Kelly Clarkson
Runner-Up: Justin Guarini
3RD: Nikki McKibbin
4TH: Tamyra Gray

SEASON 2
Champion: Ruben Studdard
Runner-Up: Clay Aiken
3RD: Kimberley Locke
4TH: Joshua Gracin

SEASON 3
Champion: Fantasia Barrino
Runner-Up: Diana DeGarmo

3RD: Jasmine Trias

4TH: LaToya London

SEASON 4

Champion: Carrie Underwood

Runner-Up: Bo Bice

3RD: Vonzell Solomon

4TH: Anthony Fedorov

SEASON 5

Champion: Taylor Hicks

Runner-Up: Catherine McPhee

3RD: Elliot Yamin

4TH: Chris Daughtry

SEASON 6

Champion: Jordin Sparks

Runner-Up: Blake Lewis

3RD: Melinda Doolittle

4TH: LaKisha Jones

SEASON 7

To be determined by America!