Happy Birthday, Jessica Sierra!,,,,,

Season 4 finalist Jessica Sierra is having a birthday today. By coming in tenth placed during her season on American Idol, Jessica got to spend the summer of 2005 touring the country with her fellow finalists.

After her time on American Idol, Jessica performed concerts for causes including the Special Olympics, U.S. troops overseas, and more. Towards the end of 2006, Jessica released a single titled "Unbroken," and in early 2008, Jessica released an EP called Deepest Secret. After getting clean on Dr. 

Kelly Clarkson Takes Her First CMA Award,,,

American Idol’s first winner, Kelly Clarkson, was nominated for a Country Music Association Award. And guess what? Kelly won her first CMA Award! Her duet with Jason Aldean earned them the CMA Award for Musical Event of the Year for “Don’t You Wanna Stay.”

Country Music’s Biggest Night™ was co-hosted for the fourth consecutive time by Carrie Underwood and Brad Paisley. Not only did they entertain and keep the show flowing, Carrie and Brad performed their duet, “Remind Me.” Our reigning American Idol, Scotty McCreery, performed Keith Urban’s “Walk In The Country” from a catwalk stage amongst fans in Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena.

Catching Up with Josh Gracin...

The day after Season 2’s Josh Gracin released his new album, Redemption, he hopped on the phone for an exclusive interview with AmericanIdol.com. The fourth place finalist opened up about the art of juggling family with touring, how American Idol helped him discover his love of song writing, and which American Idol winner he collaborated with.

Yesterday, November 8th, Josh released his 17-track album with Average Joe’s Entertainment, which he co-produced and co-wrote. Josh described the record process saying, “It was amazing to be able to go to an independent record label because it gives you a lot of freedom…To be able to co-produce with a good friend of mine, Kevin Murphy, and to write and co-write everything except for the John Mayer cover was quite an experience. American Idol started it all off for me.