1:07 am - 02/13/2009

- At the A-I Experience preview at Orlando, Fla. on Thursday night, all seven previous winners were in attendance. And that included Kelly Clarkson who in recent days has, shall we say, been very un-American Idol.
- David Cook and Carrie Underwood sang "Go Your Own Way" together.
- Each A-I received a sculpture of the old-fashioned microphone that has become synonymous with Idol.
By now you are probably wondering, or maybe not, what exactly is the "A-I Experience"?
Well, it's a replica of the set - the lights, music and even the Coke cups are there. Everything but Simon's demeanor is in place.
Every day park guests sign up to audition. Make it past a couple of producers and you perform in a mock "Idol" show with an audience of about 1,000 voting. Five shows per day, five winners who then compete that night.
The nightly winner gets a "Dream Ticket." And that stub, not to be confused with a old Disney E ticket, lets the winner jump the line at an actual A-I audition session.
Video of Carrie Underwood & David Cook performing duet, "Go Your Own Way"
Video of David Cook performing "Light On
Source
All 7 American Idol winners (and other contestants) together for the first time

- At the A-I Experience preview at Orlando, Fla. on Thursday night, all seven previous winners were in attendance. And that included Kelly Clarkson who in recent days has, shall we say, been very un-American Idol.
- David Cook and Carrie Underwood sang "Go Your Own Way" together.
- Each A-I received a sculpture of the old-fashioned microphone that has become synonymous with Idol.
By now you are probably wondering, or maybe not, what exactly is the "A-I Experience"?
Well, it's a replica of the set - the lights, music and even the Coke cups are there. Everything but Simon's demeanor is in place.
Every day park guests sign up to audition. Make it past a couple of producers and you perform in a mock "Idol" show with an audience of about 1,000 voting. Five shows per day, five winners who then compete that night.
The nightly winner gets a "Dream Ticket." And that stub, not to be confused with a old Disney E ticket, lets the winner jump the line at an actual A-I audition session.
Video of Carrie Underwood & David Cook performing duet, "Go Your Own Way"
Video of David Cook performing "Light On
Source
Apparently there's some contest on Regis to win a date with Taylor Hicks? lol.
and ewww why would someone want to date him? and lol at that being the only gig he can get
btw vintage-ur icon rocks. when liz was married to john warner, he was friends w/my godfather and liz came to a political rally that my godfather attended.
DOES NOT COMPUTE
Now excuse me while I shoot myself for knowing this info.
i guess i would have to go with, oh i can't even... its between Cook, Archuleta, and Kelly Clarkson.
and ruben
Kelly
Carrie
Jordin
Cook
non-winners:
Jennifer Hudson
Archuleta
Daughtry
do not care about anyone else..though I love Clay Aiken's song Invisible for the lulz.
Non winner: Jennifer Hudson
but i think elliott is my all-time favorite.
Favorite non-winner: Chris Daughtry
Non-winners: Michael Johns, Brooke White, and Carly Smithson
(then again I really only watched season 7)
I knew it was over for me when I realized I was more excited for Dancing with the Stars than AI.
And it makes me sad, because I was all about it last year!
*shrug* maybe it's because they're forcing it down our throat more, like "HERE IS FIFTEEN HOURS WORTH OF AI TO WATCH EACH WEEK AAAGGHH!"