Fox’s Jill Hudson is refusing to comment on reports from an American Idol fan site that American Idol is canceling its annual charity event, Idol Gives Back. For the past two years, the Idol Gives Back special has collected donations to benefit needy kids in the US and in Africa. The specials have included such big acts as Bono and Miley Cyrus. The rumor is that the event has been canceled for this year. Why? Apart from the finale, it’s probably their most watched show. More viewers means more ratings means more money. They’re going to be losing on that one if they do decide to nix the special.

The North Carolina home of former American Idol winner, now complete has-been, Fantasia Barrino has reportedly been seized and is going up for sale next week via auction. The house will be awarded to the highest bidder. I’m not surprised considering that she doesn’t have work. At least none that I know of. Plus, I doubt she got much from her previous Broadway gig after it was reported that she failed to show up for a good bulk of the shows. It sucks for her because I don’t think she has enough to pay to get her house back. That is why you have to work hard folks and not just make lots of excuses.

Kelly Clarkson has reportedly finished recording her fourth album and her new single is said to be called ‘My Life Would Suck Without You’. Producer Dr. Luke told EW that she will be back with a new song as early as next month. He also said “This one, which I think is the first single, we had the chorus a while ago and added the verse more recently. They were going to have it out on Nov. 20, but it just got too late. So now they’re thinking Dec. 8 for a worldwide release, but I wouldn’t be surprised if that ends up being early January.”

American Idol champ David Cook’s album is soon to be released. It’s scheduled to drop on November 18th. Check out the new album cover for it! The track list has also been revealed. The album has 12 tracks plus 1 bonus track which ism his winning piece on American Idol, ‘The Time of My Life’. The track lists goes as ‘Declaration’, ‘Heroes’, ‘Light On’, ‘Come Back to Me’, ‘Life on the Moon’, ‘Bar-ba-sol’, ‘Mr. Sensitive’, ‘Lie’, ‘I Did It For You’, ‘Avalanche’, ‘Permanent’ and ‘A Daily Anthem’. Well, we all know how ‘Light On’ sounds. I can’t wait to hear the rest of his stuff!

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Does the name Carrie Stork sound good to you? Sources are saying that American Idol champ Carrie Underwood might be dating former Bachelor Dr. Travis Stork. The 25-year old singer has been touring America with her ‘Carnival Ride’ tour. According to the country music blog Nashville Narc, the 36-year old former reality show star was spotted with Carrie backstage at one of her concerts. Apparently, he had an all-access pass to one of her concerts. Travis, an ER doctor, is also the host of the CBS daytime talk show ‘The Doctors’ which is a spin-off of Dr. Phil which is a spin-off of The Oprah Winfrey Show.

American Idol champion David Cook has finally released his first official single called ‘Light On’ on Popeater. The chorus goes “Try to leave a light on when I’m gone/Something I rely on to get home/One I can feel at night/A naked light, a fire to keep me warm/Try to leave a light on when I’m gone/Even in the daylight, shine on/And when it’s late at night you can look inside/You won’t feel so alone.” Not only did David Archuleta beat him to releasing a first single but I think the little David will beat him in the long run. I’m sorry to all Cook fans but I just don’t think that the song is going to cut it. I think he’s better off with making covers – that or he needs a new set of writers.

American Idol winner Jordin Sparks told Entertainment Weekly that she stands by the comment that she made at Sunday’s MTV Video Music Awards but she wishes that she could have reworded it a bit. She said “It’s something I feel strongly about. I wish I would’ve worded it differently — that somebody who doesn’t wear a promise ring isn’t necessarily a slut — but I can’t take it back now. It was a split-second thing, and it came out kind of wrong. Still, I don’t regret it.” When she was asked about how she felt about 2008 MTV VMAs host Russell Brand, Jordin said “I have nothing against him at all.”

Believe it or not but Bucky Covington has a big fan base. It’s so big that an Illinois festival is actually trying to move mountains just to accommodate him. So it may just be the Grundy County Corn Festival but the fest’s entertainment director says that they are currently petitioning to use a new space. They haven’t gotten a yes or no. If they are denied, the 5,000 Bucky fans expected to be in attendance will have to squeeze into a venue fit for only 2,000. It’s being said that Bucky’s the biggest artist that the festival has even seen. The rest of the bill sees Slippery When Wet (a Bon Jovi cover band) and duelling pianos.

There’s something wrong going in your life when you’re booked to perform at a country fair with a load of American Idol rejects. Vanessa Hudgens needs to rethink a couple of things. Visitors to the Midland County Fair in Michigan were treated to the sites of Vanessa, former Disney star Raven Symone and American Idol alum Bucky Covington. Vanessa sang a few songs from the HSM soundtrack. According to reports, Vanessa also “displayed dance routines more adult in nature than the audience of mainly girls 10 and younger.” At the beginning of her set, Vanessa said, “This is me, on my own terms.” Apparently, her terms suck. A concertgoer says Raven was better saying “She was really funny, talking to us about her childhood. Vanessa was more into singing, but she wasn’t funny. She was really serious, and we could see her get all sweaty, too.”

If you said you were having American Idol auditions, you would expect a lot of people to show up right? In the case of Puerto Rico, forget it. American Idol held one of their typical open call auditions in San Juan, Puerto Rico recently and instead of the usual capacity crowds that line up practicing their awful renditions of tired Whitney Houston standards, El Nuevo Dia reports that only around 300 hopeful fool turned out. In contrast, 7,000 wannabes camped out overnight at auditions held in Northern California last month. In other words, don’t expect any of the current American Idol champs to come out with any Spanish-language albums anytime soon.