The final six hopefuls tackled the classics again this week. This time taking on classic love songs with the help of classical music legend, Andrea Bocelli and Grammy Award winning producer David Foster.

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Here’s a great stocking stuffer:

On October 2, a high-profile country Christmas anthology comes entitled Hear Something Country Christmas.

It will feature Carrie Underwood singing Do You Hear What I Hear and Kellie Pickler singing Santa Baby.

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By now, everyone has heard about how awful Britney Spears was during the MTV Video Music Awards.

Therefore, you’d expect Simon Cowell to completely lay into her, right?

Wrong.

“She stole the show, whether you liked it or not. The only thing you heard about the following day was Britney Spears,” the American Idol judge said.

Granted, Cowell admitted: “It wasn’t the best performance. She wasn’t ready for it.” However, he notes, “She’s had more attention in the last 48 hours than any artist on the planet.”

True. But, come on. Does anyone want this sort of attention?

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Tamyra Gray is earning rave reviews in the play Rent. She recently sat down with Broadway.com and talked about the experience…

With the return of Anthony Rapp and Adam Pascal, it must be an exciting time to be in Rent.
It’s like a rock concert—at every show. At the beginning, it felt like we were at Madison Square Garden! The energy from the audience since they’ve been back has been absolutely amazing. Knowing the guys’ history with the show just makes you up your game that much more. You don’t want to disappoint them, you don’t want to disappoint yourself, and you don’t want to disappoint the audience.

How did you get involved in Rent? Did you audition?
I did. I had a proper audition, and it took them two weeks to let me know I got the job. I was upset because I was thinking, “They told me the audition was great,” so I thought that meant I should get the part. Finally after the second week I got the call.

You had to sweat it out a bit.
I did, and it was great, because I had really fought the audition. I live in San Francisco, but I was in L.A. and there was a nor’easter going on in New York, so I was stuck in the airport for 10 hours. I thought, “I’m just gonna go home and forget it,” and I almost did. But instead I went and got a copy of the Rent movie and spent the entire time studying it.

Studying?
I didn’t understand “Without You” or “Out Tonight.” It had been almost eight years since I had seen the show, and I couldn’t put into context what the deal was with “Without You” and why she was howling in “Out Tonight.” I just didn’t get it. But I watched the movie, and everything made sense. I was like, “Okay, ‘Out Tonight’ is a performance piece, she’s at a strip club, she’s doing her thing. Got it. ‘Without You’ is a memory piece. She’s going through her memories because she just lost the love of her life. Got it.”

So if there hadn’t been a snowstorm, you might not have gotten the part?
I am so thankful for that nor’easter, because otherwise I wouldn’t be here! It’s like one of those God things, where’s he like, “No, no, no, you’re gonna stay put.” I’m glad I was listening!

When you first saw Rent on Broadway eight years ago, what did the show mean to you?
I was in New York doing an industrial video for Coca-Cola, and I was broke, and I saw every show that I wanted to see for $20. I saw Rent sitting in the front row, and I thought it was amazing. But I also saw Aida, and I have to admit, I was affected more by that than I was by Rent. Watching Aida made me want to do Broadway.

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Carrie Underwood, my personal favorite American Idol, has had her ringtone for “Before He Cheats” certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America, meaning the ringtone has been purchased one million times.

Only one other country artist in history has earned a platinum ringtone - Waylon Jennings who earned one for the Theme from the Dukes of Hazzard (Good Ol’ Boys).

Before He Cheats has also been certified as the best-selling digital country song since chart history records have been compiled in the United States.

Go Carrie!

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