For now, American Idol winner, Jordin Sparks is having to take the back seat on the charts to runner-up, Blake Lewis.
Blake’s single “You Give Love a Bad Name” broke into the top 10 at #9 and Jordin’s “This is My Now” is hovering at #14.
It’ll be interesting to see where they are after summer.

NBC will celebrate America’s 231st birthday with a live broadcast of the “Macy’s 4th of July Fireworks Spectacular.” Of the performers, country music star (and American Idol guest) Martina McBride will open the event and Jordin Sparks, Blake Lewis and Melinda Doolittle will perform a song together to tribute the Nation’s birthday.
The event is America’s largest 4th of July fireworks extravaganza and will feature 35,000 shells which will be set off over New York City.
Cool. Wish I could be there but I’ll just have to watch it on television!
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Jordin Sparks and Blake Lewis appeared on the Today Show yesterday. Here are a couple pics!

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Ever wonder what is going on behind the scenes before American Idol airs? Well here’s a glimpse into what happened before the finale.
Blake’s VIP Treatment
Thirty minutes before the show started, Blake Lewis, rockin’ his performance gear, made an appearance in the FOX VIP room in the Kodak Theatre lobby. The room lit up as the finalist was escorted in, looking cool as ice despite having to get onstage and take on Jordin Sparks moments later. Blake, who was all smiles, greeted guests, shaking hands as he made his way around the room.

Yuck – I hope this isn’t true. Apparently, before the finale, Antonella Barba, Haley Scarnato and Gina Glocksen put messages up on their MySpace pages urging their friends to vote for Jordin Sparks. That is rough! I’m not sure why they would feel it’s appropriate to do to Blake Lewis with whom they must tour this summer. If they were from a different season, maybe, but I don’t think fellow cast-members should do this kind of thing. It just isn’t classy, in my books. Well, Antonella and Haley had already shown us that but …read more

So, it was pretty clear that Blake Lewis was uncomfortable singing that final song and he confirmed his displeasure when he said the following about “This is My Now” – “It’s definitely not my style, a song I would never sing if I didn’t have to. And I honestly think they should have had two songs that were tailored to both of us.”
He went on to say this to People magazine: “I’m kind of glad I didn’t win for, like, contractual reasons. I think if you’re first you might have to come back for like three years or something… I’m …read more

Here is Blake Lewis and Doug E. Fresh video from last night’s American Idol finale. AWESOME!!!!

For Blake Lewis fans, last night was a nightmare. The man with the huge fanbase who, according to many polls and “buzz meters” had been in the lead for most of the last few weeks lost last night. He is maintaining his composure and being a good sport, but he definitely felt like some things were not fair. Entertainment Weekly caught up with him as he munched on pizza backstage after the finale. Here’s the scoop:
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: How did you deal with having to perform ”This Is My Now”? It seemed so… not you.
BLAKE LEWIS: [When …read more

Blake Lewis beatboxed his way to second place with the help of Doug E. Fresh and Jordin Sparks had a touching duet with Ruben Studdard.
Now that it’s all said and done, who performed best tonight?
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Tonight, Blake Lewis and Jordin Sparks will compete to become the next American Idol. Who will prevail? What will they sing? What will they wear? Come back tonight to go through the journey together!
Let the Live-blogging begin! Please excuse the typos, .
Ryan asks if Paula’s nose is alright (she broke it during an effort to avoid stepping on her dog, Tulip) and after Paula said that her dog was fine, Ryan said “so the bitch is okay.” Wow.