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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After being crowned the American Idol winner, Jordin Sparks sat down with People magazine for a cute little interview. Jordin fans will love it!
Have you gotten your driver’s license? And are you a good driver? Yeah, I have my driver’s license. I actually got it July of last year, so it was about before I went and auditioned. So, I’m ok, I haven’t gotten any tickets or anything yet. I’m all right.
How did you do on your driver’s test?
Well, my driver’s test I think I did pretty well. The permit test, I kind of had a problem with, but …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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So many of you have written in to ask if I saw Melinda Doolittle’s face during Jordin Sparks’ performance. I did but I did not have a screenshot of it. TallFreak has graciously provided me with one. It is priceless. Melinda’s probably just concentrating on what Jordin’s doing but I cracked up last night. In this shot, even Chris Richardson looks a little taken-aback but he is a Blake Lewis fan, so it’s understandable.
Thanks, Tall Freak!

Ugh, this just gets worse by the second. I cannot even keep up with it all. American Idol did something new this year by asking America to vote for the best “finale song” which was to be written by “undiscovered songwriters.” Well, my friends, the song that seemed written for Jordin does not seem to be the work of amateurs. Here’s what Reality TV magazine uncovered:
“‘This Is My Now’ was written by Seattle songwriters Scott Krippayne and Jeff Peabody. In a press release about the single, Jeff Peabody is described as an advertising consultant, graphic …read more

I was happy to read this interview with American Idol judge Simon Cowell because it pretty much sums up how I have been feeling. I have no idea who will win this and neither does he! He told People magazine that he thinks “they both have different strengths. One’s a better entertainer and one’s a better singer, so I think it will be down to what they do on the night.”
On Finale Predictions “I think they will both chose their favorite song from what they’ve done over the past 11 weeks – and I’m hoping Blake will …read more

Okay. I have no opinion about this either way so let’s just get that out of the way first. Second, I think that Jordin Sparks is a talented girl and a worthy contestant on American Idol. That said, I have wondered in the past how she has remained on the show after certain performances (like Bon Jovi week, ugh) but I am in no way, shape or form suggesting that this is the reason for Jordin’s votes. It’s just a theory that I came across. Here’s the scoop:
The Chicago Sun-Times have uncovered a picture of …read more

Well, one thing is for sure, Jordin Sparks is loved in her hometown of Glendale, Arizona. She greeted more than 1,000 of her former classmates at Sandra Day O’Connor High School by saying “Hey guys, did you miss me?” Throughout the day, Jordin was treated like a star with over 5,000 people showing up at Glendale’s Westgate City Center to hear Jordin sing “Give Me One Reason,” “Heart Breaker” and “I Who Have Nothing.” American Idol film crews were on the scene, so footage of the homecoming will be aired on Tuesday’s show.

Jordin …read more