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  • Last week, Reality Rocks was tipped off by an anonymous "American Idol" source that scrappy-yet-sexy Season 10 underdog Haley Reinhart had been signed to Jimmy Iovine's Interscope Records, joining castmates Scotty McCreery, Lauren Alaina, and Pia Toscano on the label's power roster.

    Well, now it's official! Today @InterscopePromo tweeted a jpeg of the press release announcing that Haley's deal has indeed been sealed. "I've always dreamed of getting this kind of recognition. I am very thankful to 19 and Interscope for giving me this oppotunity to create my own music," Haley said in the press release, presumably in a pleasingly sultry and raspy tone.

    It will be interesting and exciting to hear what kind of music Haley will create once she gets the chance. In a recent backstage interview she told me she wants her album to be "bluesy, soulful, and funky," and that's exactly what I want it to sound like, too. And considering the public's seemingly insatiable appetite for Adele and

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  • After weeks of speculation that third-place "American Idol" contestant Haley Reinhart has been signed to Jimmy Iovine's Interscope Records--speculation fueled by a mysterious Amazon page titled "New Release," a Wikipedia entry, and news that she'd been picked up by Red Light Management--an anonymous "Idol" insider has confirmed to Reality Rocks that the rumor is true. Haley has apparently joined her fellow Season 10 contestants Scotty McCreery, Lauren Alaina, and Pia Toscano as the latest signed Idol!

    While no details about Haley's "New Release" are available right now, and no official announcement has been made (the label declined to comment at this time), Haley hinted at her good news when I interviewed her last week backstage at the Idols Live Tour in Los Angeles. When I flat-out asked her about the Interscope gossip, she slyly replied, "I'm going to be saying whatever I gotta say pretty soon enough, I just don't know if I can or not. But things are hopefully working out pretty

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  • This week the competition on "So You Think You Can Dance" got even more exciting, as the top 10 danced closer to the Season 8 finish line with the help of some newly recruited allstars. Sadly for Clarice and Mitchell, they went home Thursday night--a unanimous decision by the three judges--but we will soon see them on the tour, so the "SYTYCD" journey is far from over for those two.

    Mary Murphy was a no-show backstage this week, but she'll be back with her colorful outfits and even more colorful opinions next Thursday. In the meantime, watch Mary's fellow judges' post-results interviews below, in which Nigel Lythgoe discusses gender quotas; future guest judges Lady Gaga, Rob Marshall, and Christina Applegate; and theories as to why excellent dancers like Jordan and Ricky keep landing in the bottom.

    And make sure to check out guest judge Neil Patrick Harris's interview too, for solid proof that some of the celebrity judges on "SYTYCD" this season--contrary to popular belief--take their

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  • This week on "So You Think You Can Dance," Clarice and Mitchell went home, and while the occasion was still bittersweet, this Thursday's results show was a little less depressing than previous ones. Backstage, as the pair spoke to reporters immediately after the taping, there were a lot more smiles than tears.

    Nigel Lythoge had some very kind and encouraging on-air words for the pair ("We don't have anything to say about you being bad tonight....we think you're all fantastic!"), and Mitchell also knew he was fortunate to get this far, since a shoulder injury almost cost him the competition in week one; he was grateful that the judges had given him another chance, despite the fact that'd he'd been unable to compete that week.

    And most importantly, Clarice and Mitchell left the show with a fabulous consolation prize: a spot on the "SYTYCD" tour. The tour seemed foremost on Clarice and Mitchell's minds, in fact, as they optimistically spoke to the press Thursday night.

    Check out Clarice

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  • Wednesday night on "So You Think You Can Dance," Nigel Lythgoe implored, "Wake up dance fans, and keep Jordan in the competition!" Additionally, I blogged about the greatness of Ricky. But did America listen to either me or Nigel? Apparently not, because both of those incredible dancers were up for elimination this Thursday. Thankfully, the judges still had a say in who stayed and who went, so Nigel and his cronies unsurprisingly opted to keep Jordan and Ricky in the competition, and cut Clarice and Mitchell instead.

    But at this rate, I'm beginning to worry about just how long the judges will keep saving Jordan and Ricky--especially Ricky, my favorite guy this season--before they finally give up on them. Because for one cockamamie reason or another, voters just aren't picking up the phone for those two.

    To put things in perspective, however, Nigel did pep-talk all of the bottom four contestants on this week's results show, reminding them that two of the amazing allstars who guested on

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  • Forbes has released its annual ranking of the top-earning "American Idol" alums for the past year, and it comes as no surprise that Carrie Underwood, who recently surpassed Kelly Clarkson as the most successful Idol of all time, tops the list. (Incredibly, her $20 million tally comprises 40 percent of the ENTIRE LIST, since the others on the list made $29.8 million combined!) But there are plenty of surprises on the new Forbes list--when it comes to who's on it, and, just as interestingly, who's not.

    [See Full List: The Top-Earning American Idols]

    $URPRI$E: ADAM'S BIG DEBUT - Adam Lambert makes his first showing on the list...and he's all the way up in the second spot, tied with fellow robbed rocker and road warrior Chris Daughtry, with an impressive $6 million total. He actually beat out the superstar likes of Jennifer Hudson (who holds steady at number six, with $2 million) and even Kelly Clarkson (who drops from number two to number five after a relatively low-key year in which she

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  • This was the week on "So You Think You Can Dance" that separated the men from the boys and the girls from the beasts, as the remaining top 10 competed as individuals for the first time and--also for the first time--danced with incredible "SYTYCD" allstars. And they danced TWO routines apiece (one with an allstar, one solo). And on top of all that, they had to try to not be upstaged by adorable guest judge Neil Patrick Harris (no easy feat). So this was an entirely new game, here.

    Since the judges only commented on the contestants' partner performances with the allstars this week, I've chosen to focus on those routines as well. But I must say, it was thrilling to see all 10 dancers do solos in their specialty styles, since many of them (the ones who'd never been up for elimination this season) hadn't had the chance to solo since Vegas. All of the solos were superb, of course...but my personal favorites were by Sasha, who flitted about the stage like an incredible, otherworldly insect;

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