Season 10 American Idol alum, Naima Adedapo has signed a record deal. That’s one I didn’t exactly expect, but good for her.

The Hollywood Reporters says the American Idol Season 10 finalist has inked a deal with Peak Records will release her first album set to be released later this year, and a 3-song EP to be released in March.

“I feel very blessed to be beginning this journey of music with Peak Records,” Adedapo said. “Andi had faith in my artistry from the first time she saw me. Music is in my blood. I feel like I’ve been taking the steps to creating original music all of my life and now I will be able to share it with the world!”

The president of Peak says she’s had her eyes on her since he saw her audition for American Idol.

“We are extremely excited about signing Naima,” said Peak President  Andi Howard. “I fell in love with her from the moment I saw her audition on Idol, She is a multi-talented beautiful artist.”

After Wednesday night’s snooze-fest episode, American Idol really needed to deliver in Houston and it did.

Thursday night’s audition episode was much better. It had a good mix of the good and the bad that we love to see and hear. And the good were actually good.  There are definitely some Top 24 contenders from the Houston batch (and I’m not just saying that because I’ve read our American Idol Spoilers).

It was also a night of Girl vs. Boys with Jennifer, Randy and Steven. The judges couldn’t seem to agree on much. For awhile it seemed every contestant Jennifer liked “the boys” didn’t. And vice versa. I agreed with Jennifer every time. I liked the ones she did and didn’t like the ones Randy and Steven liked.

What really came out of that whole mess was more proof that Randy Jackson is a complete a**hole who makes too much money for doing nothing. He really said “I won’t lose any sleep over that one,” after crushing a legitimate singer’s dreams. It wasn’t one of the ridiculously bad singers the producers let through for laughs either. Why is it that he’s the only judge that hasn’t been replaced. Total a**.
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The Idol Pad, MJs and basically everyone else has reported the same American Idol 2012 Top 24 spoilers, so while nothing is confirmed, it should be pretty safe to say that the list below is solid.

Along with the list is a breakdown of the Top 24′s audition cities.

It comes as no surprise that NO Top 24 contestant came out of last night’s dud Aspen episode. It looks like Pittsburgh produced the most Top 24 contestants with nine of the 24. Followed by Charleston/Savannah with seven, Houston with five, San Diego two, and Portland only one.

If you want to see the list, keep reading. If you don’t want to be spoiled, run away! Now!

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American Idol 2012 heads to Houston tonight, so let’s hope, like everything else in Texas, the talent is bigger. And since Ryan, Randy, Jennifer and Steven will take to Space City, be ready for a lot of “Houston, we have a problem” jokes.

Last night’s auditions episode out of Aspen proved to be a bit of a dud, so here’s to hoping tonight’s will give us something better. The promo (check it out below) for Houston would make one think it’s going to be a good audition city. So let’s cross our fingers. The hour-long American Idol episode on Fox at 8 pm ET/PT.

And in case you didn’t know this, these auditions were filmed months ago and there have been plenty of spoiler reports on who has made it and who hasn’t. So, if you’re too impatient to wait, and you eant to get ahead of the game, you can find out if your favorite auditioners have made it through Hollywood week by checking out our American Idol Spoilers.

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Wednesday night’s edition of American Idol 2012 took us to Aspen, Colorado, and what it gave us was nothing to write home about.

I can’t remember another audition episode ever with so few really good singers showcased. And this wasn’t even one of those episodes filled with the typical joke/bad auditions. Strange. Judges Randy Jackson, Jennifer Lopez and Steven Tyler seemed to think some of the singers were great, but I found most of them mediocre at best.

The “standouts”

Jenni Schick. The judges seemed to love this wackadoo teacher enough to put her through. Steven liked her enough to kiss her on the lips. I thought she was just kind of OK. Only one person should ever sing Pat Benatar’s “Heartbreaker” and that’s Pat Benatar.

Curtis Gray. Like Jenni, I just thought Curtis was kind of OK.

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American Idol 2012 takes us to Aspen tonight for another round of auditions as more hopefuls sing for their shot at a golden ticket to Hollywood.

“It may be cold, but the contestants are hot,” says the Fox announcer in the promo for the auditions. The promo (watch it below) also promises to show us the most colorful American Idol contestants so far this season. So maybe that means they’ll finally be delivering some of the bad auditions that helped make the show such  a success.

And in case you didn’t know this, these auditions were filmed months ago and there have been plenty of spoiler reports on who has made it and who hasn’t. So, if you’re too impatient to wait, you can find out if your favorite auditioners have made it through Hollywood week by checking out our American Idol 2012 spoilers.

The one-hour episode airs at 8 pm ET/PT on Fox.

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Country star Jason Aldean might have recorded hit “Don’t You Wanna Stay” with American Idol winner Kelly Clarkson, but there’s another Idol sweetheart filling Kelly’s shoes at Jason’s concerts.

American Idol runner up Lauren Alaina has been opening for Jason on the road and he’s tapped her to sing Kelly’s part on one of his biggest hits.

And just for the record, Kelly uses a Jason hologram when she performs the song in concert.