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American Idol’s Paul McDonald Dating Twilight Star

Posted by K.C. Morgan Categories: Movies, Music, Television, Dating, Rumors,

“It’s officially true,” Paul McDonald confirmed what the gossip columnists have suspected for the past several weeks. Fresh from his Thursday elimination from American Idol, McDonald confirmed that he’s dating Twilight’s Nikki Reed.

Paul never stopped smiling during his exit interview. His luck in love has apparently taken the sting from his Idol rejection. “When I first tried out for [the show], it was just kind of for fun, and I didn’t even expect to get this far in the competition.”

He’ll be moving forward with his music post-elimination. “I’ve been writing tons of material while I’m out here… I’ve been focusing a bunch on writing and working hard on stuff that’s coming out after Idol.”

We just hope he’s got a few more jacket designs up his sleeve, too.

Keep track of all the gossip, recaps and spoilers from the current season of the show when you read all our American Idol 10 posts.

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American Idol’s Casey Abrams Back in the Hospital

Posted by K.C. Morgan Categories: Television, Where Are They Now?,

The health problems with American Idol contestant Casey Abrams continue. We joked in our Thursday results recap that “for a few seconds it looked like he might need some sort of medical attention,” and the singer proved us right just minutes later.

Abrams won the coveted judges’ save after failing to secure votes following his Wednesday performance, and the experience was so overwhelming that he hyperventilated and collapsed after cameras stopped rolling.

Staff rallied and sat Casey in a chair before rushing him to the hospital, again, in his third dramatic stay of the (still rather young) AI season. Abrams had received a blood transfusion that very morning for his ongoing stomach problems.

As always, you can keep track of the current season of the show when you read all our American Idol 10 posts.

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American Idol’s Casey Abrams Hospitalized

Posted by K.C. Morgan Categories: Television, Rumors,

Casey Abrams, whom TMZ reports is certainly in American Idol’s Top 24 this year, has been hospitalized. Abrams was dealing with severe stomach pains about three hours before 20 million people were attempting to catch a glimpse of him on Idol’s Wednesday broadcast.

Abrams, 19, was rehearsing in CBS Television City when he became ill. It is expected he will be hospitalized overnight, and perhaps longer. He and the other 12 men in Idol’s Top 24 are scheduled to tape a performance for the show this Friday. We're told that if he’s not well enough to go on stage, Casey Abrams will be eliminated from the contest.

We’ll keep you updated as the story develops. As always, you can get all your Idol news right here: just read all our American Idol 10 posts.

Read More | TMZ