"Deal or No Deal" Catches McPheever

Posted Jun 22nd 2006 2:45PM by TMZ Staff

Katharine McPheeFashion designer Dina Bar-El has created outfits for "Desperate Housewives" and "The O.C.," but after having her dresses appear on a little show called "American Idol," Bar-El's phone has been ringing off the hook.

Bar-El designed all of the gorgeous gowns worn by "Idol" runner-up Katharine McPhee on the finale. 

NBC loved Bar-El's outfits so much that they have asked her to dress all the suitcase-holding models on the upcoming season of  "Deal or No Deal."

Bar-El told TMZ that the 32 lovely ladies will all sport the same black gown McPhee wore on "Idol" pictured here.

Another show jumping on the Bar-El bandwagon is FOX's "So You Think You Can Dance."  Dina will create outfits for the show's finalists and with the Emmys coming up in September, she expects to be dressing some of TV's finest.

Dina Bar-El's busy schedule is further proof that Taylor Hicks wasn't the only winner to emerge from this season's "American Idol."

Filed under: Fashion Police, American Idol

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16. Katherine is a true stunner. She is absolutely beautiful and she has these flirtatious eyes that drive me crazy. She does have a great body and that dress picutred above shows it off well. However, her singing is marginal at best. I agree that her rendintion of "Over the Rainbow" was great, but everything else was, at times, flat.

She will probably be one of those pop stars who has the looks, but lacks any "real" talent. (of which, there are plenty of) I hope I'm wrong, but that's what it seems like at the moment.

Either way, she is a real beauty and I wish her well.

Posted at 2:14PM on Jun 25th 2006 by Mark

17. She's just a bit too hippy for those tight evening gowns

Posted at 2:17PM on Jun 25th 2006 by Annie

18. BEAUTIFUL Dress, But..... VERY distasteful for an American Idol contestant.
Taylor Hicks Rocks!!!

Posted at 2:18PM on Jun 25th 2006 by Pamela Watson

19. BEAUTIFUL Dress, But..... VERY distasteful for an American Idol contestant.
Taylor Hicks Rocks!!!

Posted at 2:18PM on Jun 25th 2006 by Pamela Watson

20. BEAUTIFUL Dress, But..... VERY distasteful for an American Idol contestant.
Taylor Hicks Rocks!!!

Posted at 2:18PM on Jun 25th 2006 by Pamela Watson

21. BEAUTIFUL Dress, But..... VERY distasteful for an American Idol contestant.
Taylor Hicks Rocks!!!

Posted at 2:18PM on Jun 25th 2006 by Pamela Watson

22. BEAUTIFUL Dress, But..... VERY distasteful for an American Idol contestant.
Taylor Hicks Rocks!!!

Posted at 2:18PM on Jun 25th 2006 by Pamela Watson

23. I like her also, but why does she have a 41 year old boyfriend? That won't last for long.

Posted at 2:20PM on Jun 25th 2006 by daniel

24. I agree she is a beautiful young lady. She is sweet and handles herself very well. I don't know how anyone can say anything negative about her. She has everything in the world going for her. I wish her the best of everything.

Posted at 2:21PM on Jun 25th 2006 by James O'Sullivan

25. She is beautiful - she is young - she is "controlled by her mother" !!! It was apparent from comments her mother made on the show & finale that "her mother is Living "her own" dream thru her daughter".........and I believe "pushing her thru childhood" with pressure.............evident by her Bulimia............dating a 41 year old man is strange too.................Kate is looking for something..............now shes in "show biz" I am afraid she will really be screwed up!!!

Posted at 2:22PM on Jun 25th 2006 by shar

26. I am an 85 yr. old Great Grandmother. I would be delighted to have a lovely, talented, successful grandchild like Katherine. I voted for her 50 times on the final program. She looked so lovely and vivacious , how could anyone criticize anything about her - except the boyfriend who is too old. In my case I find 5 years difference too much when one gets old.

Posted at 2:23PM on Jun 25th 2006 by LilaThompson

27. Katharine is a beautiful.,talented young woman.....if you want to comment on her, be kind....there is too much cruelty in the world, don't be a victim of it or the cause of it.......she looked fabulous in all of her outfits through out the AI run....all the singers did.......she came forth with her eating disorder to tell others that you can beat it.....if she had wanted to get lots more attention, she would have made it known during the show....anyone who gains succes from AI be it Kat, Taylor, a dress designer, etc....we should applaud their success and good fortune and not be jealous....Go Kat!!!

Posted at 2:23PM on Jun 25th 2006 by APRIL ROSNER

28. Who cares anymore..........you people need to do something constructive with your lifes...MOVE ON !!

Posted at 2:24PM on Jun 25th 2006 by Denny

29. Kat was or should i say is a great singer. There isnt anythong wrong with her personality. She looked great in all her dresses. As for her being with a 41 year old man, that is her bussiness. Love has no age limit on it. Deal or No Deal has extra models so there is more then 26 of them

Posted at 2:24PM on Jun 25th 2006 by Jeff Spicer

30. How long before Katherine's 15 minutes are up??? I'm so sick of her.....I won't be buying her CD's. I think she is a stuck up nasty woman and even if her CD is good I won't be purchasing it...and why why pray tell another version of Over the Rainbow...give me a break!

Posted at 2:26PM on Jun 25th 2006 by Shelby

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