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'Idol' Finalists Tour Contract -- $1,000 per Show

Published: 05/21/2011
"American Idol's" top 11 finalists are set to make bank over the summer -- because TMZ has learned they'll each get paid $1,000 for EVERY show they perform during the American Idol Live Tour. TMZ obtained a copy of the contract all Idol finalists had to sign before the show -- which spells out…
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Jacob Lusk -- Jimmy Iovine Got Me Booted!!!

Published: 05/06/2011
"American Idol" reject Jacob Lusk is telling friends he's not to blame for the TERRIBLE song choices that led to his elimination this week ... insisting he got BAD advice from Jimmy Iovine. TMZ spoke with a source extremely close to Lusk ... who tells us Jacob never wanted to perform the Jordin…
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'Idol' Finalist -- Saved By REAL Judge After Arrest

Published: 04/15/2011
"American Idol" finalist Jacob Lusk threw himself at the mercy of a court back in November -- begging a judge to end his probation from a 2009 arrest so he could compete on "A.I." ... TMZ has learned. It all started back in February 2009 -- when cops cited Jacob for riding on an L.A. metro train…
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'Idol' Contestant -- The Nate Dogg Connection

Published: 03/16/2011
Years before Jacob Lusk became a finalist on "American Idol" ... he formed a very special relationship with the one and only Nate Dogg -- a bond, TMZ has learned, that formed in an L.A. gospel choir. Sources tell TMZ, Jacob auditioned for the gospel group called "InNate Praise" in 2007 -- formed…
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