American Idle

Kelly Clarkson's working on a new album. Fantasia Barrino's starring on Broadway. Carrie Underwood has won Grammys. As for Taylor Hicks and Ruben Studdard? Well, they've been dropped by their label, J Records, Pop Eater reports. And while Ruben's had three chances to make a winning record, Taylor's only released one album with the company. (He plans to release his next album on his own.) That's a situation we definitely don't idolize.

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