'Idol' alums abound on New Year's celebrations

If you were watching any of the many New Year's Eve celebrations on the networks tonight, chances are you saw some face time by someone connected in some way to Idol. If you were watching FOX's New Year's Eve Live, then you surely would have seen David Cook receive his first platinum record courtesy of RCA Records and 19E for "The Time of My Life" before he performed "Light On" in Las Vegas. Watch him receive the award below:

Also on the special was Daughtry, as the band performed "Home," also in Vegas. Watch the performance below:



Meanwhile, over on ABC, Ryan Seacrest helmed Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Kellie Pickler as a Times Square crowd correspondent. The two braved the 1-degree (with wind chill) temperature with a million others. Watch a segment that happened moments before the ball dropped with both Ryan and Kellie below (made awkward by the inclusion of Taylor Swift and Joe Jonas on the same stage):



In one segment, the sixth-place finalist of Season 5 was classic Kellie when she told a couple from the Bay area "you guys are so amazin'!"

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'Idol' odds 'n ends: Jordin featured on 'Shock Value II'?

The following are Idol-related odds and ends that happened this week:

>Rumors are swirling that Jordin Sparks is going to be featured on one of the tracks on Timbaland's upcoming album Shock Value 2, out in February. The song title is rumored to be "Rain" and may be released as a single.

>Katharine McPhee sent her fans a Christmas gift on Christmas Eve in the form of a MySpace bulletin that thanked them for their Christmas presents and informed them of an update on all things web-related that are coming in the new year.

>Idol alums that will be making the rounds on the networks' New Year's Eve specials on Wed., Dec. 31, include David Cook and Daughtry on FOX's New Year's Eve Live (11 p.m. ET), while Kellie Pickler will perform on ABC's Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve (10/11:30 p.m. ET) which will be co-hosted by Ryan Seacrest for the fourth year in a row.

>Carly Smithson put up a new blog entry on her official music MySpace page yesterday to let fans know about her Christmas celebrations. In the blog she hinted at her plans to write material with "a certain Season 5 rocker whos RAD" (Chris Daughtry, perhaps?)

>One song that is seeing a huge post-Christmas surge on the iTunes Top 100 Songs chart is David Archuleta's "Crush." after sitting around the mid-30s prior to the holiday it has re-entered the Top 20 at #19 thanks to heavy spending from gift card recipients.

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'Idol' odds 'n ends: Cook to perform on New Year's Eve Live

The following are Idol-related odds and ends that happened this week:

>David Cook will perform on FOX's "New Year's Eve Live" special on Dec. 31, 2008 with Scott Weiland. The show is hosted by Spike Feresten and Mark Thompson and will begin at 11 p.m.

>Amanda Overmyer's debut album is available to download on her official Web site. The 12-song album is titled Solidify and "Play On," "Iroquois Lane" and "Fail to Compromise."

>Kady Malloy added a new original song to her MySpace called "Autumn Leaves."

>Simon Cowell and Ryan Seacrest will appear on the Family Entertainment Awards tonight at 9 p.m. on the CW network. Miley Cyrus and Leona Lewis will perform.

>Katharine McPhee appeared at the Friends of the Israel Defense Forces gala last night at the Beverly Hilton Hotel with David Foster, Charice and Lionel Richie among others. It benefited 30 members of the Israel Defense Forces.

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