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Finale: I’m A Celebrity Gets Out of Here

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As the final three celebrities waited to hear the results, the finale of proceeded…with a ton of clips.

Out of thirteen who came to Costa Rica, only John Salley, Lou Diamond Phillips and remain. This outcome was determined at Tuesday’s elimination, which saw the end of Sanjaya Malakar and Patti Blagojevich in the competition. At intervals during the finale, live cameras showed this group of three sitting around the fire, silently waiting for whatever would come next.

For this season ender, the competitors of the season - minus Frangela - returned or remained in Costa Rica to gather for the cameras. “I been callin’ every day, trying to get back in,” told the hosts.

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I’m A Celebrity Narrows Down a Final Three

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Thirteen celebrities were deposited in Costa Rica. By the end of Tuesday’s episode of , only three would go on to compete to win the show - and a slew of money for their charities. With five remaining and two slated for departure, emotions were running high among the campers.

“It’s been a great time,” told the camera, though spirits were low with the end in sight - and elimination still looming in the future.

Celebs shared favorite moments around the campfire as clips played for our amusement, reminding us of the funny, tense and surprising events that have happened during this season. Some have made friends, some have made enemies, some have learned just how far they can push themselves, and others learned they can’t push themselves at all. But only one of them will win.

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I’m A Celebrity: Surprising Switch Ups in the Jungle

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With two less divas in the jungle, Costa Rica is a little quieter on . More would go missing before the end of the Monday episode - but that wasn’t the only surprise NBC was waiting to spring on viewers.

and Holly Montag were taken out of the contest at the end of last week’s episodes, which eliminated at least one problematic contestant. The celebs were sorry to see Holly go, though in a way it’s only fair as she joined the competition at least one week after everyone else arrived. Sanjaya Malakar, who’d developed a close friendship with the Montag sis, was especially sad when she left. Malakar, close to Dickinson as well, was drained by the experience.

“Janice Dickinson has been like a thorn in my paw,” admitted in the confessional. For most, there was something of a joyous atmosphere in the air after Dickinson trekked down the elimination bridge.

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Two Celebrities Eliminated from Costa Rica

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Holly Montag and Janice Dickinson

At the beginning of Thursday’s , the celebs were all abuzz with the partially-revealed elimination results. Janice Dickinson is not in the top two; Patti Blagojevich is not in the bottom two. Or so it stood Wednesday night. At the end of the episode, two would leave the competition.

The hosts returned the next morning to reveal another twist: the teams have been merged into one group. This means challenges will be conducted individually. was in a very bad mood after it was discovered that she was not in the top two. Holly Montag confronted Dickinson about her grumpy attitude and the two were easily able to bury the hatchet, though Janice poked fun at Holly’s reaction during her confession a little later.

The first individual food trial was Mud Pit Mania. Each celeb was asked to dress in wrestling clothes for the event, and all seemed to have fun getting themselves ready. The food prize for this challenge was pizza - quite the treat for several half-starved celebs.

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Which Celebrities Will Survive Elimination?

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I'm A Celebirty, Get Me Out of Here

John Sally’s decision to give himself immunity was the first big topic of discussion on Wednesday’s . The phone lines and Web site are now open to accept votes. Just like on American Idol, viewers are asked to support the celebs they want to keep on the show - not the ones they’d like to eliminate.

  suffered a bad dream the next morning, and shared a conversation about Jesus with Stephen Baldwin as a result. “I don’t want to be who I am,” she sobbed at one point.

“God can change all that, dude. For real,” he told her.

The celebs were given charcoal and paper with which to do sketches of themselves in the jungle. Janice drew herself lying down and staring at the camera, while John saw himself in the river. Stephen drew a stick figure of himself with the Bible. Sanjaya also drew the river, which he finds very"serene.” Holly, too, drew Sanjaya in the river, both of them with their arms up in the air. Patti drew herself sitting in the river with . After spending so much time in the jungle, the celebs are starting to feel like a family - albeit, dysfunctional.

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American Idol 8: Top 3 Results

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American Idol 8 Top 3

Ben Stiller, of all people, opened the Top 3 results show of 8. This odd skit was a tribute to the judges’ table and featured some pretty good comedy from Stiller, SNL regular Will Forte and Simpsons cast member Hank Azaria. Jonah Hill, looking rather dapper with a short haircut, also had a few lines.

All of this, of course, was one long and boring promotion for Stiller’s new movie. Guess which movie company is behind that flick? …

Anyway, there would be many more promotions before the episode was over. Soon enough, was standing on stage touting the fact that the Idol desk is going into the Smithsonian. Don’t get excited. This is just another cross-promotion. The name of the Stiller movie contains the word “Smithsonian,” and Freemantle is figuring they can use reality success to translate into more movie tickets for a sequel that probably won’t break box office records.

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American Idol 8: Top 4 Results

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They sang their hearts out during the performance round. Now, the Top 4 contenders on would find out which of them was to be sent home.  Sixty-four million votes, the highest non-finale tally in Idol history, were cast to bring us the results of the evening.

The Ford video featured 2D cinematography, the song “Move Along” and extremely bad action sequences where Idols ran toward a red car. The group number, “School’s Out,” gave us Slash on the guitar and four very helter skelter Idols who gyrated around the stage. Allison and Adam managed to steal the show again during this group run, though Slash did a fair bit of scene-stealing of his own thanks to a particularly riveting guitar solo.

During the pre-results chat, Danny Gokey called Wednesdays the “most tiring” days of the week. Kris Allen is surprised he’s made it this far in the contest. “We don’t want humble anymore,” told him dryly. Gokey said his last scream from the night before must be his “funniest moment on Idol,” and was so charming and good-natured about the whole thing I’m suddenly back on him again.

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American Idol 8: Matt Giraud’s Peaceful Elimination

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Matt Giraud

“I never imagined myself the ,” admitted after his exit from the show Wednesday. “I was kind of at peace with the whole thing,” he said of ousting from the show, which occurred a mere two weeks after he was saved from the elimination noose by the new judges’ save.

Giraud is looking forward to joining the Idol tour this summer, and thinks perhaps he’ll start a band when all his roadwork is said and done. “Maybe something like The Fray,” he suggested. “I’d love to go in that direction.”

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American Idol 8: Top 5 Results

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The eighth season of is winding down, which means the competition is heating up. “I have your results!” Ryan Seacrest promised at the top of the hour, touting 47 million votes and an evening filled with drama.

“Everybody was good,” said of the preceding performance round, which occurred the night before the results show.

The same could not be said of the terrible Ford music video, which was again marked by bad choreography and poor cinematography. The Top 5 then performed a medley of “I Don’t Mean a Thing” and “I Got Rhythm.” I still didn’t get to hear “Swingin’ on a Star.” The Top 5 group performance was, in a word, awful. It was boring, the song choices were bad and the choreography was decidedly lackluster after last week’s highly entertaining performance.

The Idol contestant clip of the week showed the Top 5 in the kitchen, who attempted to make birthday cakes for celebrants Allison Iraheta and Danny Gokey. A horrendous mess ensued. then gave Gokey a gift - a bill from Best Bets Maid Service, LLC. They charged $6,000 for the disaster in the kitchen. “You mean American Idol doesn’t take care of that?” Danny quipped.

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Anoop Desai on Life After Idol

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Anoop Desai “I am definitely going to pursue a music career,” Anoop Desai announced at the press conference held after his ousting. “Singing is what I am the happiest doing. It’s what I do the best,” he added. Desai, 22, was attending post-graduate courses in North Carolina before his journey to Hollywood.

Now, he’s not going back. Desai has decided to forgo the rest of his classes to concentrate on his music, which he has some pretty clear ideas about already - “pop and R&B” will be featured on his first album. 

In the meantime, Desai - along with the rest of the Top 10 - will be a part of the Idol summer tour.

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