Season 5s second runner-up, Elliott Yamin is currently in Chile participating in theVia del Mar International Song Festival. Chile experienced an 8.8 magnitude earthquake last week while Elliott was there.He is currently ok and reporting in via his twitter account. Today he tweeted, Hey yall,.I am fine....no need 2 worry about my meds!...I have insulin....I will live!!..thanx ur concern everybody!! Less than two weeks ago, Elliott was in Africa for Idol Gives Back. Read about his trip.
Season 7 runner-up David Archuleta will be one of several artists in the Latin community participating in the Spanish version of the song, We Are The World, created by Gloria and Emilio Estefan. The song will be titled Somos El Mundo. Some of your favorite Idols joined together to record We Are The World 25 For Haiti. Read about it.
Season 7 finalist Carly Smithson and her group, We Are The Fallen, will release their debut album, Tear Down the World on May 11th with Universal Records. Bury Me Alive, the groups first single, has a new release date for radio of March 23rdread more