American Idol Record Deals: What's Up With the Others?

Los Angeles – So far, American Idol champ Kris Allen, runner-up Adam Lambert and fourth-place finisher Allison Iraheta accept all active recording contracts. But what about the others?

We bent up with the top 10 at their bout rehearsals afresh to apprehend the cachet of their post-Idol plans. And here's what they accept to report...

Danny Gokey: "I'm sitting bottomward with almanac labels abutting week. I achievement to array it out afore tour. But I don't appetite to delay too long, the quicker the better." In the meantime, he continues to abound his Sophia's Heart Foundation, which he created in account of his backward wife. "We're planning a aliment and accouterment drive in Milwaukee. And we're attractive for a ability there or actuality in L.A. for the foundation's events. We ability accept the L.A. ability active aboriginal afore Milwaukee. It's a turnkey operation, so I can alpha active programs appropriate away."

Matt Giraud: "I'm autograph a little, but mostly I'm cat-and-mouse until afterwards the bout and I'll see what happens then."

Scott MacIntyre: "It's a little bit on hold. I've produced some CDs and accept a home studio, so I've started alive on the almanac on my own at home. I've accustomed some interest, and I'm abiding it's activity to access a lot back the bout goes on. I accept talked to publishers and managers, and I'll leave it at that for now."

Lil Rounds: "I anticipate the bout is a abundant advertise for us and will advice body absorption from almanac labels, so I'm cerebration afterwards the bout is back we'll see article happen."

Michael Sarver: "There are some options out there for almanac deals, and I'll absorb those back the time comes. I accomplished song cardinal 900 over this aftermost week. My concise ambition is to address 1,000 songs. I'm gonna accept myself a affair back I get there. I never abdicate writing. It's a big allotment of my life."

Megan Joy: "For those of us that don't apperceive yet, we're declared to acquisition out if annihilation is lined up for us this month. Appropriate now, I'm aloof writing. It's different. It's weird. It's whatever comes out of my mouth. I don't accept annihilation to analyze it to. And I heard a rumor that Stevie Nicks was maybe absent me to comedy her in her movie. I absolutely appetite that to be true."

Anoop Desai: "No CD affairs yet. But I too am attractive at the summer bout as a new audience process."

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