All week long, Idol fan sites like mjsbigblog were abuzz with rumors of Iraheta’s signing. The 17-year-old singer sounds like she’s barely processing the news herself: “I think I’m still in shock that this is happening — getting to record my first album and this whole awesome experience is a dream come true!” Allison said in a statement released to EW by 19 Recordings. (Excited? Check out PopWatch’s exclusive “Rocker Signed” video!)
Notably absent from the recent spate of deal-making? That’d be polarizing third-place finisher, Danny Gokey. Says a rep at 19: “There’s nothing to report just yet.”
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Yah for Allison! Hear she has the top people at Jive on her team! She’s getting the same treatment (perhaps better) than Kris. She’s the Daughtry of this season! Go Allison and Adam.
Rocker Saved!!! She better call the album “Victory Special”
slezak, how stoked are you?!
YES!!!!!
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Rocker. Saved. Nuff said.
Al, Lih, Son!
“Suh-PRIZE!”
YES YES YES YES. That’s all.
Congrats TO AL – LIS – SON!! THE ROCKER!
Rocker Saved!!
Awesome!
Not really surprised to hear that she has signed a deal before Danny Gokey. I know I wouldn’t want to give him a deal if it were my record company.
Great news! She deserves it.
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ALLISONNNNNNNNNNNNNNN ROCK ON GIRL!!
TURN UP THE IRAHETA COMING SOON THIS FALL!! YEAHHHHHHHHH
NATURAL PURE TALENT!! I KNEW ITT
SUCK IT SIMON!!
So looking forward to albums by Kris and Allison.
WOOOOOOO!!! This is such great news! Congrats Allison! and I guess I need to start saving up for the fall so I can get all of these sure—to—be awesome albums. My Bday is in September so that should help!
Fantastic, even better Gokey is still a failure!
Hells, yeah! SO happy right now! Hers is the only album I will buy no question (others, depends on if I like it). LOVE the rocker!
Just watch. Danny will be the most successful. He will do it his way, no matter with whom he signs. He’s smart and will hold out for the best deal. When you have the talent and charisma as he does, you can call the shots! Good luck to them all!
Fantastic news! Go Alison and Kris, my two favorites for AI8!
Can they sign Matt G now? Thanks!
He is the only one left worth signing.
Please 19 sign Matt G!
Even in a story celebrating Allison’s MUCH-DESERVED success…EW can’t help but take a shot at Danny Gokey.
Come on, you guys are better than that (right?)
American Idol is “WAS” a nice wholesome show that the whole family could watch together. They really wrecked it with all the sleeze and hyping. I’m happy for Allison she should have won! And I won’t be watching it with my children anymore if the keep Kara and continue with all the nonsense!
Don’t let the American Idol door hit you in the a**! I had a dog named kimber…she was a BIT**.too!
That chiming you hear is to let you know Gokey’s 15 minutes are now up. There’s a reason he’s not signed, no one wants his untalented, arrogant attitude.
Who is Danny Gokey?
Allison and Adam are the only two whose names we’ll remember years from now. Especially Adam, who is going to be a superstar.
yeah, well… all of that cheering means that you’re actually going to go out and actually BUY the CD, right? ..yeah, right.
All of those ClayMates and only Clays Mom bought his last disc. AI is just a Reality-TV Personality Contest now; ZERO street-cred.
Prom King/Queen has more significance.
Great news! The trinity is complete!
KRADISON!!
Very cool! It was my dream top three — Kris, Adam and Allison. Very happy camper here! I wonder how much their iTune sales had to do with who got signed? It would be really interesting to see, over the course of the whole season, what the iTune chart positions for all the finalists were (if they would ever be released). I’m sure that had to have something to do with getting signed, right?
Yahoo!
Yayyy Allison! Rocker indeed saved!
HOLY. Wow…
I’ve heard a rumor about this, and now that it’s been confirmed, I’m over the moon! The studio did something right-on-the-money and signed the Rocker. Can’t think of any other on the Top 13 who deserves it more.
I can’t wait for the album. Kris/Adam/Allison might not have been the Idol Top 3, but they will become HUGE in the music industry and this is only the start of it.