More idol droppings

More shattered dreams as audience phone-in votes prove to be a bad guide to what will be sold for cold hard cash: Katharine McPhee has been dropped.

Mr Hicks, get in here

The new-year clear out at US labels has brought to an end the thrilling prizes won by two American Idols: Ruben Suddard and the much less successful Taylor Hicks have both been allowed to return to work in the security industry.

Hicks has plans to put out his new album on his own, although since he's probably the only person interested in it, he might as well consider that he's hit his sale targets.