By Richard Rushfield, Author of American Idol: The Untold Story
Idol was perhaps the first show on television to have as much of a life off the screen as on. These days we are used to The Hills girls, Bachelor contestants, Real Housewives and Jersey Shore housemates seeing their dramas spill over from the shows that made them famous to the covers of the tabloids and the greater celeb-obsessed blogosphere.
But when Idol debuted on the US airwaves in 2002, such a phenomenon was relatively unknown. The Internet was still in its infancy and network … Read More »
















