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" \nThis week was crazier than I could ever imagine. Between the American Idol finale, a quick trip home to Arizona to spend some time with my friend Wendy, and my tour with Alicia Keys, I&amp;#039;m lucky my head is still on my shoulders!  The day of the finale I wore three different dresses. By now I&amp;#039;m used to changing a couple times a day. My red carpet dress was white with ruffles from BCBG. I loved it! I performed in a gold and shiny dress from Prada. It was sooo different for me, but it was cool. To the after party I wore a strapless, scarlet cocktail dress from Dolce &amp;amp;amp; Gabbana. My hair was straight for all three looks, which always takes up most of my primping time. I had such a good time! I saw past winners Carrie and Fantasia, and other past contestants Blake, Haley, Sanjaya, Chris Rich, Chris, Sligh, Lakisha, and Melinda. The top 12 of this season were so incredibly talented and sweet. When it came down to the final two, I couldn&amp;#039;t pick. So I voted for both David Cook and David Archuleta.  The next day, we made it to New Orleans just in time for another show. We drove through the flooded streets, did the sound check, and I went back to my dressing room to get ready. I think New Orleans was my best show vocally. I could feel Wendy, who recently died after suffering from Melanoma, holding me together, and helping me get through it. Later that night, we drove to Tampa for the next show.  In Tampa I got to spend time with some really close family friends. My friend Christa and I went to the Cheesecake Factory and did a little shopping. I picked up two dresses at BeBe and a bag full of MAC makeup, then we went to pick up her kids Tre, Lexi and Christian. I haven&amp;#039;t seen them in awhile...it&amp;#039;s so amazing how fast kids grow up. They&amp;#039;re little people!!! They voice their opinions and talk your head off, but you can&amp;#039;t help but love them. We had dinner at PF Changs and ran into Ne-Yo and some of his crew. While I was in town I got to go to the kids&amp;#039; track meet. It was so packed I thought, &amp;quot;This is not a good idea.&amp;quot; But I stayed to watch them run. I was so incredibly proud of them. I don&amp;#039;t know when I&amp;#039;m going to be able to do that again.  Right now, I&amp;#039;m sitting on the tour bus waiting to go to the next venue. We&amp;#039;ve got a show at 8 p.m., and between now and then my schedule is pretty packed. Got to go, some hullabaloo is happening in the front of the bus. Bye!!! :) "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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