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|  Jordin recently did an interview with USATODAY.Com. It looks like she's going to be performing for Idol Gives Back, I cant wait! Be sure to read!
As American Idol narrows its field to 12 Thursday (Fox, 8 ET/PT), last year's winner is having to play catch-up.
Jordin Sparks says she has missed most of Season 7 except for the first week's audition rounds.
"But since I was part of it, I've got my connections," says the 18-year-old singer, who has top-40 airplay hits with her singles Tattoo and No Air, a duet with Chris Brown. The show's producers sent her a DVD of "the top 50-ish" auditions.
"I really like David Archuleta," she says. "He's so adorable, and I'm like, 'Oh, look at him! He's so cute!' "
Should Archuleta win the show's seventh season, he'd replace Sparks as Idol's youngest winner, but only by a few days.
Three other teens remain in the competition, which judge Randy Jackson has praised repeatedly for its youthful talent: Asia'h Epperson, 19; Danny Noriega, 18; and Kady Malloy, 18. Four of the eight already eliminated also were teens.
Sparks says the easiest trap for young contestants "is picking a safe song because you're scared. I did that a couple times, and they were not my best performances."
Instead, Sparks recommends: "Go with your gut. If you think you can pull off a song, do it and show what you've got."
Sparks' other advice for the top 12: "Any extra time you have, sleep. Sickness is very easy to get (on Idol)." (Several contestants, among them Kristy Lee Cook, Carly Smithson and Syesha Mercado, have learned this lesson firsthand.)
And don't keep changing your personality. "People will get confused. If you're bubbly and quirky and funny, you be that. If you're shy and soft-spoken, be that."
Sparks says she's not bothered by the professional résumés of this season's finalists; at least three have had major-label record deals. "I'd say more power to them. They're still working hard. It's their dream."
She does wish her season's contestants had been given the option of playing instruments, although "I probably would have just stuck with singing. I can only play acoustic guitar."
Sparks is scheduled to perform on Idol Gives Back April 9 before heading out on tour with Alicia Keys April 19 and could return to Idol for another appearance.
"I'm really excited to meet the contestants," Sparks says. "I can't wait to be able to sit down and talk to them. | | |
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