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It happens every year. Somebody online always puts together a list of "finalists" for the upcoming season of American Idol, and while they usually have at least some of them right, they usually don't have them all right. MTV News says this year's list comes courtesy of IdolForums.com, so if you don't like spoilery stuff, don't go there. "JoesPlace" posted the list giving names, ages, and MySpace pages of the Hollywood bound contestants.

If you do want to learn anything about these people outside the FOX media influence, you'd better hit up the MySpace pages, as past experience has proven that FOX strips these pages to the bare minimum once the show starts. "Hi, my name is Bob. Vote for me on FOX's American Idol", and maybe one picture.

While FOX and the alleged contestants are not commenting, many of them have each other listed as MySpace Friends despite living all over the country and have left comments for one another seeming to lend validity to the claim. So if you're jonesing for the Idol and can't wait until January, maybe you can meet some of your soon-to-be-best-friends now.