American Idol Winners

Be careful what you wish for. While "American Idol" fans (and certainly producers) have been itching for what they hope will be the epic showdown between the Davids for months, now that the last woman standing, Syesha Mercado, has been tossed from the locker room , it's worth asking: Do we really want a male "Idol"? Or, better yet, is there a jinx on male "Idol" winners? Since season-one winner Kelly Clarkson took the mantle, two-thirds of "Idol" winners have been female and, to date, they have all managed to have very respectable (Fantasia Barrino, Jordin Sparks) if not superstar (Carrie Underwood, Clarkson) careers. The men, on the other hand, have had a less-stellar path. In fact, so far, the two male winners, season two's Ruben Studdard and season five's Taylor Hicks, are the only top vote-getters to be dropped from their major-label deals . The tale of the tape tells it all: Underwood and Clarkson are the undisputed "Idol&

LOS ANGELES, CA--(Marketwire - April 18, 2008) - Lyric Jeans, Inc. ( PINKSHEETS : LYJN ), the parent company behind the LYRIX brand for girls, today announced that 9-year-old Dakota Prado from Brooklyn, New York, was selected the winner of its "Be An 'American Idol' for a Day" sweepstakes held at Macy's Herald Square in New York City. Dakota's favorite "American Idol" contestant this season is David Archuleta, and she loves songs by past "American Idol" winners such as "A Moment Like This" by Kelly Clarkson and "Dream Girls" by Jennifer Hudson. This will be her first trip to Los Angeles from her native New York, where she attends the 3rd grade at a magnet school specializing in media and the arts. As the winner of the sweepstakes Dakota will be flown to Los Angeles with her grandmother and will receive a LYRIX wardrobe to wear to the season finale of "American Idol." LYRIX is a rock n' roll apparel lin