Brooke White News

Lost in the excitement over David Cook and David Archuleta is news on other American Idol finalists from season seven. For example, here's an impressive look at what Brooke White is up to:

The talented singer has teamed up with Idol Gives Back and Malaria No More, to launch the “Save The World Summer” campaign.  The initiative seeks to encourage kids to utilize their summer vacation in order to raise money for charitable causes.

Specially, the “Save the World Summer” campaign is focusing on the impoverished in Africa; the participant that raises the most bed nets for Malaria No More will receive two tickets to next year’s American Idol finale.

“It’s empowering for kids to learn how they can take simple steps to make a huge impact, be it through providing food for a hungry family, planting a tree to combat global warming or donating a bed net to protect a child from malaria," White said.

"By learning that every individual can make a difference, they are learning what I learned through my experience on American Idol—that anything is possible.”

Review more information about the “Save the World Summer” campaign and all the rules and regulations involving the American Idol finale ticket prize at the charity's official website.

What was Brooke White thinking when Ryan Seacrest announced her run on American Idol was over?

"Boom, it hit me" she told reporters following her elimination Wednesday night. "This is over."

As tears ran down her cheek, Brooke thought about "the fear of going back into the real world, and what does the future hold?"

"I hoped so much that I could have been stronger. I'm an emotional girl and I'm passionate, and that came through on the stage," White said.

The lovely, talented singer did concede that, in a certain way, getting the Idol ax was a relief. Her self-confidence issues, for example, "escalated at times ... [and] at other times I felt like I had a better handle on it."

Due to the deep emotions that surfaced for her throughout the show - and the pressure that went with then - White said, "in that sense, it does feel kind of good to be done with that, but I was welcoming the challenge as well."

Now that Brooke is out, who do you think will be eliminated next?

In case you missed last night's American Idol - or wanna relive the emotion - here's the clip of Brooke White being eliminated. She deserved to go, but we still felt bad for this talented singer.

Paula Abdul summed it up well (seriously): "Brooke White's tears come from the authentic, good soul that she is. Her heart was breaking because she was overwhelmed with the experience she had with the show and the gift that it brought."

Two weeks after she forgot the lyrics to a song, and one day after she wrote the lyrics to another on her hand, Brooke White was eliminated from American Idol.

She and Syesha Mercado were stuck in the bottom two last night, though no one was surprised when Brooke's name was called. Do you think it was time for her to go?

Here's a look back at White's time on the show. Click on any photo now to see a larger version...

Following their performances this week, it might be safe to say that David Archuleta and Brooke White are the favorites on American Idol.

The former caused Paula Abdul to cry with his rendition of "Imagine" by John Lennon; while the latter showed how simple this competition can be: all you need is a stool, a guitar and a beautiful voice to turn Carly Simon's "You're So Vain" into a delightful, modern tune.

Check out each audition now and let us know your favorite... 

It was the first ladies night on American Idol season seven. A handful of contestants were impressive, while a few others - such as Kristy Lee Cook and Joanne Borgella - suffered through the flu.

The following three women left the best impression on our staff after an evening of auditions:

• Brooke White: She hasn't received as much publicity as other semifinalists, but this innocent young blonde wowed judges with her rendition of "Happy Together." Paula said: "You picked the right song and you did a great job."

• Asia'h Epperson: Simon referred to her performance of "Piece of My Heart" as his "favorite of the night." We've been major supporters of this star since her first audition.

• Ramiele Malubay, meanwhile, continues to prove that good things come in small packages. Perhaps contradicing himelf with his praise of Epperson, Simon nonetheless told Malubay that "tonight, you outsang every single person."