Idol Season

Season 5 finalist Bucky Covington just released his new single, A Fathers Love (The Only Way He Knew How). Starting today, fans can preview the track at PEOPLE.com for an exclusive first listen to A Fathers Love. The single tells the story of a father who shows his children how much he loves them by taking care of all the little things in life.Written by Liz Hengber, Thom Sheperd and Steve Williams, the featured track is from his upcoming sophomore album, Im Alright, releasing fall 2010.

“We were basically done with the new CD when this song came across the desk…the minute I heard it I knew that I had to cut it,” said Bucky. “It reminds me of my dad when I was growing up and I think many people will relate to it too!” The single will be available beginning Monday at 2pm central via PlayMPE for airplay on country radio.

You can watch Bucky and the rest of the Season 5 gang on this season of Idol Rewind.

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American Idol Carrie Underwood received six Academy of Country Music nominations this morning, including Entertainer of the Year! Carrie is the reigning Entertainer of the Year, and if she wins that category again, she will be the first female in Academy history to capture two Entertainer of the Year trophies.

Carrie is also nominated as an artist and composer for Song of the Year for Cowboy Casanova, as well as Vocal Event of the Year for I Told You So with Randy Travis. In addition, she is nominated for Top Female Vocalist and Album of the Year for Play On. If she wins Top Female Vocalist, it will be the fourth consecutive year she has won the category. Carrie also won the 2006 Album of the Year for Some Hearts.

Just a month ago, Carrie took home her fifth Grammy Award for Best Country Collaboration with Vocals for I Told You So. Her Play On Tour kicks off next week in Pennsylvania. Find a tour near you.

Congratulations, Carrie!

Before Carrie was a trophy collecting star she was the resident farm girl on Season 4 of American Idol. View photos of her performing on Season 4.

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This is a big week for Season 8s third place finalist Danny Gokey. He released his debut album, My Best Days, today. On Thursday, Danny will return to the American Idol stage to perform on the live results show. We caught up with the country crooner this afternoon to find out more about his album, his upcoming tour, his Idol performance, and more.

When asked how he was feeling today, Danny said, Like a million bucks. This is a dream come true. Im so happy with everything. It was less than one year ago that Danny Gokey was an American Idol contestant, and now he has released his debut album. He explains that this past year has been Busy, busy, busy. I moved to Nashville and Im watching things fall into place. Im enjoying life. American Idol was more than just an entertainment show for me. It was a second chance at life.

Danny has always made it known that one of his missions is to create music that touches people. Of all of his songs on My Best Days, he thinks people will connect with Tiny Life, I Will Not Say Goodbye, Its Only, and I Still Believe the most. He has already been hearing from fans today about these songs in particular.

AmericanIdol.com had the exclusive world premiere of Dannys music video for My Best Days Are Ahead Of Me. He gave us a little back story about how the song and video came to be. Danny said when … read more

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