According to this article, Chris's brother Jon is definitely out of the AI7 competition:

http://www.pagesix.com/story/these+are+your+american+idols

I guess the fact that Chris just said in his blog that his brother took time off from work to visit with him this weekend is another clue...

This is an interesting read. It's about Adam Fisher (HPF guitar p_layer_), Don Chapman (HPF strings/synth arranger) and Tim Light, a worship leader in the UK. They have teamed together and are using the internet to lead and spread worship music all over the world. They produce music through computer software instead of using record labels:

http://www.cbn.com:80/cbnnews/286968.aspx

Here's an update on Gina, where she says that Chris has been giving her an assist with her songwriting:

http://www.dailyherald.com:80/story/?id=95584

Hollywood week is bringing out remembrances of Chris and Co. (see Change #4):

http://www.mtv.com:80/news/articles/1581471/20080213/id_0.jhtml

Fourth paragraph down:

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/tvguide/351111_idolrecap12.html

Many articles have writtten about the David Cook controversy regarding his CD being pulled off of Amazon. Chris is often used as an example of a contestant whose prior CD was allowed to remain on Amazon while he was a contestant and under AI contract. Here are a couple of examples:
http://www.myfoxkc.com:80/myfox/pages/Entertainment/Detail?contentId=6360909&version=5&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=7.1.1

http://www.votefortheworst.com:80/20080425/david_cooks_album_pulled_amazon

http://media.herald-dispatch.com/blog/idol/2008/04/david-cooks-cd-hits-1-at-amazon.html

In her EW AI 7 review, Nadia Turner gives props to Chris for supporting Syesha and helping to keep her in contention.
http://www.ew.com:80/ew/article/0,,20194940,00.html

Kevin Max is coming to Greenville, so Chris gets a mention in GreenvilleOnline.com for being on his album, “The Blood”:
http://greenvilleonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080425/ENT/80424105