American Idol Stardom Keeps Idol's Lee DeWyze Single — For Now

via People

Is Ms. Right out there? If she’s the one for American Idol winner Lee DeWyze, she better be patient. The single singer can’t quite focus on mingling these days.

“I am single, yes. I think a relationship right now will be pretty hard,” DeWyze tells PEOPLE, saying his demanding American Idols Live! Tour schedule could keep him from starting a relationship.

“That kind of stuff takes a lot of time and patience, and I know right now I just don’t think it’d be fair to anybody,” he says. “When I meet the right girl I’ll definitely have no hesitations to a relationship.”

In the meantime, DeWyze is enjoying his stardom and reveling in the opportunity to meet fans face-to-face.

“The absolute best part of this whole process is to being able to see people who have supported me,” he says. “I’m excited to put out an album and go on tour and meet the fans and that’s why I did this.”

Trust us, they are excited too!

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No More Season 9 Shirts

For those of you interested in purchasing an American Idol Season 9 shirt from Idol Shirts (or any other shop), you better act now to make sure you get the design you want. I received an email from Cafepress this morning stating the following:

As Season 9 has now concluded, CafePress can no longer offer merchandise featuring the specific contestants from American Idol Season 9. Therefore, as of June 23, 2010 you Season 9 designs will be pended.

After that date, please do not create any designs that feature specific Season 9 contestants nor tag your generic American Idol designs with those contestants' names. Also, if you find a Season 9 contestant-specific design in your Media Basket that we missed, we would appreciate you removing the design on your own.

I'm not 100% sure, so don't quote me on this, but I believe they are only taking down designs with the contestants full names. Again, I'm not certain about this. I guess we will find out on Wednesday.

Also, you will no longer be able to do a search for the contestants on Cafepress. If you do, you will receive a message saying "No Matching Results Found." However, you still should be able to purchase designs directly from our store.

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"Beleeve Buttons & Bands" Contest

Our "Beleeve Buttons & Bands" contest on twitter yesterday was a huge success! Fans of Lee DeWyze had all day to retweet the following phrase: "I want to win a "Beleeve Buttons & Bands" package from @IdolShirts!" Some people tweeted hundreds of times and others tweeted a few times. We had a grand total of 1,328 retweets! UnbeLEEvable!

The winner was chosen randomly this morning. We set up all the tweets on our computer, scrolled the mouse with our eyes closed, and stopped on a tweet. The lucky winner was Gina Ricci, aka DeWyzeGirl08 on twitter. Gina will receive one "Beleeve Button" and one "Beleeve Band" to wear at the American Idols Live tour.

Congratulations, Gina! Thank you to everyone who entered!

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Lee DeWyze Army T-Shirts

Idol Shirts has partnered up with the Lee DeWyze Army to bring you two different styles of t-shirts. The first style is an army-themed design in army green colors. The second design is one of our best-sellers modified with "Lee DeWyze Army" and their slogan "Live. Love. Lee." on the back of the shirt. Both of these designs are available on shirts and a number of different products. Show your support for Lee and the Lee DeWyze Army by purchasing one of these shirts.

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Make sure you follow the Lee DeWyze Army on twitter: www.twitter.com/LeeDeWyzeArmy

Beleeve Buttons & Bands

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Get Ready for the American Idols Live Tour

In less than a month, your favorite ten Idols will be traveling from city to city to perform for you. You've watched them all season and soon you will have the chance to show the Idols how much you love them. We have several t-shirts available for each of the ten Idols. Here are some of our favorite designs.

Lee DeWyze launches official Twitter account

American Idol winner Lee DeWyze has launched his official Twitter account with the obvious username of @LeeDeWyze. Despite having tweeted only a handful of times thus far, DeWyze currently has about twenty thousand followers (the account has been verified by Twitter itself as being authentic). Lee’s first official tweet? “Hey everyone! This is my official Twitter , so glad to be able to talk to you now, so sign up! I’ll keep you posted on everything! – lee”

'American Idol' Winner Lee DeWyze To Sing At NBA Finals On Sunday

via MTV News

Before the Lakers and Celtics face off in game two at the Staples Center, DeWyze will perform the national anthem.

This time 12 months ago, "American Idol" season-nine champ Lee DeWyze was probably kicking back with some pals at a Mt. Prospect, Illinois, bar while watching the NBA Finals. What a difference a year makes. DeWyze will have a front-row seat for Sunday (June 6) night's game two of the Los Angeles Lakers/ Boston Celtics series at L.A.'s Staples Center when he sings the national anthem before tip-off.

The gig will be DeWyze's first performance at a major event since he won "Idol" last Wednesday, and ABC will air it live beginning at 8 p.m. ET. DeWyze will join good company, as the NBA has featured nearly all the "AI" winners at its championship games since 2004, including Kelly Clarkson, Ruben Studdard, Carrie Underwood, Taylor Hicks, Jordin Sparks, David Cook and Kris Allen.

The slot in front of 20,000 screaming NBA fans will be good practice for this summer's American Idols Live! tour, which will hit 49 markets beginning on July 1 with a show at the Palace of Auburn Hills in Auburn Hills, Michigan, and keep the top 10 on the road through a September 16 date in Portland, Maine.

DeWyze also made his official debut on the Billboard Digital Songs chart this week. And while the numbers were tame, the former paint store clerk said he was not sweating it.

"You can't complain about that, regardless of what it is," DeWyze told MTV News. "But this is the first season that we did a cover song for the finale, and that's obviously different from past seasons, whatever part that has to do with it. ... There [were] things presented, and, you know, that was the right song for the moment, I felt. And I'm glad I did it."

DeWyze's coronation song, a cover of U2's "Beautiful Day," landed at #12, while four of his other remakes from the show, "Hallelujah," "The Boxer," "Everybody Hurts" and "Simple Man," also charted in the top 200, along with his duet with runner-up Crystal Bowersox of "Falling Slowly."

Lee DeWyze: The American Idol

From paint-store clerk to American Idol winner, Lee DeWyze has had quite a year! Lee DeWyze beat Crystal Bowersox to take the ninth American Idol title. We created a special shirt to celebrate Lee's victory.



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