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“It was so surreal … tons of people I’ve never seen in my life [showed up] that were from all over actually.”

- American Idol Top 3 finalist Kree Harrison, on the fans awaiting her Texas homecoming, to PEOPLE

“I wanted to focus on the people there and show Beverly [Mass.], how much I appreciate them.”

- American Idol Top 3 finalist Angie Miller, who concentrated on her fans rather than future competitions while visiting her hometown, to PEOPLE

“When I first ate fried chicken for the first time in four months, that’s when I knew that I was home.”

- American Idol Top 3 finalist Candice Glover, on returning to her South Carolina hometown, to PEOPLE

Celeb Quote of the Week #2 

“I’m not going to get married, Ryan. I’m not interested in that. I don’t have to prove to people that I’m straight.”

– Chelsea Handler, after pestering guest Ryan Seacrest on when he’s going to pop the question to girlfriend Julianne Hough, on her talk show

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Celeb Quote of the Week #2

“We gel well in a weird crazy way.”

– Nicki Minaj, on her relationship with fellow American Idol judge Mariah Carey, during the show’s season premiere

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“A girl will definitely win this year.”

- Nicki Minaj, on her predictions for the upcoming season of American Idol, to PEOPLE

“Sometimes you are afraid of being too famous.”

- Nicki Minaj, on the judgmental culture in hip-hop, to The Hollywood Reporter

“I was the UN.”

- Keith Urban, joking about how he stayed neutral during the heated exchange between fellow American Idol judges Nicki Minaj and Mariah Carey, to Extra

“We are back, it’s on.”

- Randy Jackson, on the return of American Idol with new judges Nicki Minaj and Keith Urban, on Twitter

“She gets me and supports me, and I do the same for her.”

- American Idol alum Lee DeWyze, gushing about his new wife Jonna Walsh, to PEOPLE