Crystal Bowersox: The Reality Rocks

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Crystal Bowersox: The Reality Rocks

Many past "American Idol" contestants have milked personal sob stories to increase their likability factor, but during Season 9, runner-up Crystal Bowersox only needed to rely on her immense talent to get all the way to the finale. She kept much of her personal life tightly under wraps during the show, but still, viewers couldn't help but detect a depth of pain and hard-won life experience behind her quiet, steely exterior.

When I recently got the chance to interview Crystal over at Sony Music headquarters in Los Angeles, talk about her goal to not make a typical "cheesy" Idol album and the possibility of her crossing over to the country market soon led (around the 4:30 mark in the video below) to a heartfelt discussion about her album's "here I am, this is my story, take it or leave it" statement song.

It's definitely autobiographical. I never want to talk about my mother poorly because she did the best she could...She was a single mom of three kids. That is not easy...We were poor and she would get frustrated and she didn't know how to deal with her emotions, and she'd turn to drinking and things would get physical a lot in our house growing up...There was constant chaos, cops on the lawn, physical fights and stuff. A lot of my youth was very dark and ugly. But I don't see 'Farmer's Daughter' as a dark song, because for me it was healing.

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Crystal Bowersox.

Crystal Bowersox captured our hearts on American Idol, and her career is definitely taking off thanks to the show. With her debut album, Farmers Daughter, finally being released, Crystal Bowersox is an all-American success story that everyone should feel inspired by.Here are five things you may not know about Crystal Bowersox’s untold story.

1. Crystal Bowersox didn’t tell American Idol producers her whole story, because she didn’t want America voting for her because they felt sorry for her.

2. Before American Idol, Crystal Bowersox dug through garbage cans for food and slept on park benches.

3. When her son was born, she couldn’t afford a crib, so he slept in a Moses basket on her nightstand. (Crystal did say that her son is getting a race car bed this Christmas.

4. Some of the lyrics on Farmers Daughter suggest that she was the child of an alcoholic, and was abused.

5. Crystal Bowersox admits that her upbringing was “dark and ugly.”

Be sure to get Crystal Bowersox’s new album, Farmer’s Daughter. It’s sure to be a hit!

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The Results of the UFC 124 Matches.

UFC 124: GSP Vs. Koscheck – UFC 124 takes place in Montreal tomorrow. Maybe if you’ve visited the site with our speakers on this week you’ve heard about it. Josh Koscheck is going to beat Georges St. Pierre. How do you like that Montreal? It will be a hometown crowd for welterweight champion Georges St. Pierre as he takes on.

UFC 124: Dana White Says Pay-Per-View Will Do “Record Business” – UFC 124: When Dana White talks, people usually listen. And the UFC president has said that he expects UFC 124 to do “record business.” At the pay-per-view’s press conference yesterday, White said that Montreal’s Bell Centre will be packed with more than 23,000 fans and rake in more than $5 million at the gate. The current records for a UFC event are UFC 66 in Las Vegas ($5,397,300 at the gate.

UFC 124 Fever and Weigh-In Results – The official weigh-in of UFC 124 fighters was concluded last night. Check out their official weights and statistics and how the crowd reacted.

UFC 124: Georges St-Pierre and the 10 Most Well-Rounded MMA Fighters (w/Video) – When the Ultimate Fighting Championship invades Montreal for UFC 124: St-Pierre vs. Koscheck 2, it will mark the organization’s fifth appearance North of the Border. The event will be the Bell Centre’s fourth, with UFC 115 in Vancouver rounding out the Canadian quintet. The event will also mark a possible crowning moment for UFC Welterweight Champion Georges St-Pierre.

UFC 124: Fight Card Predictions and Latest News Heading Into Event – UFC 124 is just over 24 hours away, and the event will be headlined by the highly anticipated rematch between Georges St. Pierre and Josh Koscheck. It’s the UFC’s welterweight champion versus the fighter who fans love to hate. A record crowd is expected to be on hand for what should be one of the most entertaining fights of the year.

UFC 124 preview: Trash-talkers Koscheck and McCorkle get chance to back it up – Millions of pay-per-view buys back a simple fact: Trash-talking sells. Thankfully for the UFC, there’s been plenty of that to go around in the two marquee fights of UFC 124, whether it be in person, on camera, or online.

UFC 124: Josh Koscheck Addresses His “Bad Guy” Reputation – UFC 124: Josh Koscheck is undoubtedly the “the bad guy” in his UFC 124 fight against George St. Pierre in his home country of Canada. And according to Yahoo! Sports, Koscheck has definitely embraced the role . “I’m a bad guy; what can I say?” Koscheck said. “That’s what everybody believes, so I might as well go with it. I’m here to win fights, make money and be successful.

UFC 124: Josh Koscheck Addresses His “Bad Guy” Reputation – UFC 124: Josh Koscheck is undoubtedly the “the bad guy” in his UFC 124 fight against George St. Pierre in his home country of Canada. And according to Yahoo! Sports, Koscheck has definitely embraced the role . “I’m a bad guy; what can I say?” Koscheck said. “That’s what everybody believes, so I might as well go with it. I’m here to win fights, make money and be successful.

UFC 124: Josh Koscheck Addresses His “Bad Guy” Reputation – UFC 124: Josh Koscheck is undoubtedly the “the bad guy” in his UFC 124 fight against George St. Pierre in his home country of Canada. And according to Yahoo! Sports, Koscheck has definitely embraced the role . “I’m a bad guy; what can I say?” Koscheck said. “That’s what everybody believes, so I might as well go with it. I’m here to win fights, make money and be successful.

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