Video: Five American Idol Castoffs Who Became Famous

Updated 11/02/11 11:01 AM · Posted 03/21/11 3:35 PM by PopSugar · 7 comments

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As the competition heats up on season 10 of American Idol, all but one will hear the words "you're going home tonight." Just because their time on Idol will come to an end, it doesn't mean their careers are over! As past years have shown us, many young hopefuls go on to even bigger and better things after departing the show's stage. From Jennifer Hudson to Chris Daughtry and Adam Lambert, here are five of our favorites who found huge success after getting the boot on AI.