{"id":276949,"date":"2011-02-23T08:55:00","date_gmt":"2011-02-23T08:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/02\/23\/american-idol-finalists-judge-lawyers\/"},"modified":"2011-02-23T08:55:00","modified_gmt":"2011-02-23T08:55:00","slug":"american-idol-finalists-judge-lawyers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/02\/23\/american-idol-finalists-judge-lawyers\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;American Idol&#8221; Finalists Judge Lawyers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div title=\"\"American Idol\" Finalists Judge Lawyers\" description=\"There was a secret competition behind-the-scenes at \" American idol \"' last month -- but this time the wannabes were three prestigious law firms fighting\u2026\" tweet=\"Check out \"American Idol\" Finalists Judge Lawyers from: @HarveyLevinTMZ\" url=\"http:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2011\/02\/22\/american-idol-finalists-contestants-lawyers-law-firm-legal\/\" thumbnail=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/b752cb26tmz-100x100.jpg\" readability=\"47.0247229327\">\n<p>2\/23\/2011 12:55 AM PST\u00a0by TMZ Staff\u00a0\u00a0<like href=\"http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tmz.com%2F2011%2F02%2F22%2Famerican-idol-finalists-contestants-lawyers-law-firm-legal%2F\" layout=\"button_count\" show_faces=\"false\"><\/like><\/p>\n<hr class=\"first\" \/>\n<p>\n                        There was a secret competition behind-the-scenes at &#8220;<strong>American idol<\/strong>&#8220;&#8216; last month &#8212; but this time the wannabes were three prestigious law firms fighting for a job &#8230; and it was up to the singers to decide their fate. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/f925e0c6idol-ex-tmz.jpg\" alt=\"0222_lawyers_american_idol_EX_TMZ\" \/><\/p>\n<p>TMZ has learned &#8230; &#8220;Idol&#8221; execs gave the top 40 finalists the opportunity to select a law firm that would represent the singers &#8230; to review and negotiate the A.I. contract the singers must now sign.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re told three firms gave their best pitches to the group &#8212; and after the presentations, the singers had to vote by a show of hands on which firm would get the job &#8230; majority rules.<\/p>\n<p>In the end, the gang picked <strong>Craig Marshall<\/strong> and <strong>Gary L. Gilbert<\/strong> (<em>see above<\/em>) from the mega-firm of Manatt, Phelps &#038; Phillips &#8212; a firm which boasts huge clients like Coca-Cola, Sony and The Eagles.\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p>Hopefully, the losing firms were treated to a musical montage on their way out. <\/p>\n<p>Tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tmz.com\/category\/american-idol\/\">American Idol<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tmz.com\/category\/american-idol-2011\/\">American Idol 2011<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><!-- POSTMETA BEGIN -->\n                <\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/b752cb26tmz-100x100.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Read this article:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2011\/02\/22\/american-idol-finalists-contestants-lawyers-law-firm-legal\/\" title=\"&quot;American Idol&quot; Finalists Judge Lawyers\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&quot;American Idol&quot; Finalists Judge Lawyers<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> 2\/23\/2011 12:55 AM PST\u00a0by TMZ Staff\u00a0\u00a0 There was a secret competition behind-the-scenes at &#8221; 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