THE LATEST CONTESTANTS TO BE VOTED OFF “AMERICAN IDOL” WILL MAKE FIRST LATE NIGHT TALK SHOW APPEARANCES ON CBS’s “LATE SHOW with DAVID LETTERMAN” EACH MONDAY, BEGINNING MARCH 22

NEW YORK, March 19 – As it gets down to the final 12 singers in the competition, the latest contestants to be voted off “American Idol” each week will make their first late night talk show appearances on the LATE SHOW with DAVID LETTERMAN every Monday, beginning Monday, March 22 with recently eliminated Lacey Brown, and culminating in a performance on the LATE SHOW by the ultimate winner of this season’s contest.

The LATE SHOW with DAVID LETTERMAN, broadcast weeknights (11:35 PM-12:37 AM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network, is a production of Worldwide Pants Incorporated. Barbara Gaines, Matt Roberts, Jude Brennan, Maria Pope, Eric Stangel, Justin Stangel and Rob Burnett are the executive producers.

Official CBS Web site: http://www.cbs.com/late_night/late_show/