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Aaron Kelly's Ford Fiesta - Click above for high-res image gallery of all Top 12 American Idol Contestant designs

In case you hadn't noticed, Fox's hit show American Idol is back in full swing, and this is the first week that the competition has been narrowed down to the top 12 finalists. As you might expect, then, it's high time that the annual Ford sponsorship of AI goes into high gear as well.

Each of the Top 12 Idolists teamed up with four of Ford's brightest up-and-coming designers to come up with their own unique take on the Blue Oval's well-regarded Fiesta hatchback. Fans of the show (or fans of the car, we suppose) can enter the Ford Music Video Challenge once per week from March 17 through May 21, 2010, for a chance to win one of the vehicles you see here and a trip to the set of a Ford Music Video shoot. The grand prize winner gets a package that includes a Fiesta with their choice of one of the Top 12 designs and tickets to the AI finale.

We've gallerized a front-three-quarter shot of each contestant's Ford Fiesta design below. You know, each one of them is just so.... unique... that we can't quite goad ourselves into picking a winner. Therefore, we've just placed them in alphabetical order by the Idolists' first names. Feel free to rank them yourselves in the Comments. Full details on the Ford Music Video Challenge can be found here, and you can find the official press release after the jump.


Gallery: American Idol Ford Fiesta designs

Aaron Kelly's Ford FiestaAndrew Garcia's Ford FiestaCasey James' Ford FiestaCrystal Bowersox's Ford FiestaDidi Benami's Ford Fiesta

[Source: Ford]

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According to Nielsen, ratings for NASCAR on Fox are down by an alarming 11.5% so far this year, and while we're sure that many NASCAR haters will suggest that it's just not that interesting watching non-stock "stock cars" turning left over and over again as they circle oval tracks, race organizers and TV ratings researchers believe there's much more to the decline in viewership than that.

Certainly, the sorry state of affairs surrounding the world's sagging economy doesn't help matters any, and neither did the rain that forced an early end to the Daytona 500, the sport's pivotal first race of the season. Paul Brooks, president of NASCAR Media Group, also points a finger in the direction of Dale Earnhardt Jr, who's second season as part of Hendrick Motorsports isn't exactly going as hoped.

Regardless of its downward ratings trend in '09, it seems most experts on the subject predict the NASCAR brand will pull through over the long haul, although it will be interesting to see if/how the auto industry crisis affects the cash-intensive motorsports series. In the meantime, NASCAR and Fox are reportedly "looking at every angle" to boost viewership in the short term.

[Source: Sports Business Journal | Image: Roger Smith]

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Toyota is going mobile-- but in a new direction. The automaker is set to announce a groundbreaking deal with Fox television involving the network's drama "Prison Break." Product placement is nothing new, for Toyota or just about any other manufacturer. But the Japanese manufacturer has signed on take part in a spinoff series that will be available on mobile phones, bypassing traditional broadcast and cable outlets.

The phonecast series, to be called "Prison Break: Proof Of Innocence" will be just two-minutes long, and will run ten second spots featuring Toyota's products (the Yaris will be the first such model featured).

Although terms of the deal were not made available, estimates put the agreement at about $10 million.

What do you think about the growth of alternative marketing and paid product placement in films, television, and elsewhere? Sound off in 'Comments.'

[Sources: Wall Street Journal; GenerationMP3]

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