“American Idol” Katharine McPhee strips off her clothes to show off her fabulous, smoking hot bikini body on the cover of the latest issue of Shape Magazine (February 2010). The 25 year-old singer talks about her past struggle with bulimia and how difficult it really is to be married and share everything with someone. [Katharine McPhee Goes Blonde Pictures!]

Here are some highlights of Katharine McPhee’s Shape Magazine interview:

Of her seven-year struggle with bulimia:”The more I focused on my weight, the worse my bulimia got,” she says. “Now I’m more easygoing. I stopped fighting myself and became more forgiving of my body. Ironically, the weight came off naturally through exercise, but no dieting.”

On her wedding to boyfriend and manager, Nick Cokas, two years ago: She says she “envisioned what my perfect wedding would be like. I was going to be Cinderella in a carriage,” she says. “Needless to say, I set myself up for disappointment. Yes, it was beautiful, but nothing like that! I was like, ‘Oh, my God, my dress is so tight. I’m so hungry!’”

And living together also turned out to be tougher than she thought: “Everyone said it would be hard, but I didn’t believe them. Surprise, surprise. It was really difficult! I had to switch from ‘me’ mode to ‘we’ mode. But that’s not a negative thing, it’s just a challenge. That’s been my biggest lesson since Idol and getting married, that life is not what you expect. Acknowledging that helped me grow up fast.”

Former American Idol Katharine McPhee, who still manages to look absolutely hot with her new blonde look (more photos), performed her new single ‘I Had It All’ off her third album ‘Unbroken’ at the 83rd annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City on Thursday (November 26).

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“American Idol” runner-up Katharine McPhee has completely changed her hair color and style, going from brunette hair to a bleached blonde described as a rocker style new look to promote her latest album “Unbroken”, which hits stores October 6.

“I’ve never dyed my hair before so this was a pretty drastic change,” Katharine said. “I’ve always been known as a brunette but I’ve been thinking about it for a long time and it kind of just fit with all of the searching with the music and experimenting that I would do the same thing with my look.”

The 25 year-old singer/songwriter revealed her new look matches her music, which has become edgier when compared to her self-titled debut album (2007): “My music is a little more edgy so that inspired me to be adventurous.”

Katharine McPhee Blonde Photos

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Newlyweds Katharine McPhee and Nick Cokas are spending their honeymoon on the Hawaiian island of Oahu.

The 23-year-old singer-actress and producer Cokas, 42, were married on Saturday in Beverly Hills before heading to the tropical getaway of Oahu. Romance wasn’t the only thing on McPhee’s mind as she was spotted shopping at the local Gucci store – but they couple did stop for a post-purchase hug.

McPhee and Cokas married last Saturday in Los Angeles before friends and family.  The two announced their engagement back in November.

photo: PEOPLE 

Former American Idol finalist, Katharine McPhee, married actor Nick Cokas today in Los Angeles according to OK! magazine.  Nick is nineteen years older than the 23-year-old singer.

According to a source close to singer Katharine McPhee, the 23-year-old American Idol runner-up was married to her boyfriend, actor Nick Cokas in a ceremony in Los Angeles on Saturday.

Back in November McPhee announced her engagement to the dinosaur.

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Former American Idol finalist Katharine McPhee has announced her engagement to 42-year-old actor Nick Cokas.

McPhee, 23, recently has been showing off a ring from Cokas, 42. They have been dating for more than a year.

“Katharine is bubbling over with excitement for her upcoming wedding,” a source says. “She is all smiles when she talks about the planning. It sounds like everything is going very smoothly.”

What a shame! I am a bit speechless at this beauty going into hospice care.  Congrats to the happy couple!

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Former American Idol contestant Katharine McPhee has faked her first pregnancy….on screen at least in the film House Bunny which is currently filming.

“I [do] definitely want to have a baby, and it’s fun to just pretend and look in the mirror,” McPhee, 23, told Entertainment Tonight this week about wearing a faux bump to shoot House Bunny. “I think it’ll probably hold me off a bit on having a baby.

“Today is the first day I’m wearing the prosthetic belly, which wraps all the way around [to] my back, and it’s actually really comfortable,” she said.

McPhee says she keeps bumping into people on the set due to the increased heavy front load.

The fake bump is certainly on the larger side, McPhee explained to PEOPLE, “[In this project], I’m in my ninth month, so I should be hanging kind of low.”

Katharine seems to be being pretty smart about her career decisions.

Katharine McPhee is on the cover of the August issue of Stuff magazine strutting her stuff.  Is she the sexiest American Idol ever?

Former American Idol contestant and successful singer Katharine McPhee graces the cover of the June issue of Lucky magazine.  McPhee is like a more beautiful Katie Holmes who can sing.  If she keeps her nose clean and image relatively spotless she could hang around a long time and sell a lot of records CD’s.

 

Saturday night VH1 hosted the ‘Big in 06′ Awards. Pictured above (top) are Fergie, Hayden Panettiere, (bottom) Paris Hilton, and Katharine McPhee.