American Idol Expecting Twins
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Chris Daughtry and his wife, Deanna, are expecting twins this November, he announced on his Web site Monday.
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"Deanna and I are overjoyed about this double blessing," said the Season 5 fourth-place finisher, 30. "Thank you for your expressions of love and support and for respecting for our privacy during this special time."
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The singer -- who has gone on to front his own eponymous band, Daughtry -- detailed their struggle to get pregnant.
"Due to Deanna's partial hysterectomy in 2006, the couple used IVF and had their embryos transferred to a gestational surrogate," said a statement on the site.
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The couple, who wed in November 2001, are also parents to Hannah, 13 (from a prior relationship of Deanna, 36), and Griffin, 11.
