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"&lt;img alt=\"0525_phillip_phillips_getty\" src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2012/05/25/0525-phillip-phillips-getty-1.jpg\" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;\"&lt;strong&gt;American Idol&lt;/strong&gt;\" winner &lt;strong&gt;Phillip Phillips&lt;/strong&gt; will get badly-needed surgery for a bum kidney on Tuesday, and he'll be recuperating in style in a swanky Malibu mansion ... TMZ has learned.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As we first reported, Phillip endured immense pain during the entire competition ... the result of a congenital kidney stone problem that has already resulted in 8 surgeries.&amp;#160; He's been living with kidney stones that are so big they can't pass through his system.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Doctors inserted a stent into Phillip's kidney 7 weeks ago, as a temporary fix, but the pain borders on unbearable.&amp;#160; In fact, when Phillip went home to Georgia a week ago, his doctor urged him to throw in the towel and get the surgery immediately, but Phillip said no.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So we've learned the surgery will take place Tuesday afternoon. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Phillip's recovery is expected to take weeks -- as many as 6.&amp;#160; But here's the good news.&amp;#160; A honcho from the \"A.I.\" production company has offered his home to Phillip and his parents for the entire recovery."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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