Publication: People
Date: 27 June 2011

Welcome to gossip heck, Jordin Sparks! I say "gossip heck" instead of gossip hell because the 21 year old winner of American False Idol in 2006 is on the cover of People and it's about weight loss, which is one of the nicest kinds of gossip, right up there with finding true love, getting married or having a baby.

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Publication: Star
Date: 23 May 2011

Welcome to gossip hell, James Durbin! The American Idol contestant who was sent home this week is accused by Star of hold a knife to the throat of a child.

Looking online, all I've found out about him is that he was diagnosed with Tourette's and Asperger's, which are major obstacles to overcome.

This is a nominee for Meanest Story of the Week.

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Publication: People
Date: 9 May 2011

People has an interview with the Steven Tyler. Here are the headlines.

• the Aerosmith wild man on his four kids, eight rehabs and stunning comeback on American (False) Idol.
  
• "I don't ever want to be a bad example again."

He's on that awful show, so he'll always be a bad example of music for me.

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Publication: Star
Date: 25 April 2011

So there's this girl named Pia on American False Idol who has already been sent packing who is hooking up with another contestant named Stefano and Mark Ballas from Dancing With The Stars, the poor bastard who had to drag Bristol Palin's fat ass around the stage last year.

I cannot add up the amount of "I don't care" I have about this story, and I'm a professional mathematician.

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Milwaukee's Naima Adedapo was voted off American Idol on Thursday.

From the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:

Milwaukee singer Naima Adedapo left "American Idol" after failing to capture enough votes to remain on the show - the first of two casualties Thursday night.

Thia Megia, the 16-year-old from Hayward, Calif., also was voted off. Two contestants were marked for departure because the judges saved the scruffy-headed, scraggly-bearded Casey Abrams last week when his version of "Smells Like Teen Spirit" earned the fewest number of votes. Abrams trimmed his generous amount of hair - an event given its own vignette on the show Wednesday - and avoided elimination with a performance of "Your Song" Wednesday.

The public's response to Adedapo's showings on "Idol" has been mixed. Some displays, such as last week's performance of "Dancing In The Street," mesmerized viewers with her powerful presence and a dazzling African dance that hearken back to her days with the Ton Ko-Thi, the children's ensemble of the Ko-Thi Dance Company in Milwaukee.

But this week her rendition of Elton John's "I'm Still Standing" was slammed by "Idol" judge Randy Jackson as corny. And bloggers noted that her reggae-inflected island accent came off as inauthentic because she doesn't speak - or normally sing - with one at all.

"I am very proud of her," Adekola Adedapo, Naima Adedapo's mother, said Thursday evening. "The outpouring of support has been tremendous. She wants to return the love."

Although the Idol competition is over for Naima Adedapo, she did make the Top 11 - meaning she'll be on the American Idol Tour.

Being in the Top 11 is a tremendous accomplishment.

Naima, a 2003 graduate of St. Joan Antida High School in Milwaukee, has every reason to be proud. She's a very talented and very classy young woman.

Congratulations, Naima!

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Last week, Casey Abrams was almost voted off American Idol. The judges used their "save" on Abrams and he survived to sing another week.

However, sensing his days on Idol may be numbered, Casey Abrams has been doing product endorsements. Some were shown on Wednesday's Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.

Watch the video:

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