Sad news! Antonella Barba got booted from American Idol. She will not compete in the Top 12. America has made it clear it prefers squeaky-clean, boring Idols who can carry a tune but offer little pizzaz.

This is stunning. I checked the DialIdol.com site, and while Antonella was ranked dead last in all Southern states except Kentucky, she was the top vote in California and Utah, and middling in Wisconsin and some other states. It seemed like name recognition, no matter how nefarious the means by which it was gained, could keep an off-key singer in the game. But Ryan called Ant and a girl who could actually belt to center stage and what do ya know, the girl who can really wail stays! What's wrong with you people?!

I always knew I was one of the few heterosexual males interested in this show, and this decision proves it. Any red-blooded male would realize that the further Antonella went in the competition, the more incentive New Jersey frat boys who are holding on to even more scandalous pics of her would have to post them. Now that she's off the show and her 12 minutes of fame are over, those digital delights are just going to gather must on the back end of someone's hard drive. Sigh...

It's surprised me how big a fan I've been of this show, but I've got to say season six is finding me watching out of habit more than anything. In the past Reuben Studdard, Clay Aiken, Fantasia, George Huff, Bo Bice and Taylor Hicks really compelled me to watch. This year no one has any real quirk to their personality or style that draws me in. It sounds like a bunch of pro jingle singers (two of them are really experienced professional background singers) who can deliver the elevator goods to get you from the fifth floor to the seventh without moving you to look up from your Wall Street Journal. No, Antonella couldn't sing under pressure and seemed to have the bitchy, stuck-up attitude you would expect from a 20 year old fox, but knowing she was also willing to reveal her nipples to the ghosts of war veterans by moonlight at least gave her some spice. Now the show is just kind of...yaaawwwn...it's just...yawn...oh, excuse me! Well, I'd better get to bed.

2 Comments:

 Mr. Radio said...

She's a great piece of ass, but she couldn't sing for dick. (Well, she could sing for mine any day, but I digress...)

Where did you find these shots?

9:29 AM, March 10, 2007  

 Art said...

I couldn't find the exact site again, but of course I've saved them all in a zip file (perhaps that's pathetic, but what TV memorabillia)! However this site has a good supply.

Just think, back in the old days Bob Guccione would have made somebody a millionaire with these pics and we would have had to pay $8 for the magazine. I love digital technology.

1:03 PM, March 10, 2007  

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