American Idol Season 7 finalist Carly Smithson isn’t as fresh to the music scene as the Irish singer would have fans believe. In fact, snitches over at Yahoo music have discovered that the Top 24 finalist has already landed and be dropped from a recording contract with MCA Records.

According to Yahoo:

American Idol is supposed to be all about giving undiscovered talent a chance. Please note I used the word “undiscovered.” As in, artists who have not had record deals yet. Artists who need a show like this to GET a record deal in the first place. Artists who have not already had major labels waste millions of dollars unsuccessfully trying to mold them into next big things.

“Unfortunately [after she recorded her MCA album], neither Ms. Hennessy nor MCA were happy with the results….MCA decided to rerecord Ms. Hennessy’s album from scratch…In April 2001, with the album still unfinished, MCA decided to try to get Ms. Hennessy some notice by releasing her first single, a bouncy tune called ‘I’m Gonna Blow Your Mind’….MCA spent $250,000 on a video that showed Ms. Hennessy dancing in a disco and jumping around with pals in their sleepwear. On a call-in show, Nickelodeon asked viewers to rate 30 seconds of the video, but the audience was unresponsive. The video was quickly shelved.”

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