“American Idol” judge Simon Cowell is speaking out on the Antonella Barba Controversy. Read the rest of this entry »

The boys were getting a tad mushy this week, dedicating their performances to people in their lives who inspire them.

Phil Stacey was the first to go on, and he sent his version of “I Ain’t Missin’ You” to his buddies in the Navy Band Southeast. He said that he enlisted after 9-11, and somehow ended up singing in the Navy Band … not in Iraq. Well, good for him. Anyway, Phil’s looking more casual this week and avoided the cheesy rocker-kicks, so I found him less annoying. But that very naked head-and-face of his still gives me the skeevies. It wasn’t a strong vocal performance, but it didn’t totally suck either. It was nice, but the original song is so fucking great only a real powerhouse could top it, and Phil is no powerhouse.

Next up was Jared Cotter, looking smooth in a sharp suit. He tried his hand at Marvin Gaye’s “Let’s Get It On” and dedicated it to … his mom and dad? Ooh, that’s a bit creepy-weird. Read the rest of this entry »

It appears that the naughty flicks of Antonella Barba blowing some guy while sporting a Kool-Aid stain on her tongue aren’t photos of the “American Idol” finalist. While it appears that the Jersey native was still posing nearly ass naked atop the World War II Memorial in the Washington, the alleged sex tape cap shots come courtesy of the A.B look-alike featured below. Read the rest of this entry »

Antonella Barba at the WWII Memorial Fountain

Two converging lines of evidence are making it clear that American Idol is going all out to keep the Antonella Barba scandal from reaching a boiling point.

The first line of evidence comes from several individuals including PopCrunch reader Stacy who describes the hard-core censoring that’s going on at the American Idol discussion boards:

The American Idol discussion boards are censoring anyone who makes a post commenting that they are offended or outraged by Barba’s behavior. The posts and/or entire threads disappear in a matter of minutes, and going there to say you think she has tarnished the AI show will likely get you banned.

The second line of evidence comes from a variety of celebrity news webmasters who are reporting that their webhosts have received threats to take down recent pictures from either the Barba camp or official American Idol representatives.

So what we have here is an attempt by America’s biggest show to bully its way through the current controversy. Let’s not let them do it.

It turns out that many of the sexy photos taken of Antonella Barba (including the one above) were taken at the WWII memorial. That’s just disgraceful and thoughtless. The irony is that it’s a slap in the face of a real American icon: a memorial that will be around forever representing the people who died for the freedoms that Antonella Barba receives.

But what’s worse is that when Americans complain about Barba, American Idol censors them. American Idol has already been bullying various websites to take down content exposing Antonella Barba, though the great thing about the web is that information gets disseminated so quickly that bullying attempts become futile. Still, American Idol continues to aggressively police its discussion forums. According to PopCrunch reader Stacy:

The American Idol discussion boards are censoring anyone who makes a post commenting that they are offended or outraged by Barba’s behavior. The posts and/or entire threads disappear in a matter of minutes, and going there to say you think she has tarnished the AI show will likely get you banned.

So a TV show that bears the name of America seems to want to cover up the fact that one of it’s contestants did soft-porn shots at a major, federal, American landmark dedicated to dead men and women who died protecting our country.

How ironic.