Archives for March 2005

Scott Savol “once arrested for felony domestic violence;” paid fine, got probation. American Idol 4 finalist Scott Savol “was once arrested for felony domestic violence after roughing up his infant son’s mother during a Valentine’s Day fracas,” The Smoking Gun reported today. In 2001, Scott “Savol shoved [his baby’s mother Michelle] Martin, pulled a phone… continue reading

earning nearly $1 billion, American Idol is “a diversified money machine.” American Idol “is the undisputed champion of television,” USA TODAY reports, but the show is also a huge money-making machine. Creator Simon Fuller doesn’t deny this: “I’m on the cutting edge of entertainment and how you exploit it.” A chart shows the nearly $1… continue reading

Jessica Sierra voted off Idol; last week’s repeat and extra show were low-rated. Jessica Sierra left American Idol 4 last night. She was joined in the bottom three by Nadia Turner and Anwar Robinson. As MSNBC’s Craig Berman notes, “The 19-year-old follows 17-year-old Mikalah Gordon to the exit, leaving Anthony Fedorov as the only teen… continue reading

site finds Idol 4’s Anwar Robinson is a “man seeking a man” in his personal ad. If American Idol 4 gets any gayer, we’ll have to start calling it Manhunt. That’s because yet another contestant has been identified by online reports as gay. AfterElton.com’s John Chiklis found a personal ad that shows that “Anwar Robinson,… continue reading

Enquirer says another American Idol 4 finalist threatened to out Mario. In what hopefully is the last word on Mario Vazquez, The National Enquirer reports that “it’s an open secret that Mario is gay.” Well, duh. But here’s the new info: an alleged friend of his tells The Enquirer he quit “because a rival contestant… continue reading

American Idol’s performance style “may change forever the way Broadway sings.” American Idol‘s brand of “intensely emotional and oddly impersonal” singing “may change forever the way Broadway sings,” Ben Brantley argues in The New York Times. On the show, he says, “The accent is on abstract feelings, usually embodied by people of stunning ordinariness, than… continue reading

Mikalah voted out of American Idol 4. Mikalah Gordon, one of the three contestants who was affected by the wrong phone number problem, was eliminated from American Idol 4 during Thursday’s special elimination episode. She doesn’t have much reason to blame the screw-up, though, as the other two lowest vote-getters–Anthony Fedorov and Nadia Turner–were not… continue reading