A Stripper By Any Other Name...

Where do I begin??

After the news broke earlier this week that David Hernandez made his pre-Idol living by shaking his groove thang at a strip joint that catered to mostly male clientele (scandalous!!), I was interested to see how the rest of America would digest the news (namely, would you all be like me and extract pure and unadulterated joy from the sheer gossip-worthy magnitude of such a revelation?! I know, I know, I need to get out more....). Would he be voted off purely based on his past career choices? Would this possibly make him more popular? And most importantly, will the AI producers decide to bring Frenchie back?!!

Which brings me to my next point: Frenchie. Ohhhhhhhh Frenchie. Words cannot describe the HUGE double-standard we're being forced to suffer here. My girl Frenchie was DQ'ed back in Season 2 after producers found topless photos of her on the 'Net. Yet its OK for David to bump 'n' grind his nekkid man-parts all over the gay Phoenix nightclub scene? Please, Nigel Lythgoe, Ken Warwick, Simon Fuller, please tell me how, exactly, that works? Cus to me, they're basically the same. In fact, if you wanna get technical, I think Mr. One-Eyed Willie outweighs Frenchie's Internet peek-a-boo by a longshot! (Uh, no pun intended....).

Frenchie, BTW, has done just fine for herself since the AI idiots chose to overlook her talent. She's enjoyed a steady run on Broadway in RENT, a West Coast tour of Dreamgirls, and this year will be headlining a national tour of Ain't Misbehavin' with none other than the Velvet Teddy Bear himself, Ruben Studdard. So, its AI that lost out by giving Frenchie the boot. But alas, I have strayed.

Personally, I dont really care if David's past life includes a stint as a shirtless bartender or gay stripper or professional wild billygoat wrangler...all I care about is whether or not he can sing, and so far he hasn't been bad. (Although this does explain why he looks like Plastic Man on stage....that dead-behind-the-eyes look isn't all his fault, he's just not used to performing A) clothed and B) for an audience he can actually see.)

I'm thinking that this juicy bit of AI contestant info is probably the best we're gonna get this year....but, if any of you have other skeletons-in-the-closet stories about our other Top 12 favorites, please email them to me immediately. I promise I wont tell anyone....

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