Why frenchie left american idol

Two years after he was disqualified from Idol for failing to disclose previous legal troubles, season two contestant Corey Clark claimed to have engaged in a romantic relationship with judge Paula Abdul during his time on the show. Clark appeared on a televised Primetime Live special on ABC, alleging that the former pop star took him under her wing by offering professional guidance and, later, the pair engaged in a three-month-long sexual relationship.

Abdul and Idol producers dismissed the claims as lies and speculated that Clark was attempting to drum up publicity for his album. Fox appointed an independent counsel to conduct an internal investigation, which found that Clark's claims regarding a sexual relationship with Abdul were not supported by "any corroborating evidence or witnesses.

Season eight contender Joanna Pacitti made it all the way to the Top 36 during Hollywood week before she was deemed "ineligible to compete. The following season, fans attempting to vote in the competition between Fantasia Barrino and Diana DeGarmo complained of overloaded phone systems that made it impossible to vote.

The buzzed-about controversy even earned a Jimmy Fallon-coined nickname: "TextGate. Season 11 alumna Brittany Kerr made headlines not for her voice, but for being photographed in a lip-lock with then-married country star Jason Aldean. Kerr later called the moment "a lapse in judgement," while Aldean blamed it on the alcohol. I had too much to drink, let the party get out of hand and acted inappropriately at a bar," he said in a statement to TMZ.

I left alone and that's the end of the story. Well, not quite. Davis explained that she used the money made from the photos to pay for her college tuition. The public backlash against the show was swift and many believed the decision to cut Davis was due to her size and race. Show executives denied such claims, but Davis felt otherwise and spoke out, explaining that producers were aware of the photos well before they leaked.

All Night Long, Shuga…. When I first discovered that I had made it to Hollywood and found out I would be competing to get into the top 30 and then later in the top 12, they had given us all this paperwork to fill out, background checks and that whole thing. I wanted to be up-front about it. We talked about it and then nothing happened. The site the photos were on was marketed as a child pornography site, and FOX producers believed it was enough to eliminate Davis.

Approximately two months after her disclosure, Davis got a phone call from a friend at Teen People who told her that her editor had been told the singer was about to be kicked off the show. While some "Idol" watchers guessed that keeping Barba on the show had to do with her photos being private and not professional, there were many skeptics. O'Donnell said outright, "I think it's because she's black. I think it's weightist and racist.