Brian Dunkleman Alleges that American Idol is Rigged, Fake

Posted by thefunnystone on April 18th, 2008 at 6:08 PM
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If an American Idol host was ever a Worster, it would be Brian Dunkleman, the man who hosted with Seacrest during season 1 before vanishing. In his recent radio interview with Adam Carolla, Dunkleman let out a few interesting tidbits. Who knows what he actually knows, but it would be interesting if what he says is true:

-Dunkleman says the show is fake, that there are re shoots for dramatic effect, with lots of fake tears.

-On his first show, one of AI's producers poked him in the chest and cussed him out because he was comforting to a contestant, and didn't torment them further.

-Dunkleman believes the show is rigged and to decide who's going home, the producers "write a name on a piece of paper and hand it to the host, and say read this."

-Clay Aiken received more votes than Ruben in season 2 but Ruben was given the title anyway.

-Seacrest was scheming to get Dunkelman off the show from the start, and sabotaged him by going off script, leaving Dunkelman with no set up for his punchlines.

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MadJoebailey
Posted: April 18, 2008 - 7:08pm
Joined: 04 Mar 2008

Tell us something we don't know already!

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keelhaulrose
Posted: April 18, 2008 - 7:09pm
Joined: 24 Apr 2007

Nothing new here, but it would be great if he could prove it.

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badmammerjammer
Posted: April 18, 2008 - 7:27pm
Joined: 22 May 2006

Ahhhhh Dunkelman! Poor guy, he did get royally screwed.
He said everything we already knew! But, it is great to hear it said aloud from someone who was on the show!

xP
Posted: April 18, 2008 - 7:40pm
Joined: 19 Jan 2008

God, what a horrible name. Dunkleman. Poor guy.

dboy
Posted: April 18, 2008 - 7:45pm
Joined: 18 Apr 2008

I believe it. The Seacrest scheming part, anyway. Isn't it common knowledge that he bitched until that other co-host chick got kicked off the show, too?

Schmevin
Posted: April 18, 2008 - 8:51pm
Joined: 22 May 2006

Oh, sure, we all knew it. But, it's much more fun hearing it from a former host. I like the guy more so than Ryan.

idolfannomore99
Posted: April 18, 2008 - 10:04pm
Joined: 23 Feb 2008

you have to love ryan he went from a t-shirt wearing host to dick clark in a couple of years!

Scott Baio
Posted: April 18, 2008 - 10:08pm
Joined: 05 Mar 2008

I am too lazy to listen to the interview (okay, it's actually because the sound of Dunkleman's voice makes me want to strangle puppies), but just reading the info provided here raised a few questions:

1. How does he know that Clay got more votes than Ruben? Dunkleman was no longer on the show in Season 2.

2. Okay, so the producers write a name on a piece of paper and hand it to the host to read. I buy that. Is that to imply that the name written did not receive the most votes? If so, how does he know this?

3. Why was he on Celebrity Fit Club: Boot Camp? He's really not very fat at all. That's weird.

4. Does Dunkleman blame Seacrest for the Kennedy assassination, too? Seriously, I can see Seacrest trying to get Dunkleman kicked off, but the sad fact is, Dunkleman sucked. Ryan is a giant douche, no doubt, but he can read his cue cards, get in bitch slap fights with Simon, stand there looking like a harmless pretty boy, and generally pull off his job. Dunkleman could do none of these things.

5. Why is he coming out with this now? What happened between now and 6 seasons ago that made him suddenly come out of his Dunkle-cave to reveal this oh-so-secret info?

6. How much did it suck to grow up with the last name "Dunkleman"? Was your whole life just a series of excruciatingly bad put downs? "What's up, Dump-leman? How's it goin', Dunklemin' Donuts? Hola, Dunkle-stiltskin! Don't touch me there, Uncle Dunkle!"
...and so forth.

I don't mean to discount the Dunkle-meister, but it's just a little fishy that the same year that he somehow managed to get on TV again is the same year he pulls this shit out. "American Idol is totally fake!!!! By the way, don't forget to catch me on VH1's Celebrity Fit Club: Boot Camp this season! Check your local listings!"

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BeckEye
Posted: April 18, 2008 - 10:31pm
Joined: 20 Feb 2008

Dunkle cave. Oh God, I hope I never stumble across that during a walk through the woods. Oh, I just remembered that I live nowhere near anything resembling woods. Whew.

I think this guy is a total nimrod, but I do agree that the producers most likely pick whomever they want to win. It pains me to say that I agree with Dunkleman on anything, but there it is.

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oxillarious
Posted: April 19, 2008 - 3:02am
Joined: 19 Apr 2008

That dumbkleman guy is just jealous coz Ryan always dominated the talk.

Eek..besides he looked more like a donkey to me.

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