If you're in the Nashville area, some of VFTW's favorite contestants from last year are doing a fundraiser to help benefit a charity called "Buckets of Hope for Haiti." The fundraiser is a concert on Monday, February 8 at 8 PM at 3rd and Lindsley in Nashville. The Idols appearing are Brent Keith, Alex Wagner-Trugman, Felicia Barton, Ricky Braddy, and Anne Marie Boskovich. The show is free and we're assuming they'll be accepting donations there. So attend the show if you're in the area and help a good cause.

There's a new online Idol-like competition called... Online Idol (we're sure Idol will try to sue them soon and they'll be forced to change the name. Idol sucks like that). But it's judged by some cool people: season 8 contestants Alex Wagner-Trugman, Felicia Barton, and Brent Keith. Alex has an awesome sense of humor, Brent seems like he was a lot more fun than we gave him credit for, and Felicia is one of the people on Idol who actually could outsing the entire top 12 without even trying. So what we need for this competition is a VFTW ringer who goes into the competition, does poorly every week, and we vote for them anyway to stick around until they win. Does this sound like something you'd like to do? Sign up and let us know! Auditions are being accepted until the end of June.

Honestly, can you blame them? American Idol threw many people under the bus this year, almost double the normal amount of cannon fodder. The contestants who were cast aside by the Idol machine twittered about this season's finale:

Got tickets for Wicked on Wednesday. I'm told this might change my career goals. We'll see

3:05 PM May 11th from web

rickybraddy

@rickybraddy it'll make you want to be a witch. Or Adam lambert.

3:17 PM May 11th from TwitterFon in reply to rickybraddy

alexWTrugs

@alexWTrugs Which would you prefer?

3:24 PM May 11th from TwitterFon in reply to alexWTrugs

brentkeith

@brentkeith well, the life of a witch feels too full of drama and

makeup and high pitched shrieking. So let's say... Um... Neither. A

wizard

4:25 PM May 11th from TwitterFon in reply to brentkeith

alexWTrugs

The best part is, they're right. Seriously, Adam's high pitched shrieking was what the show wanted this year? We welcome all cast aside contestants into the Worster fold, of course. You guys know first hand how dirty Idol is, and it must suck to be on the receiving end of that crap.

In case you haven't been swayed that Tatiana is the best contestant this season, watch this. In her Americanidol.com interview, Tatiana tells us that she has survived 8 hurricanes and can make energy out of nothing. Nothing! This woman is clearly amazing. All of you non-believers will rue the day you crossed Tatiana. We love you, girl!