Carly Smithson
Rumored Top 24 Spoiler - Who Made It?
The Truth About the Contestants of American Idol 7
When American Idol debuted in 2002, its supposed goal was to find the best undiscovered talent in America. Singers like Kelly Clarkson and Clay Aiken, who had dreams of stardom but never had the connections, were catapulted to megastardom. The producers found diamonds in the rough and launched their careers. But a disturbing trend has surfaced with the spoiled contestants of American Idol 7 – they’re no longer even remotely undiscovered talent. A large percentage of them are failed singers and entertainers who have already had their shot at fame. Yet Idol thinks that repackaging these failures is a good idea to make us watch their show. Gone are the days where you or your friends could try out for Idol and make it big. Now you have to already have connections. Read on to find out more about how this year’s show will just be a boring hash of recycled pseudo-celebrities who weren’t good enough to make it the first time around. And keep checking back as this article is updated almost every day with new information.
(Last updated 1/26/08 with the top 24)
Happy Holidays... Now Eat a Potato (Introducing Carly Hennessy)
Happy Holidays, Worsters! We have a small present for you... the name of that overpimped Irish girl who will be on this season's American Idol. You may remember her as the plant from season 5 who was suddenly dropped for not having a visa. Simon called her, "The only person I can genuinely remember from the auditions." Nigel Lythgoe, everyone's least favorite American Idol producer, is back to pimping the Irish girl this season, saying "there are three girls who are superb, including one girl we saw three years ago who wasn't an American citizen." Well, Vote for the Worst found out this mystery girl's name. She is none other than failed singer Carly Hennessy (pictured, left, with oddly tattooed husband). Literally, minutes after we outed Carly on our message board, she set her MySpace to private. Don't be scared, Carly. We love producer plants here at Vote for the Worst... seriously... OK, who are we trying to kid? If you want to see this enigma in motion, here's a crappy music video she did about blowing some guy (and his mind). We'll literally have to spend months with her, so we might as well get used to her.
Did plants like Kristy Lee Cook and Carly Hennessy make it? How about inoffensively bland Drew Poppelreiter, Colton Swon, and Brooke White? Read on and find out. (Photochop by Unravel)