Don Kaplan
April 29, 2005 -- 'IDOL" Harold "Bo" Bice's past dalliance with drugs came out yesterday.
Turns out Bice was arrested twice in Alabama for drugs, once in 2001 for cocaine possession and again in 2003 for pot possession, according to legal documents posted on The Smoking Gun Web site.
"Idol" producers, who knew about the arrests early on, do not plan to bump Bice from the show.
"The information disclosed on various salacious gossip Web sites regarding Bo Bice's past was already well-known to Fox and the producers of 'American Idol,' " Fox officials said in a statement. "From the beginning, Bo was honest and forthcoming in revealing his previous indiscretions and their outcome."
Bice entered a drug "diversion program" in 2003, and after completing it, both drug cases were dumped in April 2004….
Deciding I was culturally deprived by not ponying up to the bar and ordering a big stinking American glass of vapid American Idol cola, I finally gave in and started watching it this year. It’s pretty fun.
And I actually like Scott. He’s edgier and funkier than all the other contestants. He’s the only one who you wouldn’t expect to be singing on a cruise or in the band at your parents fiftieth wedding anniversary. He’s dark, like a singing serial killer or something. I’m happy every week he makes the cut.
Constantine got really lame when he started making smokey faces to the camera. He started thinking he was Fabio or something. Good riddance.
And the worst singer of the lot has always been the wee Russian lad with the blowhole. Ugh. He’s a back up singer on the Tony Orlando and Dawn Variety Hour. The worst.
BTW, Vonzell will win, especially since Carrie started sucking.
Votefortheworst is a very good idea.
Is he also boffing Paula Abdul or is she now off the panel.
At least now it makes sense why the talented ones are getting voted off and the ones that should be gone aren't.
Idol better figure out a better way of doing this or it's over, at least for this watcher.
My daughter can outsing all these goobers. Kelly Clarkson was the first, and last, American Idol. The rest are also-rans. They've run out of talent. Everyone who can really sing has already auditioned, except possibly, those yet too young, like my 15-year-old.
The Unknown Comic tapped into the same subversive vein, as did the Gong Show.
IMHO, from its earliest days, MAD magazine was the best examplar of this uniquely American style of cultural expression.
Go Scott! ;^)
Why are people so dumb that they watch or care about crap on TV?
READ A BOOK.
Votefortheworst, MoveOn.org, separated at cyberbirth.
I don't follow the show, but isn't that Scott kid the one who Drudge reported had been charged with assault a few years ago?
I don't like Scott, but I think it would be funny if he won and then Simon had to give him a recording contract. The guy can barely stay on tune and his ghetto accent is so...played :-)
He had no talent at all.
Yet he came in second.
Frankly, I fail to see the attraction or talen of any of the remaining candidates.
Sometimes Scott seems to be confused about his race.
I commented yesterday about this site that it probably had little effect and was little known. I guess I was wrong. Maybe it is the reason Scott is still on the show.
I love American Idol. It is one of the only shows that my family can sit together and watch. I wish others wouldn't feel like they have to ruin it because they don't like it. Just don't watch it if you don't like it.
I've always liked Scott's voice - he reminds me somewhat of Barry White. I was torn on whether he looks like a serial murderer or a white supremacist (until I heard he was 1/2 black).
I tried telling you guys about this yesterday, http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1393026/posts?page=19#19
but some of you doubted me. The VoteForTheWorst'ers are gaining steam. They began last year, remember how long John Stevens (AKA the young crooner) stayed around last year??
Bo is the best thing to EVER happen to American Idol. He is dreamy.
Who's propping him up?
Answer: Very ignorant and stupid young people.
odds will change....
I don't watch the show, but I did catch the results show Wednesday night, or at least the results of the results show. They guy that got removed looks like a gay Jim Morrison wannabe. I didn't say he is, I said he looks like.
In the closing though, he seemed like a decent chap and I know a lot less talented people have gone a lot farther in showbiz, so he will probably be a marginal star someday soon.
The Bo Bice drug charge is likely being dropped now by American Idol insiders. Bo is really carries only competition, I think the producers want Carrie to win now.