Posted on 02/24/2007 8:18:34 AM PST by meg88
People: 'Idol' star Barba creating uproar
09:52 PM CST on Friday, February 23, 2007
Antonella Barba this season's Frenchie?
The American Idol contestant and New Jersey native has been getting a lot of negative publicity lately due to some rather risque photos that have popped up on the Internet, including one of her in the bathroom
Fox TV Antonella Barba on 'American Idol' Idol producer Nigel Lythgoe says that he has not seen any of the Internet pictures and that he only learned of the sexually explicit shots from EW.
''We have really good background checks on everybody, and we deal with that every season,'' he told EW.
''It's sad, isn't it, that your best friends are the ones that come forward with information that will go to Smoking Gun or put your photographs on the web?''
The risque photos of the 20-year-old contestant began circulating around the Internet earlier this week.
Despite unimpressive reviews on American Idol for her off-key performance of ''I Don't Want to Miss a Thing'' this week, Barba somehow got through to the next round of the competition, EW reported.
In 2003, contestant Frenchie Davis got axed from the second season of Idol after the show found out she had worked for a porn Web site.
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She sang pretty crappy last week, so might as well get rid of her anyway.
What, the music industry doesn't like sluts or scandal? Since when?? She sounds perfect for them.
Yes, she was terrible last week - very bad performance. She might have to shave her head next week.
These photos are pretty graphic. If Frenchie had to leave, I'm guessing Antonella will too
Thought you'd want to alert the troops!
Dial Idol said she was #2 in the voting last week. (even after the bad performance)
Appearently Barbra's ex boyfriend has mailed all of the photos to his lacrosse teammates
This chick is the product of the second "sexual revolution" thanks to the first sexual revolution's kids turning into teens and being overexposed to this type of lifestyle and it being deemed as harmless by our leftist friends.
I've seen the pictures of her doing her other "talent" and I wonder how proud her parents are of her now.
Thanks for posting this, meg88. Jonny, this is about Antonella from AI, so thought you'd be interested.
She can't sing a lick, that's for sure.
If that's true, it's shocking. The girl has zero talent -- and least zero singing talent.
The three butt heads even told her she sang horrible. And when Paula (the most forgiving of the three) says it you know it's bad.
I bet her parents are SO PROUD of their little darling.
Ooooooo, thanks for reminding me about Dial Idol. I forgot all about it.
Antonella was in my bottom two. In fact, if it was up to me, she would not have survived Hollywood week.
You are so bad. LOL!
someone said she goes to Catholic U!
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