Teddybear | Monday, July 01, 2002 - 09:32 am     I keep hearing its Delano. |
Hotlantan | Monday, July 01, 2002 - 01:13 pm     LOS ANGELES (Zap2it.com) - A contestant "American Idol: The Search for a Superstar" has apparently lied about his or her age and will be disqualified from the competition. The contestant is one of the 10 who will vie for the last three viewer-determined spots in the finals on Tuesday's show, a FOX spokesman tells Zap2it. The network is declining to release the person's name before the broadcast. One of the qualifications for "American Idol" contestants is that they be between 16 and 24 years old. The disqualified contestant is 29, according to the network spokesman. Discrepancies in materials the person submitted for a background check alerted the show's producers to the issue. The disqualification is the latest incident in which background checks have failed to prevent those who wouldn't have qualified otherwise from making it on the air. "Temptation Island" couple Ytossie Patterson and Taheed Watson were kicked off the show after it was revealed they had a child together, a violation of the show's rules for couples. Last summer, after "Big Brother 2" contestant Justin Sebik was booted for brandishing a knife at another contestant, it was revealed that he had been arrested five times before, although charges against him in each case were eventually dropped. The disqualified "Idol" contestant will be replaced by E.J. Day of Lawrenceville, Ga. Day flew to Los Angeles late last week to take part in the taping of Tuesday's show. http://tv.zap2it.com/news/tvnewsdaily.html?26710 |
Wcv63 | Monday, July 01, 2002 - 01:25 pm     Thanks for the article Hotlantan. I guess the first part of my supposition was correct. I don't remember E.J. Day. Do they have a bio on him at the official site? I guess I could go and look. |
Hotlantan | Monday, July 01, 2002 - 01:40 pm     With this new information. the likely culprit almost HAS to be Delano. Or possibly Tanesha. According to JimmyPop’s live journal, the cut to 30 was made May 21-25, 2002. So that means the other round three contestants had over a month to prepare. This would seem totally unfair to EJ Day, the new contestant who “supposedly” was called last week. I say “supposedly” because Jimmy Pop says he had to fax back the background check info by May 30th. Could this mean they knew all along that one contestant would be disqualified, and EJ Day knew all along s/he would be coming? With Idol simply not announcing the DQ until the last minute for controversial publicity and increased ratings? But FOX would never pull a stunt like that… would they? |
Wcv63 | Monday, July 01, 2002 - 02:58 pm     Delano's a guy. I swear I was not trying to be funny when I said he was a female in my earlier post. I simply made a mistake based on his bio pic. |
Wcv63 | Monday, July 01, 2002 - 03:20 pm     I got this from the official site's message boards. (Yes I was bored. The message boards there are a mess.) It's Ejay Day from Popstars2. He is from Lawrenceville, GA (like the zap2it article states). Here's the link: http://www.popstarsusa.com/faces/faces_worksho ps.html Another photo: http://www.popstarsusa.com/galleries/ep04/imag es/09.jpg |
Discoinferno | Monday, July 01, 2002 - 03:35 pm     I read the American Idol board on Live Journal... those kids are all convinced it's Justin! |
Ketchuplover | Monday, July 01, 2002 - 03:53 pm     Discrepancies? |
Wcv63 | Monday, July 01, 2002 - 04:05 pm     Disco, those boards are really horrendous aren't they? I didn't see one mature conversation on the whole board. They take turns name-calling each other, the contestants, and the judges. I've seen photoshopped pics of Justin with a disqualified tag on it. My personal opinion is that the disqualified semi-finalist is Delano. Ketchup it's your usual Fox background check discrepancy. Business as usual. |
Max | Monday, July 01, 2002 - 04:38 pm     Don't you think if this story was right, they'd have the replacement's name spelled correctly? It's not E.J. according to the official website, it's Ejay. Seems odd. We'll know tomorrow. |
Seamonkey | Monday, July 01, 2002 - 05:21 pm     A teaser ad last night said it was "one of the finalists". |
Wcv63 | Monday, July 01, 2002 - 05:32 pm     Seamonkey if it is one of the finalists then it doesn't make sense to bring a new person into the competition. The next person with the largest number of calls would just advance into the finalist position. However, if it is someone from Round 3 who has yet to compete I can see putting in a replacement. |
Faerygdds | Monday, July 01, 2002 - 07:58 pm     snagged this off the AI troll... er... I mean... message board... radio chat with Simon - some details of DQ discussed enjoy! |
Seamonkey | Monday, July 01, 2002 - 08:14 pm     Wcv.. I didn't say it made sense, but it was the wording of a commercial on Fox. |
Muse | Tuesday, July 02, 2002 - 12:13 am     Thanks, Faerygdds. I liked Simon's description of the person who's disqualified. I agree with him, too. |
Faerygdds | Tuesday, July 02, 2002 - 12:22 am     No problem... the AI board is filled with annoying little trolls, but every once in a great while.. there's a real nugget in there... and darn it... it's my mission in life (this season) to find them for you... ROFLMAO!!! yeah right... I heard it and thought... "My clubhouse buddies HAVE to HAVE this!" |
Faerygdds | Tuesday, July 02, 2002 - 12:25 am     Oh yeah.. and 7 years???? Come on... I could no more pass for 24 right now if I wanted to!!!!! How did this person NOT think they were going to get caught??? Dumb Dumb Dumb Then again.. as one possibly wise little troll stated... "Maybe they were hoping that publicity, whether good OR bad, might help them" Excellent point! Who knows... can't wait til tonight! |
Wcv63 | Tuesday, July 02, 2002 - 06:01 am     Seamonkey I didn't mean to imply that you thought it made sense...you're far to sensible for that...I was just following a thought to its conclusion. Fairygdds thanks for that link. Simon said he thought the guy that was getting disqualified was a little strange anyway. Wouldn't Delano fit that description? |
Spygirl | Tuesday, July 02, 2002 - 06:39 am     I don't watch the show, but it seems tonight that Simon and another judge almost come to blows. They interviewed them both on the Today Show and showed the clip. Simon seems like a real jerk. They also said the disqualification isn't really shown tonight, but that it happens before the show. He said he was 23 when he was really 29. They never said his name. |
Faerygdds | Tuesday, July 02, 2002 - 06:46 am     Yes WCV... I'm almost postive that Delano is our DQee. I went to USSEARCH and plugged in his name... nothing in CA.. only 1 in country with his name and they were 30 from Houston TX... so I think that may be him. |
Teddybear | Tuesday, July 02, 2002 - 06:58 am     They are about to talk about it now on 104.1 KRBE in Houston TX. |
Theowl | Tuesday, July 02, 2002 - 07:10 am     10 HOURS AND 45 MINUTES!!! HOOO HOOOO!!!! Same time as The Mole and Under One Roof!! Decision, decisions!!! |
Teddybear | Tuesday, July 02, 2002 - 07:12 am     Well, that sucked. They had R.J.'s uncle Terry on. But he said he couldn't tell who was disqualified because he didn't want to get anyone in trouble. They just talked about R.J. and the contest and things like that. |
Jenhavins | Tuesday, July 02, 2002 - 08:08 am     Did Terry say anything about R.J.? |
Jenhavins | Tuesday, July 02, 2002 - 10:18 am     I guess that R.J. does not do so well tonight cause Randy and Simon get into it over R.J. being a loser. |