Antonella Barba Leads American İdol - The Stats

Vizu has uncovered a truth about the Season 6 “American Idol” competition that Randy, Paula, Simon and Ryan Seacrest don’t reveal in the near five hours they dominate our televisions each week.

Quite simply, performance isn’t everything. Sex and politics are where the votes are.

Antonella Barba, a contestant mired this week in scandalous reports of sexually lewd photographs appearing on the Internet, is in fact the leading female contestant going into the Final 16, taking 22.2% of the vote. This is despite her average to lackluster performances on the show, and consistent panning by the judges’ panel. While judge consensus thus far suggests that LaKisha Jones (18.6%) and Melinda Doolittle (16.6%) are the better performers, they and the field are presently being dominated by the sexuality of Barba.

On the men’s side, performance is winning, with Blake Lewis (26.5%), Chris Sligh (16.9%) and Chris Richardson (15.7%) leading the pack. Those numbers accurately reflect judge’s reviews thus far. However, seemingly also-ran Sanjaya Malakar, who has been consistently pegged for dismissal each week, is in fact comfortably in the middle of the pack, well ahead of three remaining contestants in addition to the two removed this week. More...

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Kelly Pickler Has a New ummm... Look

Kellie Pickler appeared on American Idol last night sporting a new look to the amazement of everyone. Aside from the hair what was different? You get TWO guesses! Looks like they plan on turning her into Dolly Parton at this rate.

Pickler stopped by the ratings juggernaut to perform her new single in a dress that showed off two very large assets suspiciously absent from last year’s show.

Her transformation was so apparent, even Ryan Seacrest noticed. When she appeared on stage, he looked at her new figure, then asked her if there was anything she’d bought with her recent cash windfall. (Once the snickering died down, a giggling Pickler …replied “shoes.”)

This was Kelly in her Prom Dress - not sure it would fit anymore.

Course... maybe she is just keeping up with Kat

Antonella Barba