American Idol 2012--Live Thread

americanidol.com ^ | January 18, 2012

[silent_jonny]

Is that even legal? Do they own the land they are living on?

That's what I was asking. Either their trespassing or someone is letting them stay on that land.

I can't imagine a campground would allow them to set up their little tent house and poop wantonly in the woods.

[EmilyGeiger]

Yeah I kind of liked the coal miner. He had a good back story, at least had a work ethic.

[Netizen]

This gal looks a little like Catharine Heigle

[twin2]

Why do I think if this bottle blonde chick makes it through on Idol that the tubby hubby will be a gonner.

[retrokitten]

wantonly

LMAO! I love that word. It sounds like they are pooping with great glee.

[silent_jonny]

I won’t even call this a sob story. Go for it, Hallee Day.

[Mark was here]

Coal miner should have misused more drugs.

[retrokitten]

Yes, definitely. Coal mining is hard, hard work.

[peggybac]

Exactly. A taste of Hollywood and the hotels, cameras, etc. - it’s enough to change anyone.

[stylecouncilor]

LMAO!!

[ChicagoConservative27]

Funny how this couple drives a Ford...

[retrokitten]

I still don’t understand why she wanted to kill herself? Did I miss something or were there a ton of details missing from that story?

[silent_jonny]

See You Sunday Night

Auditions on an Aircraft Carrier!

[Manic_Episode]

Sure, please add me.

Many thanks =)

[retrokitten]

Maybe I am just grumpy from lack of sleep this week, but why are they having an episode at ELEVEN o'clock at night on a Sunday??

Plus, we all know football time is on an entirely different plane of existence from normal Earth time and the game actually being over by 11 is more of a lofty goal then an actual end time.

The Fox schedulers disappoint Joan.

[Netizen]

Hopefully it won’t be so slow......

[twin2]

11pm Sunday, are they kidding? Heck, I’m ready for bed now.

[Palladin]

I really liked that kid. I think he got very nervous, and he picked the wrong song.

He sounded great in the video where he was singing down in the mine.

Maybe someone will drop out and he’ll get a spot later.

[Palladin]

Right. Last season we called him a yenta, and someone here said he raided her grandma’s closet.

(Was that you, Shelayne?)

[Netizen]

You were right!

American Idol Scandal Already? Tent Girl Amy Brumfield Has a Rap Sheet!

The girl living in the backwoods of Tennessee comes with quite the backstory.

On last night's American Idol season premiere, Amy Brumfield impressed the judges with her voice and sad tale of being unemployed and living in a tent.

But while she may be new to American TV audiences, Brumfield isn't a stranger to the local cops...

Brumfield is no criminal mastermind or anything, but the 24-year-old from Gatlinburg, Tenn., has been arrested at least five times since 2005, according to authorities and public records.

In 2005, at the age of 19, she was busted for criminal trespassing and held on $1,000 bail in Pigeon Forge, in the Smoky Mountain foothills.

Brumfield was arrested twice in 2007, the first time for remaining on private property after she had been evicted and the second time for underage consumption of alcohol. She pleaded guilty and was sentenced to probation for the alcohol offense.

The Gatlinburg Police Department also confirms to E! News that Brumfield was arrested twice in nine days for public intoxication in August 2010, first for exhibiting "extreme intoxication" at a restaurant and then again when an officer observed her appearing "very unsteady on her feet" in Linebergers Plaza after she supposedly urinated in the lobby of a Baskin Robbins.