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Pictures of American Idol contestant Antonella Barba in various states of undress have surfaced online. We’re not judging, just presenting them to fans so they can have an idea of what we’re talking about. The New Jersey native may have a great singing voice - but she apparently also has great collection of drunken, topless pictures.
Remember Frenchie Davis, American Idol watchers? Those that do pretty much only recall this contestant as the singer that got disqualified for posing in her lingerie years before the competition.

Aside from her online popularity, which includes Web sites dedicated to her, she has been asked for autographs on many occasions and even has developed her own group of fans, dubbed “Fantonellas.” Read more!

The Pussycat Dolls are to add a new group member as part of a new reality show in the US and a national casting call has already begun, inviting applications from females who can sing and dance with confidence. The Search for the Next Pussycat Doll - airing on new network The CW - will see the band expand from six members to seven with McG, Jimmy lovine and “America’s Next Top Model” producer Ken Mok.
The show will take place over eight one-hour long episodes. It will be a cross between “America’s Top Model” and “American Idol” and the winner will receive a spot in the pop group Pussycat Dolls, Daily Variety reported Wednesday.

The show does not have a title as of yet, but the first reality project to be produced by the newly formed Warner Horizon Television, is to air sometime during the 2006-07 season. Read more!

N Sync star Lance Bass has dashed the dreams of many a teenage girl after revealing that he is gay. He said he kept quiet about it for the benefit of the other guys. “I knew that I was in this popular band and I had four other guys’ careers in my hand, and I knew that if I ever acted on it or even said (that I was gay), it would overpower everything,” he told People. But now it’s out in the open and he’s free to hook up with that Weasely kid from American Idol who’s still in denial and pick out wallpaper and make babies… well not make babies but definitely wallpapering is an option. A tacky option, but still an option.

“I didn’t know: Could that be the end of ’N Sync? So I had that weight on me of like, ‘Wow, if I ever let anyone know, it’s bad.’ So I just never did,” he says speaking about his sexual orientation for the first time with PEOPLE. Read more!

Taylor Hicks is no longer just an “American Idol.” He’s also America’s “hottest bachelor,” says People magazine. Taylor Hicks is ranked as the No. 1 “hottest bachelor” by People magazine. The 29-year-old silver-haired crooner from Birmingham tops People’s list in the magazine’s new issue, on newsstands Friday. But the “Idol” winner says he’d happily give up his bachelor days if he finds the right woman.

“There’s been no time,” Hicks says of his dating life. “Now, I wouldn’t mind spending the rest of my life with the right woman.” Hicks also wants to find a woman he exchanged glances with on a recent airline flight. Of the mystery blonde, he says, “We waved and did a double-take look. It seemed like something out of a movie.” Read more!