Celebrity Feuds
"Idol" Reject Is Trying to Screw the Show

Paris Bennett votes for Sanjaya Malakar -- and she hopes it'll take down "American Idol."
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Last season's petite powerhouse phoned into the "Tone E Fly Morning Show" in Minneapolis today, and called "Idol" "a joke," and said she and a few other contestants are using the Web site VotefortheWorst.com to screw with the results.

"We want to see him [Sanjaya] win because it'll kind of prove that 'American Idol' is kind of losing its taste," says Bennett, "it kinda isn't going for talent anymore and more for popularity."

At least she isn't bitter.



Filed under: American Idol, Celebrity Feuds

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301. SORE LOSER.....................................YOU WERE AS BAD AS HE IS.....

Posted at 4:37PM on Apr 17th 2007 by So wrong

302. ALL AMERICAN IDOL HAS TO DO NEXT YEAR IS HAVE 1 (ONE) VOTE PER PHONE # (NUMBER) THAT WILL END ALL THE IDIOTIC VOTES THAT PEOPLE MAKE CONTINUOUSLY ON THERE PHONES AND CELL PHONES. JUST 1 VOTE!!!!

TONY

Posted at 6:51PM on Apr 17th 2007 by ANTHONY VOLATILE

303. Paris, your speaking voice was like nails scratching on a black board. Everytime you said Thankkkkkkkkk Youuuuuuuuuuu it made me ill. Your singing was ok. It would be great in a dinner club in Branson, but you were not American Idol material. In fact if you notice not only Taylor and Kat have record deals, but so does Daughtry, Elliott Yamin, Kellie Pickler and Bucky have one. But you don'ty!!!!!!!!!

Posted at 9:36PM on Apr 17th 2007 by Mesa

304. I guess these fools don't realize that their phone calls bring up the ratings of IA to. Keep it up, you're helping the show. How naive and dumb can some people be? Why don't you think American idol has a court put in a stop order on Howard Stern and his bunch? It's all about ratings.

Posted at 12:41AM on Apr 18th 2007 by Ronnie

305. If Paris had waited until she grew a little bit older, she could have been a winner. Heck, this year Idol field is so weak that Paris might have won it all. But she went into the contest as a young teenager, and it was her inexperience as a singer/performer, and her immature voice that made her not reach the top prize.

As for the interview above, if she actually said all this to anybody, she made a bad choice to trash Idol as she really comes off as a sore loser and an immature person.
Good singers don't need to trash anybody or anyone to make it. Paris would do better to choose her words wisely, and shut up if she doesn't have anything nice to say. It is better for Paris as a professional singer to worry more about her own image than to worry about whats happening with Idol. Dumb move on her part. She is still not quite ready for the big stage it seems, she still has some growing to do.

Posted at 11:56AM on Apr 18th 2007 by railbirdy

306. Sanjaya should never made it this far. Why let the others lose out just because your a loser.
Sundance, was very good and should still be in. So we know now American Idol now is becoming a joke, and not serious the way it used to be. How Sad, just because one idiot is rejected.

Posted at 5:43PM on Apr 18th 2007 by terry perry

307. You know, I really liked Paris. I thought she was mature and intelligent. It breaks my heart to read her comments. She has a beautiful voice, and was a great performer. I can't believe that she said this. Paris, Boo, come on. Don't stoop to this level. You're better than this.

Posted at 5:55PM on Apr 18th 2007 by Miss Tay

308. PARIS, I liked you but you are ONE BITTER BITCH.

P.S. Where is Melinda's neck?
P.P.S. Finally someone mentioned about Melinda's oh-so surpised look planted on her face while listening to the judge's compliments - thanks Simon!

Posted at 7:17PM on Apr 18th 2007 by ginaknowsbest

309. ha..

please ...she has a point....i know some friends that went out for american idol.... powerhouse singers..after they auditioned they were told they were not interesting enough for the show...

and they all watched people who couldnt sing half as good get through the audition process and move on...

they found out the hard way that it wasnt about talent anymore...it was about how popular or how pathetic could they look on the show...

its now a joke...

Posted at 4:18AM on Apr 19th 2007 by Dgoatkeelor

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Posted at 8:20PM on Apr 19th 2007 by jn

311. WOW Paris do want some cheese with the Whine???? What a sore loser. I wonder if your comments would have been different if you had the TALENT to make it to the end. Same as Taylor Hicks he comes across so nice and sweet until the cameras turn off and then the real Hicks and Paris come out, spoiled, mean and vindictive.

Posted at 1:04PM on Apr 20th 2007 by Inga Svenson

312. Paris, I had planned on buying your albumn. I definitely WILL NOT NOW! How ungrateful and full of pride can you get? Pride goes before destruction and a haughty spirit before a fall....

Posted at 5:52PM on Apr 22nd 2007 by Yvette W

313. WE LOVE ALL OF THE IDOLS ON SEASON 6 EXCEPT FOR THAT GAY NO TALENT RETARDED ASIAN MICHAEL JACKSON WANNA BE SANYJANA

Posted at 1:56AM on Apr 23rd 2007 by abbracaddaba

314. This contest, just like most other contest, is nothing more than a contest of popularity.
what's the bloody point of having judge's if there judgment does not count??? the fact that this is the most watched show in the United States, proves how stupid Americans are really becoming. If it were I who was rule maker of the show there would be 10 judge,s and they wouldn't be able to see the contestants.

Posted at 2:33PM on Apr 25th 2007 by truthieness

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