"Idol" Rewind: Kellie Pickler, Who?!

In her pre-"American Idol" days, Kellie Pickler got no respect ... and not much has changed.


TMZ obtained video of the ditzy blonde wannabeen from a 2004 appearance at a football game in her hometown of Albemarle, North Carolina -- where the emcee of the game pronounced her name incorrectly, not once, but twice!

Pickler was Miss Stanley County at the time, and while nobody knew who she was, she sang the national anthem beautifully.

Filed under: Wacky & Weird, American Idol

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16. I love Kellie Pickler! She as cute as can be and can sing good too! Leave her alone!

Posted at 2:58PM on Dec 27th 2007 by ChanelShades

17. I've got a pickler I'd like to stickler her with.

Posted at 3:11PM on Dec 27th 2007 by Revolting Hairy-backed Slob

18. Kellie has done amazing!!! She has a great CD and was great on Tour! I give her so much credit, she has come from almost nothing and grown up to be a wonderful Singer. I ABSOLUTELY love her! How can you not?? You can relate to her songs, and just sing along and have a good time, so why is TMZ bashing her?????

Posted at 3:22PM on Dec 27th 2007 by ilovekellie!

19. Kellie Pickler is great and her country music fans love her and appreciate her. Dolly Parton also started with nothing and has done the "dumb blonde" act for her whole career and she's made so much money and had so much success that she's a legend. We'll all be hearing about Kellie for a long time, and loving her just as much as we all love Dolly. So you go, girl!!

Posted at 4:00PM on Dec 27th 2007 by just wondering

20. My son is in the 82nd airborne in Baghdad. I want to thank Kellie for taking the time to visit our soldiers over there, including my son. Agree or disagree with the war, I give her kudos for helping these guys momentarily forget the 15 months of hell they have to live through.

Posted at 4:57PM on Dec 27th 2007 by minneman

21. Are you kidding me??? Didn't you see her fantastic performance on the Country Music Awards? I guess since she doesn't show her snatch to the world, get drunk and smash up cars, or genreally misbehave, TMZ doesn't care who she is. If ya got talent, TMZ doesn't follow your career!!

Posted at 5:34PM on Dec 27th 2007 by ted

22. dont know whos a dumber blonde, her or jessica simpson,,,.pickler might be more giving in bed,,,cuase of daddy issues!!!!!!

Posted at 6:56PM on Dec 27th 2007 by RoughDaddy

23. I THOUGHT EVERYBODY KNEW KELLY PICKLER GOT HER START IN PAGEANTS.

Posted at 7:27PM on Dec 27th 2007 by Jeff

24. I bet she has some goooooooooooood cooter! I'd nail that!!!!!!

Posted at 7:38PM on Dec 27th 2007 by Mike Uderhertz

25. Whoa - with a few snide comments, no haters! Cool. Kellie Pickler was my favorite Idol and I have her CD. She is great on tv talk shows. I agree, that the dumb blond is partly an act. Go, Kellie and stay grounded!

Posted at 8:32PM on Dec 27th 2007 by jack54

26. Kelly has said that her participation in pageants gave her added confidence, and stage experience. She had nothing but positive things to say about her pageant experiences.

Posted at 10:13PM on Dec 27th 2007 by Jeff

27. I'm not a fan of Kellie, I actually couldn't stand her on the show, because, I'm from Albemarle, and the way she acted really just embarassed alot of us. Acting stupid and dumb and trying to show the world that just being pretty and skinny with no brains gets you through life is a lie. I would have loved her if she hadn't acted like that. But, as much as I despise her pathetic act, and the fact that I don't really thing she has the best voice in the world, I'm very happy for her that she has made a life for herself, because God knows she wouldn't get anywhere here in Albemarle...and if you are from here, you know what I mean. I don't agree with using her sob story to get famous, but whatever. I believe others have it WAY worse than she made her life out to be, but hey, now she's a millionaire and can give her pawpaw what he needs! So good for her!

Posted at 12:03AM on Dec 28th 2007 by Ok...

28. ms pickler is doing great.... why does tmz think not much has changed since before she was discovered? her songs are routinely played on the major country stations.

Posted at 2:21AM on Dec 28th 2007 by jb

29. to comment #27 ok
You sound jealous as hell. Just cause you can't make it doesn't mean you have to hate on Kellie. She has a great voice and her "sob" story as you call it is not what made her famous. Her voice did. You should be proud of her instead of hating.

Posted at 7:26PM on Dec 28th 2007 by mommyof4

30. She's cute and sweet and can really sing. But, why has no one noticed that she cut out half of the lyrics?

Posted at 1:04PM on Dec 29th 2007 by Redhead1

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