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"Idol" Loser: Brotha, Can You Spare $10k?

Posted Jul 4th 2008 9:36AM by TMZ Staff

Shaun BarrowesAnd you thought Taylor Hicks' career was in the crapper!

Shaun Barrowes, a top 48 contestant on this season's "American Idol," is begging for a loan online. He's asking for $10,000 "to market a product I've already spent $70,000 on." Where do we sign?

Barrowes feels he's a good candidate for a loan and says, "The only reason why I need this money is because I was on American Idol for FIVE months without any income at all, and that set me back a little."

Barrowes is mum on the product. We're guessin' it has something to do with karaoke.

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1. ummm....







*faint sound of crickets.....*

Posted at 1:14PM on Jul 4th 2008 by SilentMusubi

2. 1. Taylor Hicks is on broadway -- NOT in the crapper.
2. Taylor Hicks is responsible for an extra $150K in ticket sales per WEEK. Not crappy!
3. Taylor Hicks signed with Vanguard -- who also reps Joan Baez! Not crappy!
4. Taylor Hicks is appearing before the president today for PBS A Capital Fourth (check your own post!) Not too crappy!

Taylor Hicks is NOT having a crappy career!

STOP picking on the man! Argh!

Posted at 1:44PM on Jul 4th 2008 by writergal

3. He looks like a nerd, so it's either to do with Star Trek or porn.

Posted at 3:46PM on Jul 4th 2008 by rachel

4. Who is Taylor Hicks?

Posted at 4:10PM on Jul 4th 2008 by uta

5. Hey this is my sisters friend!! pretty cool to see that he made TMZ even if it is for a weird/crappy reason!!

Posted at 11:01AM on Jul 5th 2008 by Beth

6. Using Prosper is not "'begging" any more than using a credit card or getting a car or personal loan is "begging."

I invest in loans on Prosper and most people have paid me back. I have also sought and paidoff ( early) a loan there.

Begging would mean asking someone to GIVE you money and make a sob story, not asking someone to invest money with you at 35% interest,

Though this guy does have bad credit and I would avoid funding him personally.

Posted at 7:51PM on Jul 4th 2008 by Johnny C.

7. taylor hicks is more well known than you can ever hope to be uta!

Posted at 10:56PM on Jul 4th 2008 by uta who?

8. Some fool with a kind heart will donate to the kid. But no amount of money can get Hicks' career out of the crapper. After that fiasco tonight in DC (he forgot lyrics, he huffed and puffed like the smoker he is, he ran around like a maniac, and acted like he was drunk or high), stick a fork in him, he's done.

Posted at 12:08AM on Jul 5th 2008 by Vernon

9. He is actually a very talented singer. I've gone to his myspace page and listened to his music and I love it! All his debt is probably just to help him launch a music career. People spend a lot more than $70,000 to launch their music career, so this article is a little ridiculous. I hope he does well!

Posted at 12:46PM on Jul 5th 2008 by Monkey

10. shaun's music is actually really good.

leave it to TMZ to pick the best _frame_ of him.

Posted at 12:40PM on Jul 26th 2008 by zimmerman