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"A.I." Suing The Pants Off "Stripper Idol"

Posted Dec 18th 2008 3:00PM by TMZ Staff

The people behind "American Idol" love amateurs -- just not the kind you find in strip clubs.



FremantleMedia -- the massive corporation that created "American Idol" -- is suing the owners of the Palazio Men's Club in Texas -- which the suit describes as "a gentlemen's club at which women remove off their clothes while dancing to music" -- over a $500 stripper competition they held called "Stripper Idol."

In the lawsuit, filed this week in U.S District Court in Texas, Fremantle claims Palazio's competition -- which allegedly jacked Idol's name and trademarked logo -- has tarnished the singing show's good name.

Fremantle is looking to strip away the club's profits from "S.I." -- along with collecting on all damages sustained and legal fees accrued from the suit.

The club's owner, Lampros, told us: "I don't feel they have any grounds to sue ... This is just our way of inticing [sic] people to come out and have a good time and contribute to the economic crisis that is going on."

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16. If you ask me, AI lost it's "good name" when Sanjaya was allowed to stay on for so long, but hey, that's just me.

Posted at 9:11PM on Dec 18th 2008 by Charity

17. What do you mean this contest is not produced by Freemantle? I was the first runner up in last week's contest. I actually sat on Randy Jackson's lap and he told me,"Yo dog that lap dace was off the chain! Your'e going to Hollywood."

Posted at 2:34PM on Dec 19th 2008 by alexandra

18. hook 'em horns! AUSTIN FTW!

Posted at 9:56PM on Dec 18th 2008 by longhorns idol

19. Palazio is where its at and Lampros is a badass!

Posted at 10:34PM on Dec 18th 2008 by .

20. Wait till they find out this city has "Drag Idol" ...

Slooooooooooooooooooooow day at TMZ?

Posted at 2:33AM on Dec 19th 2008 by Prince VonAHole

21. I don't think having a pill/alcohol/drug induced host on every episode helps AI"s so called "good name". Not to mention the numerous people with criminal backgrounds they have as contestants. I work at Palazio, and in my opinion it's much classier than AI.

Posted at 6:23AM on Dec 19th 2008 by TripS

22. Um yeah Austin is a BIG city but Palazio is just another nasty stinky club here! Sue the h*ll out of them...Hook Em' B*tches!!!!!!

Posted at 11:05AM on Dec 19th 2008 by your mom goes to college

23. Last time i checked, no one has the right to the word IDOL -- we can have Drink-athon Idol; Dance Idol; Hair Idol... they need to get over it...no judge is gonna give these FREEMANTLE, a FREE SPEECH pass -- Don't they have any thing better to do --like maybe offer jobs to the jobless???

Posted at 11:25AM on Dec 19th 2008 by Redtopp

24. #13
How stupid? someone should have flushed you down the toilet while they had a chance.

Posted at 9:47PM on Dec 19th 2008 by apple

25. I remember Ryan Seacrest taking legal action against a gay porn company over an American Idol spoof called American Porn Star. I believe he lost. I need to check to make sure.

Posted at 11:52PM on Dec 19th 2008 by rabbit on the moon

26. No publicity is bad publicity.....................AI just made Lambros way more then his little Stripper Idol ever did!!!!! suckersss go Palazio Stip club

Posted at 3:38AM on Dec 24th 2008 by wes

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