American Idol

Kelly Clarkson is officially crawling back to people that made her who she is ... by reselling out and hitting up an "Idol" event at, of all places, Disney World.

In the greatest gathering of minds since the creation of NATO, sources say Clarkson -- who has dissed "A.I." and Clive Davis in the past -- is joining the other six winners (and a slew of losers) from the show for the debut of the "American Idol Experience" at Disney World in Orlando tonight.

TMZ has learned Top 36 "American Idol" contestant Joanna Pacitti was forced to pull out from the show because of ties to an A.I. exec.

Last night Joanna made the cut, but this morning "American Idol's" website revealed this: "It has been determined that Joanna Pacitti is ineligible to continue in the competition."

So what the hell does that mean? Glad you asked: Joanna's former manager at Geffen (yeah, she had a record deal) is now a big wig at 19 Entertainment (which produces "Idol"). It's unclear how that went unnoticed for five months, but we're told producers demanded her resignation yesterday. We're told Joanna refused to do it.

Don't judge.

Somewhere there's a local balloon festival, opening of a housing development or a chicken wing joint with his name on it!

Check out this clip of Jackie from Uwe Boll's "Postal." The director will be awarded "Worst Career Achievement" at this year's Razzies. From here, Jackie's career can only go up.

Frankie has stirred some controversy this season because she was previously signed to a record deal. Her husband was also a contestant on a singing reality show called "Rediscovered" where he won $50,000. Maybe that's their down payment!

"American Idol" now has its tail between its legs after Simon and Paula confused a Kentucky contestant's kind, Southern goodbye for a "threat" on their lives.

This statement was just posted on the "A.I." website:

"We apologize to any viewers who were offended by the misinterpretation of the contestant's comment to "be careful" upon completion of his audition in Louisville, KY.

Our visits to audition cities are relatively brief and sometimes regional greetings and salutations are lost in translation. We had not heard that phrase from any other contestants during the day, so it took everyone by surprise.

We now know better and look forward to visiting Louisville again someday."

The reality show wannabe was also a contestant on the first season of "I Love New York" back in 2007 -- but Darnell, who got the nickname "Ace," didn't make it past the first show.

Last night on "Idol," Simon also kicked his ass back into the world of obscurity. There's nothing like being shut down by TWO crazy bitches.

The contest went down last May during an event for Street Warriorz -- legal street racing -- at the Tulsa Raceway Park.

We're not sure if Darrell won -- but everybody watching sure did.