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Thursday, March 15, 2007
Brandon goes bye-bye
A nice smile can only get you so far.
Just ask Brandon Rogers, the latest “American Idol” castoff.
Brandon got the boot after forgetting the words to “You Can’t Hurry Love” on Tuesday night. (Two others — Stephanie Edwards and San Antonio’s Haley Scarnato — also blanked out on stage.)
“I have no hard feelings,” he told host Ryan Seacrest. “I kind of expected it.”
When the votes — all 28 million of them — were tallied, other bottom-dwellers were Phil Stacey and Sanjaya Malakar. How Sanjaya, who has yet to wow us — or the judges, continues to advance remains a mystery.
Next week’s show should be interesting. Look for a British invasion theme with Peter Noone and Lulu. What? No one better was available?
Idol chatter …
- On TV, Paula Abdul and Simon Cowell don’t seem to get along very well.
But, in real life, it’s a different story. At least according to an interview set to run in TV Guide next week.
“Simon and I actually get along great,” she told the magazine. “We have cultivated a fun relationship… . He’s actually become a really good friend.”
And all that odd behavior on the show? Abdul says Cowell is to blame.
“He’s caused me a lot of problems… . In the middle of me trying to figure out how I’m going to say something that gives someone dignity walking off that stage, I’ve got the antagonistic brother goofing on me, trying to throw me off,” she said.
Right. We’re so buying that.
