No question? David Hernandez to remain on ‘Idol’
Will David Hernandez be safe from eliminations tonight on American Idol? If Simon Cowell’s prediction is accurate, the answer is “yes.”
“David, it wasn’t as good as last week,” Simon said after David performed It’s All Coming Back to Me Now on last night’s show. “But you’ve 100 percent secured a place in the finals.”
That wasn’t necessarily as clear earlier this week, when rumors about David’s past as a male stripper started to surface. The Associated Press on Tuesday reported a story that talked to an anonymous source with the show, confirming the details of his past wouldn’t get him kicked off the show.
The native of Glendale, Ariz. (also home to the wholesome Season 6 Idol, Jordin Sparks) once worked at Dick’s Cabaret in Phoenix, where he danced for the mostly male clients, according to the club’s manager, Gordy Bryan, who was quoted in the AP story.
While I think Idol is right in its choice to not eliminate contestants for this type of past “experience,” the show did remove finalist Frenchie Davis after it was revealed she appeared on an adult-themed Web site. Last year, however, finalist Antonella Barba remained in the competition after slightly naughty photos of her were splashed across the old World Wide Web.
According to the Dick’s Cabaret manager, it appears David worked at the club — but never sang there — until a couple of months after his first Idol audition in San Diego. The funniest part of this entire story, as the AP points out, is that David’s official Idol bio says he would most like to have the ability to dance if he couldn’t sing … “Dancing! I’m horrible at that,” David responded.
Now that’s brilliant.
Of course, whether the news will have played any part in David’s fate in the competition is yet to be seen. That may come Thursday, after the nationwide vote from last night’s performances.
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March 12th, 2008 at 8:51 pm
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