| Monday, March 5, 2007 |
| Barba's "Scandal": Bet on what she does next!! |
 We've gone through the days of Frenchie Davis and the scandal of her topless photos; we've even gone through the Paula Abdul-Corey Clark debacle that no one really got TOO upset about or really rated highly on the "shock" factor.
Now, we have been faced for the last two-plus weeks with another phenomenon from American Idol, and that's the increasing amount of web pics that are surfacing on Antonella Barba. These aren't your usual myspace pics, either. Let's just say that you need to turn "Safesearch" off in order to get the bulk of what I am talking about.
Barba has commented very little about the entire scheme of things, and even other Idol contestants have been tight-lipped about what they think (perhaps this is because Idol producers have put their feet to the fire or they are just trying to maintain some professionality). Barba's girlfriend has even said that she has examined some of the more racy X-rated pics and concluded that these "have to be fake".
I'm interested to see when this gal will be featured on CSI next year. I am sure they could come up with some crafty line for her to spew before the famous "Who are You" riff starts blaring.
Either way, the continued focus on this has left people questioning the ripple effect. Idol producers have gone on record that the pics will not get her booted from the show (hmmm...isn't it ironic, don't ya think?), and there's been NO mention of anything close to this on the show.
In today's era of big shows and big scandals, we have a new entry into the Antonella Barba sweepstakes: online betting. Not only are there actual bets that you can post actual money to online as to whether Barba will actually get the boot, but there are even bets now on what she will do after Idol. Here are some of the bets:
- Playboy spread
- Nude in Penthouse
- Affair with Paula Abdul
- Affair with Simon Cowell
- Breast will pop out live on American Idol
- Star in an XXX movie
- Photographed drunk with Paris Hilton
Those are just some of the bets you can wager on with Barba's future. The bottom line of this? None of these opportunities cast Barba in a positive light, in fact--the road that she's headed on reminds me of the one Christina Aguilera did a while ago and it took some time to recover--but even then, Aguilera was already a star--Barba is simply getting by every week on Idol because of the fact that there seems to be new pictures of her dancing lewdly, drinking, flipping off the camera, nude, giving blowjobs, whatever--you name it, and it will probably appear as long as she's being able to take the stage.
What should Barba do? Ignore it? Try and prove her competitors and the world wrong that she is rightfully in the class of singers that are still left? Booted contestant Leslie Hunt even made a comment that she "knew that coming into this competition that it wasn't all about singing.." and AJ Tabaldo has likened this to a "popularity contest" more than anything, so if that continues to play its course, Barba is just fine doing what she is doing, wearing tight skirts and miffing up notes left and right.
But when it's all said and done, then what? If she wins it all, she'll be a joke amongst the industry. If she gets booted, she'll fade to anonymity as quickly as all other previous Idol contestants will (not counting last season--yet).
Have some pride and dignity, Antonella. Even if all of the pics aren't you, is this worth future embarassment?
Bow out. You know that at least 14 other singers on there are heads and above you in terms of talent. Even Sanjaya has more moxie and charm than you--and that's saying something. When it's all said and done, all there will be is a web filled with pics and a ton of 15 year olds with empty bottles of vaseline. At what price fame?
GooseyLabels: American Idol, American-Idol, Antonella Barba, Antonella-Barba, reality television, reality TV, television |
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