NAKED NUDE AMERICAN IDOL ANTONELLA BARBA VOTED OFF HIT SHOW

New Jerseys own Antonella Barba of Point Pleasant learned last night that she would not be one of the show's final 12 contestants. That came one day after the show's judges had given subdued reviews to her performance of "Put Your Records On" by Corinne Bailey Rae. After hearing the viewers' decision, Barba became emotional as host Ryan Seacrest asked her what memories she would take with her. "So many memories, too many, I can't even think about it now," Barba said. "So many memories, but great ones." Barba had drawn intense media scrutiny over some racy pictures — purported to be of her — that were posted on the Internet last month. The publicity has helped her career though. She has offers from several video and magazine companies and she is one of the most talked about contestants American Idol has ever had.

We are going to miss the adventures of American Idol Antonella Barba !

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AMERICAN IDOL'S OTHER STAR AMANDA COLUCCIO SPEAKS TO TIMES SQUARE GOSSIP ON OCEAN 98'S RUDE AWAKENING SHOW

Antonella Barba with friend Amanda Coluccio

Well I got the supprise of my life today while I was doing one of my regular Radio Gigs on Maryland's top radio station Ocean 98. The morning show "RUDE AWAKENING" with hosts Bulldog (left with James Edstrom) and Snoopy really put me to the test about www.TimesSquareGossip.Com . They were questioning me about the photos I have posted on my site of American Idol contestant Antonella Barba, asking me if they were real. I explained they were, then next thing I knew they had former American Idol contestant Amanda Coluccio, Antonella's best friend on the air with me.

I guess they woke her up when they called her. She was throwing up and choking on the phone, and Bulldog kept asking her if they got her at a bad time, she kept saying how sick she was. But instead of Bulldog saying, we will call another time, he went on to his grilling about American Idol and Antonella Barba. Amanda said the pics on my site were real, but the oral sex photos making their rounds were fake and of some other porn star which she knows. They were not Antonella Barba ! We I asked her if Antonella would do Playboy magazine as it has been reported, and she said no way. Antonella is too shy and besides her parents would die. It will never happen. Then she said she would for the right money. She asked,"How much do they pay" and I told her I thought it was around 85 thousand for a first timer. She replied "I want a 100 thousand, and I will do". We asked her why there were'nt pictures of her floating around the internet and she said "Im too smart".

Amanda is also no big fan of Rosie O'Donnell. When Bulldog asked her what she thought of Rosie's comments, she said she did not care what Rosie thought, she was just jealous of Antonella because she does not look so good. When Bulldog said "weren't there naked pics of Rosie floating around years ago', Amanda said if she saw them she would vomit. We then asked her why no lawsuit over all the pics, she said that it has helped Antonella's career and everyone just wants it to go away. I asked Amanda to send me a couple of pics of her, she bounced back with "what you going to use them for". She said,"they compare me to Antonella who is beautiful, but I'm beautiful too ! " We went to her website and we looked at pictures of her. She is ! And shes a real nice girl too. She's also a good friend to Antonella. Thanks for talking to us and I'm sending a e-mail to Hugh Hefner to get you your Playboy spread !

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AMERICAN IDOL'S NAKED ANTONELLA BARBA MOVES TO NEXT ROUND WITHOUT TOILET !

Antonella Barba Performs On American Idol

Naked American Idol Contestant Antonella Barba

"American Idol" fans have sent Antonella Barba to the next round of the talent contest, despite a thumbs-down from judges and Internet photos putting her at the center of the latest sex scandal to hit U.S. TV's most popular show. Barba, 20, the attractive former college student purportedly shown in various stages of undress in a batch of online pictures circulating on the Web, emerged as one of 16 finalists to make the cut on Thursday night as four fellow contestants were voted off the competition. "Idol" fans have flooded online chat rooms and blogs in recent days buzzing over whether the photos really are of Barba and whether they might get her kicked off Fox network's singing contest. "Idol" producers have shrugged off the controversy, and no mention of the scandal was made during Thursday's show. But it was not until the end of the broadcast that the fate of Barba was revealed, when host Ryan Seacrest called three women to the front of the stage to announce which one was out. Many were surprised that Barba, whose singing talents have failed to impress the show's panel of celebrity judges, made it this far. Others have said her level of talent may not be so important at this stage of the show. "If a sex tape of Antonella makes the Internet she could win this competition ... now that would be rather humorous," said entertainment news blog Bumpshack following the show. The anonymously posted Internet images include those of a young woman lying on her back covered in rose petals, posing in her underwear, sitting on a toilet and sitting among a group of topless women on a beach, hands over their breasts. Others show a woman performing oral sex on a man. Though all are purported to be pictures of Barba, none of the subjects of the photos has been positively identified. The scandal was reminiscent of the situation in 2003, when contestant Frenchie Davis whose powerhouse vocals dazzled the judges, was dismissed from the show following the discovery that she had posed topless on a porn site. Fox, a unit of Rupert Murdoch's News Corp., has declined to comment on the latest scandal. But judge Simon Cowell and fellow producer Nigel Lythgoe said in separate media interviews this week that Barba's fate is up to fans who vote on the contestants. Barba, who hails from New Jersey, has kept mum about the photos. But her friend Amanda Coluccio, a fellow "American Idol" hopeful eliminated from the contest earlier this season, said that only the least graphic photos in question are authentic. Those, including the rose-petal shot, were taken for a calendar the former architecture student made for her boyfriend, Coluccio told the New Jersey Star-Ledger. The more provocative photos on the Internet are of someone else, she said. "I've studied them. It's not her nose. She's never had (acrylic nail) tips in her life. She's the least slutty person I know," Coluccio was quoted as saying. "American Idol," the most watched U.S. television series during the past four years, averaged more than 27 million viewers for Thursday night's broadcast, according to Nielsen Media Research.

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FRIENDS OF AMERICAN IDOL TOILET SINGER ANTONELLA BARBA SAY PICS NOT HER

ANTONELLA BARBA LETS GO

Is It Or Not Antonella Barba ? You Decide !

A close friend of "American Idol" semi-finalist Antonella Barba says that the aspiring singer is not the subject of some graphically sexual pictures purported to be of her that were posted on the Internet last week. Barba's best friend, Amanda Coluccio of Holmdel, with whom she auditioned and won a trip to Hollywood for the second round before being eliminated, told The Star-Ledger of Newark that the less graphic photos are of Barba, but denied she is pictured in the pornographic ones. Meanwhile, here in the 20-year-old's hometown, where signs abound wishing her good luck, friends and strangers alike are supporting Barba, saving their condemnation for whomever posted the pictures online. The fallout has many young people here thinking twice about posing for photos they thought were just to be shared among friends. "It's the way this town is: Everybody knows everything about their friends," said Mark Dillon, 17. "At least half the people in this town have pictures of their friends on the toilet. I've personally seen at least 20. It's only because she's on TV that they're online." Adam Bobertz, also 17, said what happened to Barba could happen to anyone. "Everyone in this town has done something stupid at one time or another," he said. Throughout Point Pleasant, a Jersey shore town of 18,177 about 60 miles north of Atlantic City, signs supporting Barba are many. They went up before the photos surfaced, and remain there, a symbol of her hometown's disdain for the commotion surrounding her. Jacqui Reid, a florist whose daughter took violin lessons from Barba, said making the photos public was a gross invasion of privacy, but one that has become a fact of life in the digital age. "Everyone has incriminating photos of one sort or another, and you never know when it's going to turn around and bite you on the you-know-what," she said. "It's a shame you can't just live your life and not have to worry about something like this becoming public. "She's this attractive, talented girl who's also intelligent and knows where she wants to go," Reid said. "I consider her a role model for my daughter". Her parents, Vincenzo and Valerie Barba, did not immediately respond to messages left on their answering machine and a letter left at their front door. A Fox publicist said the network would have no comment on the situation, and would not make any of the contestants available for interviews.

Don't Forget To Flush !

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RACY STORY ON AMERICAN IDOL'S NAKED STAR ANTONELLA BARBA PULLED FROM FOX TV'S NEW YORK CITY STATION

American Idol's Antonella Barba Naked

Whether reporting on the latest Jack Bauer bind or Simon Cowell barb, the news teams at Fox affiliates are aces at pushing network synerge specially during sweeps. But Fox's New York City flagship, WNYW, dropped the ball last week on its American Idol tie-in. During Idol's Wednesday broadcast, a series of Fox 5 News promos breathlessly urged viewers to tune in at 10 p.m. for a report promising revealing photos of New Jersey Idol hopeful Antonella Barba. But as the newscast got under way, there was scant mention of Barba or the racy photos. It wasn't until 10:45 that anchor Rosanna Scotto said technical difficulties had scuttled the segment.Turns out Fox 5 spiked the Barba story in the name of democracy. According to a WNYW spokesperson, the station did not want to influence viewers who were still dialing and texting in their votes. (And this didn't occur to anyone before the station began plugging the story?) As for the photo which include a shot of Barba and friends topless at the beach, albeit with strategically placed hand they could be found online last week. Alas, none were available on Barba's MySpace page. With yet another News Corp. property in the mix, WNYW might've run the story and scored a cross-promotional trifecta.

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NAKED WEB PHOTOS OF AMERICAN IDOL'S ANTONELLA BARBA SURFACE ON SITE

Racy Photos Of Antonella Barba

American Idol" contestant Antonella Barba , from Point Pleasant, N.J., may be in rocky waters after topless photos of her appeared on the Internet. With hands strategically placed, the young singer is shown in numerous sexy photos that don't reveal her completely in the nude, but the photos may go far enough to get booted from the show, People magazine reported. Barba's case is not the first like this that "American Idol" has seen. Season 2 finalist Frenchie Davis was thrown off the show after topless photos of her were posted on a porn Web site. Amanda Coluccio, who auditioned with Barba, ironically told People that Barba will "represent New Jersey in a classy way." The show's producer Nigel Lythgoe, told EW.com that he was unaware of the photographs. "We have really good background checks on everybody, and we deal with that every season," he said. "It's sad, isn't it, that your best friends are the ones that come forward with information that will go to Smoking Gun or put your photographs on the Web?"

We Looked At All The Pictures. We see worse In Times Square !

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