Now don't get us wrong. Carly Smithson annoys us too. We don't particularly care for most of this year's top 10. But the always ridiculous American Idol fans (the very same ones who write us hate mail) are now resorting to harassing and stalking the Idols while they tour the country. Creepy. Idletard.com has a great story about all of their idiocy. A girl carried a sign that said, "I killed 12 million people after the American Idol finale. I’m looking for my last victim. Have you seen this man?" that included a picture of David Cook. One person asked David Archuleta to sign a piece of paper that David found to have his family's private phone number on it. And someone shot Michael Johns with a water gun before the Idols got back on their tour bus. Seriously now. We love to make fun of Idol, but we like even more to make fun of the moronic fans. They're certifiable. So watch out on tour, Idols. I'm sure this is only a taste of what's to come from the losers who watch this show.

Apparently Guitar Hero is sponsoring the Idol tour this summer. Whatever. The fascinating part of the article is this picture.

Everyone remember this when you think about trying out for AI8. You have to do this. And again... Carly manages to look like an idiot in every picture she appears in. 

As we know, all of the Idol contestants read VFTW, despite what Carlyplant would have you believe. Jason Yeager recently posted a blog where he talks about, among other things, his time in Hollywood with Michael Johns, David Cook, and Luke Menard. He also referenced our website when talking about the day his roommate Michael Johns moved in:

I showed up in Hollywood week and checked into my hotel room. My roommate had already checked in and his stuff was already moved in. A few moments later the "Song-stealing-greasy-headed-douchebag" as he so lovingly became known to the four of us, (thanks to our wonderful friends at votefortheworst.com) lol!!!!! We instantly became really good friends that whole week.

Glad you liked the nickname, Jason. It's very fitting! Though this is now the second account we've heard of Michael Johns being kind of cool. Hmmmm... maybe he's only a slight douchebag, but still pretty greasy. Take a shower and we'll talk.

VFTW's own Brooklyn brought her camera to visit Michael Johns and ask him why he was such a douche to Sanjaya. Then Michael pretends as if he called Sanjaya a "genius." No you didn't, Michael. Stop taking the Carly route and lying to look better. The best part of the video is when Brooklyn says, "So how does it feel to be eliminated before Sanjaya?" and Michael suddenly looks like, "Wait? Someone doesn't like me?" VFTW victory!

The Aussie song-stealing douche, one of our least favorite contestants this season, decided to take a different approach to his exit interviews. Instead of being classy like Amanda Overmyer or pathetic like David Hernandez, he just pulled a Carly Smithson and insulted VFTW's favorite papaya Sanjaya. In an E! Online interview, Michael said, "There was no laughingstock. There were no jokers...They wanted it to be a singing competition instead of a TV show with the controversy of Sanjaya." First off, Sanjaya was not a laughingstock. He was awesome. Secondly, almost all of the contestants this year are too boring to inspire any kind of emotion. I mean who feels one way or another about Syesha? Michael was also going to sing "Vision of Love" next week on American Idol. On second thought, that would have been hilariously bad. Can we vote him back just for one week?

Michael Johns is eliminated. The only thing funnier would have been Carly's swan song. The open mouthed friend in the audience was pretty hilarious. Bye bye Aussie douche bag. "Last year for Idol Gives Back, no one left us. This year, Michael... it's the end of the road." Awesome. Always good to make Paula cry. Continue to victory, Kristy!

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Did plants like Kristy Lee Cook and Carly Hennessy make it? How about inoffensively bland Drew Poppelreiter, Colton Swon, and Brooke White? Read on and find out. (Photochop by Unravel)

When American Idol debuted in 2002, its supposed goal was to find the best undiscovered talent in America. Singers like Kelly Clarkson and Clay Aiken, who had dreams of stardom but never had the connections, were catapulted to megastardom. The producers found diamonds in the rough and launched their careers. But a disturbing trend has surfaced with the spoiled contestants of American Idol 7 – they’re no longer even remotely undiscovered talent. A large percentage of them are failed singers and entertainers who have already had their shot at fame. Yet Idol thinks that repackaging these failures is a good idea to make us watch their show. Gone are the days where you or your friends could try out for Idol and make it big. Now you have to already have connections. Read on to find out more about how this year’s show will just be a boring hash of recycled pseudo-celebrities who weren’t good enough to make it the first time around. And keep checking back as this article is updated almost every day with new information.

(Last updated 1/26/08 with the top 24)