Spankings and Dropped Trou on American Idol

America, why aren't these your idols?

By Peter Gilstrap Jan 15, 2010 9:43 PMTags

They don't call it "Hotlanta" for nothing.

When America's idol-hunting team dropped into the Peach State, the talent they confronted was formidable.

And then there was Idol hopeful Steve Finley, whose main skill seemed to be arousing a kind of quasi-sexual hatred in Kara DioGuardi, who expressed her unique dislike for the man by suggesting a personal touch of open palm-to-buttocks. That'll teach him, uh, something.

And speaking of keesters, why contestant General Larry Platt and his tune "Pants On the Ground" did not send him skyrocketing to Hollywood is a mystery to us.

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