Antonella Barba: The Photos

Antonella Talks about the Photos



Before Thursday night's results show even started up, the American Idol contestant getting all the publicity was Antonella Barba. Barba became the early focus of attention in Idol's sixth season after photographs pf her performing a sex act made it onto the Internet. While Barba was able to survive the scandal in the voting the week they were released onto the Internet, Antonella couldn't hold on to make it into the final 12. The day after she was voted off American Idol, she gave a conference call to the media where she talked about everything, except for what was on people's minds.

Every Friday, a conference call is held with the Idol castaways, and while Antonella Barba was on the phone, reporters had but one thing on their minds. However, the publicist on the conference call had other ideas than to let questions about the controversy come up during the interview. THe publicist was forced to repeatedly state that Barba would not answer any questions relating to the racy photos, but that didn't stop journalists from asking. While the publicist in question had to say, "You know what, I think we're going to skip over that," or "Let’s move on," much of what was on reporters' minds could not be answered. More...

American Idol speaks. A little.

Never let it be said that the Fox network can’t put on a great comedy.

On Friday, journalists participated in the weekly conference calls with “American Idol" ejectees. The one with Antonella Barba, who was eliminated Thursday, was more farce that fact-finding, to say the least.

Reporters were told at the start of the call with the controversial “Idol” contestant that there was a “large number” of media people on the call.

Too bad not many of them got to ask questions of any substance.

The publicist on the call repeatedly said Barba would not answer questions about the racy photos of the singer that surfaced on the Web in recent weeks. Journalists were not happy, to say the least.

When Washington Post television columnist Lisa de Moraes asked, a few minutes into the call, if the lesson Barba learned was that women should not let themselves be photographed by their boyfriends “because boyfriends go away but photos never do,” and also asked if Barba had ever had acrylic tips on her fingernails (a reference to nude photos that may or not may be of the "Idol” singer), the publicist said, “You know what, I think we’re going to skip over that.” More...


"I Want To Be Known For Singing"

Antonella Barba says she doesn't believe that all publicity is good publicity.

"Yes, it's true that my name is more well-known because of it," the former "American Idol" semifinalist said Friday (March 9), referring to the storm of media attention surrounding racy photos that were taken of her. "But I'm not known for the things I want to be known for right now. I want to be known for singing, not in any other way." More...

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