Garden State Supports "Idol" Contestant
A close friend of American Idol semifinalist, Antonella Barba, said that some of the sexually explicit photos posted on the Internet are not her, but some purporting to be her.
Amanda Coluccio, who auditioned with Barba and made it to the second round of the show in Hollywood before being sent home, said, "The really bad ones aren't her, I've studied them. It's not her nose. She never had [acrylic nail] tips [like the woman in photo] in her life."
Barba's hometown in Ocean County, NJ has put up signs in support of the aspiring singer.
The website votefortheworst.com, which picks what it considers the worst American Idol contestants, says that the photo is not of Barba. The site shows close ups of the woman in the sex photo and one of Barba, and they have different shapes.
Barba is scheduled to perform Wednesday night with the nine remaining contestants on Idol, after making it through the second round.