American Idol: Picking on Pickler

She may be a little country bumpkin who somewhat resembles last year's winner, Carrie Underwood, with a brain the size of a pea (or so one might think), but American Idol contender Kellie Pickler is reportedly gathering plenty of votes each week.  She's yet to appear in the bottom three in fact.

Pickler has odds of 6 to 1 of winning American Idol going into tonight's show (April 18) at Sports Interaction (See Web Site Here) and this represents a tremendous value paying $6 for every $1 bet or $600 for every $100 bet.

But Pickler has come under fire of late, many suggesting the "dumb act" is way too forced.

This has led to the anti-Pickler movement and ultimately a new web site entitled KickPickler.com an obvious stab at pick Pickler.

Kickpickler.com asks (and answers):

Why does Kellie Pickler rub you the wrong way?

She seems so fake. When I first saw Kellie in the audition phase, I liked her. I remember saying right then that she would probably make it to the final two, since she seemed to very "marketable," just like Carrie Underwood.

As the season went on, though, it became apparent to me and many others that her back story was (at least partially) exaggerated. On the show, Kellie said at least twice that she had never sung in front of people before - or something to that effect. She was also the first runner up in a statewide Idol-like contest called "Gimme the Mic, Charlotte."

Plus she acted like she was in awe of makeup such as fake eyelashes. From what I understand, she's been competing in beauty pageants for years, where her talent is often country vocal. She was Ms. Stanly County, and competed in the Miss North Carolina Pageant.

The web site owner has been getting plenty of "hate mail" and other criticism, not surprising considering Pickler's popularity.

Tommygirl50000 wrote:
 

The webmaster responded wrote:

Now why are people always assuming that I don't know Kellie Pickler? Seriously, every one of these people tells me that I don't know Kellie. How do they know who I know and who I don't know? For all they know, I could be an ex-boyfriend of hers. Or her priest. Or maybe I worked with her at the Sonic. Seriously, people, you don't know that I don't know her. Stop stating it as fact.

The site features tons of links to various anti-Pickler pieces and even a voting forum where you can vote on Best Way to Describe Kellie Pickler's Queen week dress.  "Skanky" had the most votes at press time (43.3%).  "Stunning" was tied with "Slutty" for second.

So why pick on Pickler?

We are disgusted with the way that Kellie is portraying herself and the city of Albemarle on national television. Enough with the act already.

"I never sang in front of people before."
"I've only sang in the shower before"
"What's a ballsey?"
"SAL-mon!"

Folks, Kellie Pickler isn't the inexperienced sweet country girl that she claims to be. In fact, she's an experienced performer with a history of entering singing contests and competing in beauty pageants.

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Christopher Costigan, www.gambling911.com

Originally published April 18, 2006 12:12 pm EST