AI OD: A farewell to Robbie Carrico - VIDEOS

March 06th, 2008 | Category: TV News

Filed under: OpEd, American Idol, Video, Contestants, Alumni, News and Gossip

It’s not a wig. In AOL’s interview with Robbie Carrico, the eliminated American Idol contestant said of the controversy: “I’ve been growing that hair for a very faraway instance. I think it’s ridiculous that they have to come up with something like that.” Considering how powerfully strong his performances had been and the compliment he’d generally gotten up to that point, I can’t help but wonder whether the controversy helped spell his doom.

He plus took flack for his “authenticity” as a rocker, to which he

said, “I’ve spent the past six years working my tail off in grungy bars. Pulling our own trailer with our equipment and living out of a van sometimes and doing all of the grunt work that they said they didn’t see me doing, considering of what I did before with pop music.” Did all that side drama detract from viewer’s abilities to just judge him for his performances?

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