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“American Idol” Bigwigs Continue To Screw With Josiah Leming

Those of you who haven’t bleached the last season of American Idol from your brains yet may remember Josiah Leming, the weepy Conor Oberst-y contestant who lived in his car in the weeks leading up to his audition and who got cut from the top 24 in favor of that former boybander who wore a wig in an effort to be “rock.” Well, things worked out OK for Leming in the end: He got snapped up by Reprise, and his debut album for the label is scheduled to be out sometime early next year… at least, if the Idol producers don’t drag him through a contractual loophole that forces him to be turned down by 19 Entertainment before he can do anything else. Because apparently humiliating him once wasn’t enough! Oh, and did I mention that his mom is dying of cancer? MORE »

10:30 AM on Thu Oct 30 2008
By Maura
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Latest by Anonymous:

I can understand that Josiah never bothered to read the contract he signed, he didn't seem overly bright.

But he's now got both a manager and a record label and NEITHER of them bothered to read the contract either? Either of them could have easily taken care of this before it became an issue.

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Josiah Leming, the American Idol cast-off also known as “that kid who lived in his car and who was good, but totally ill-fitting in the Idol context,” has reportedly signed a deal with Warner Bros. Records. MORE »

4:45 AM on Mon Mar 24 2008
By Maura
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Latest by Jan74:

I think people put up with that kind of singing when the songwriting is really, really good. That doesn't seem to be the case here.

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In the days following his booting from American Idol, Josiah Leming made $15,000 off his MySpace page’s Snocap store. And he was on Ellen today, too. MORE »

5:30 AM on Tue Feb 19 2008
By Maura
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Latest by Tauwan:

I was watching Access Hollywood last night [what! don't look at me like that!], and they had a brief segment with Josiah, sort of a catching up with the budding (?) star kind of segment. In case you were wondering, he's back home with his fam [who apparently had no idea he was out on the road performing and doing that whole AI thing], is one of NINE siblings, and is only home because the car he chooses to call "home" is on the fritz. [Life's a bitch huh] When introducing the segment, I believe Maria Menudo or whatever her name is uttered that the segment "is sponsored by Ford" [as is everything Idol related right? Interestingly no other segment needed sponsorship that night] leading me to believe that he was about to GET A BRAND NEW CAR (!) in said segment. Unfortunately*, that didn't happen. Just good old fashioned exploiting** of a kid who just can't catch a break.

*And surprisingly as well. I mean really, no one has just given the kid a new car yet?*** I guess it would have been more sensational and tv worthy had he made it to the top 24?

**I mean seriously, they had him get in his car and show what he classifies as "rooms" and the like, AND mimic laying down for a good night's rest. Tsk, tsk, tsk.

***Wait, am I jumping the gun? Did Ellen take care this already? She seems like the type of person would totally be down with giving him a new whip.

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Josiah Leming: In Memoriam


Even people who hadn’t read the spoilers knew that weepy car-living hopeful Josiah Leming wasn’t going to crack the American Idol top 24 as soon as the package leading up to the judges’ decision on him quoted him as expressing confidence about his chances. (Silly Josiah! Hubris is never rewarded on the show; just ask Antonella Barba.) Something tells me, though, that the fan of Britpop, DC Talk, and Mika is going to join the pantheon of People Who Didn’t Really Need Idol To Be OK; his MySpace page is racking up the comments (50 in the last hour alone!) and he’s the only person who appeared on last night’s Idol to crack the current Google Trends chart. After the jump, a YouTube embed of his track “Bad News Baby,” which YouTube commenters are comparing to Bright Eyes, Death Cab For Cutie, and, um, the Fray. MORE »

12:30 PM on Thu Feb 14 2008
By Maura
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Latest by SystemsThinker:

I was actually surprised that Josiah didn't make the top 24. I figured his story alone would make him compelling enough for the producers to want him in. But in the end, they may have done him a favor.

It's incredible how quickly he's taken off since then. He really made the most of those few minutes he had on the show.

This is why I like Idol and why I am excited about the power of the web to spread information and talent. It's great that people like this can get the word out so widely and so fast.

[www.systemsthinker.com]

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