American Idle

If you thought you had seen everything when it came to American Idol, like Sanjaya, or Antonella Barba, apparently you were mistaken, because you haven’t met Emily Wynne-Hughes. Or, at least you thought you hadn’t. Actually, you have probably seen more of her than you think!

FYI, she was working in the beauty salon where Britney Spears famously shaved off her hair before Spears flipped out and went ballistic on the paparazzi. Ah, now it’s flooding back to you like that rum-and-Coke you weren’t supposed to drink before bed.

For example, Hughes is already a steely-eyed TV veteran, having completed an interview with KABC, in which she explained what Britney wanted at the salon that fateful night. She followed that work up with hamming it up at the Idol 8 Phoenix auditions, in which she stole 16 seconds from everyone else by singing “Barracuda” and gaining attention for her crazy red hair.

Vote For The Worst has unearthed gobs of other interesting information on Hughes, including the fact she plays in a band called Go Betty Go, which just completed their European tour. How that still qualifies her for Idol 8, I haven’t a clue! Doesn’t that make her a professional? Or is she being paid in beer and cigarettes?

Anyway, in her 21 years of existence it looks like Hughes has seen just about everything and so I predict this Idol hoopla will be like a walk in the park for her, since she’s already hobnobbed with stars, headlined on an Idol 8 commercial (video above), and been invited to exclusive Hollywood parties.

So look for Emily Wynne-Hughes to make some sort of difference on American Idol 8, even though it’s too early to tell what kind that might be. Personally she looks a lot like Carly Smithson so it may just be that this has all been done before. Or it’s just that she’s so crazy people won’t ever forget her.

However, if she were to shave her head and use the fact she knows Britney based on that chance encounter at the beauty salon, you never know.

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