Will Michael Jackson Challenge Ryan Seacrest's Claim To 'Idol's' Handsiest Boy-Wrangler?
Last year brought us the death-masks formerly known as Kenny Rogers and Barry Manilow, but this year, rumors have been swirling about a ratcheting up of has-been guest star power on American Idol. According to Reality TV Magazine, the freakiest face of all just may be dropping by Idol's CBS Television City studios: Michael Jackson has reportedly been having clandestine meetings with the show's producers, and in a recent promotional conference call with the media, Idol EP Nigel Lythgoe, dropped this unsubtle hint into the proceedings:
When answering a question about the tight reign that American Idol keeps on the finalists, Lythgoe said "We don't want anything slipping out. If we've got major stars coming on that we want to do a big publicity thing with. 'Hey, Michael Jackson is coming to American Idol this week,' then I've got to leave that up to Fox publicity to put out there, not have it slip out with somebody telling their Mom that Michael Jackson is coming."
The brain collapses upon itself processing the combination of the world's most popular talent search hosting the world's most famous deposed pop monarch for an evening of talent-deficient renderings of his classic song catalog. Hopefully, Jackson's critiquing skills will exceed those of Celebrity Duet's Tourette's-afflicted Little Richard. Regardless, the evening is already a triumph, if for nothing more than merely bringing together two of our favorite celebrity sideshow attractions, who once delighted us with their eerily interchangeable facial features.
