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Regardless of what should become of Antonella Barba after her sure-to-suck performance tonight on American Idol, the controversial contestant can take some comfort in knowing she is not without a backup plan: Girls Gone Wild's Chief Operating Titty Inspector, Joe Francis, has issued a press release publicly soliciting Barba's services to the tune of $250,000:

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: GIRLS GONE WILD MAKES OFFER TO AMERICAN IDOL STAR Girls Gone Wild Offers Antonella Barba $250K to Host Video

March 7th, New York , NY - Joe Francis and Girls Gone Wild (GGW) have made a public offer to controversial American Idol star, Antonella Barba, to become the newest member of the Girls Gone Wild family. In the deal, Barba is being offered $250,000 to be the newest celebrity host following in the footsteps of Snoop Dogg and former REAL World celebrities, Syrus, Tonya, Cameran and Ace. [...]

"Antonella Barba is an unbelievably sexy girl who obviously knows how to have a good time," said Joe Francis , CEO and founder of Girls Gone Wild. "Why are people being ridiculed and punished for being sexual? It's ridiculous."

In the weeks since Barba's compromising photos were leaked upon the Internets, landing in untold millions of inboxes and fueling the wrist-straining fantasies of countless watersports fetishists, the contestant has only soared in popularity. (She currently sits high atop the Lycos 500, trailed distantly by such lesser searched subjects as Al Gore, Kevin Federline and board games.) We'd therefore caution her not to too quickly jump on Francis's generous offer should she find herself the latest victim of resident Idol executioner Ryan Seacrest (whom we have no doubt has a complete gimp outfit stored somewhere deep in his closet) on tomorrow's elimination episode. While $250,000 may seem like a lot of money, it really doesn't come close to the price she'll ultimately pay by signing herself over to Francis's latest stupid-girl exploitation scheme, finding herself contractually obligated to host all 8 volumes of their newest series, "Girls Gone Wee: Toilet-Top Teases!"