We'd always assumed that freshly voted-off American Idol also-rans were mercifully slaughtered backstage and later ground into the Simon's Sloppy Joe filling served at each Friday's Idol-themed lunch at the Fox News Cafe, but according to TMZ TV, the losers suffer a far more degrading fate: immediate assignment to the county fair circuit. We bet that after a week or so of warbling bittersweet renditions of "This Is My Now" to a warm up a dozen or so people for the hot-dog-devouring and pig-measuring thrills that await them, most of the fallen Idols find themselves praying for the sweet release of the Fox meat-grinder.