American Alcoholic?

While there’s no doubt that Katharine McPhee’s inability to connect with the crowd, as well as to stop her father from sobbing, didn’t help her win American Idol, rumors have started to surface that there might have been more than met the eye as to why last year’s runner up Bo Bice was unable to snag the top spot himself back in the day. The Las Vegas Review Journal reports that in an interview with local radio station KXPT, members of the band Lynyrd Skynyrd revealed they spend the night prior to last season's finale partying with the contestant. And, according to Ricky Medlocke, a member of the band, Bo was certainly having himself a good, ol’ time.

"Got trashed in L.A. and damn near got alcohol poisoning," Medlocke told listeners of KXPT. "I tried to tell him, 'Ya know dude, this ain't going to work. We fly all the way across the country to play the finale with you, and you get trashed like that; that don't work with Lynyrd Skynyrd.'"

Maybe not, but Bo still got to sing Sweet Home Alabama with them on the finale the next night. Which was ironically followed by a series of unfortunate medical conditions that required Bo to leave the American Idols tour and cancel several planned appearances. Now Bo, does your conscience bother you? Tell the truth.