'Idol' Finalist Scott Savol's Past Domestic Violence Rap Surfaces

Whenever he's singing, it looks to me like he just might drop the mic and punch the camera guy. He's intense.

But we all have our skeletons. I skimmed this yesterday, and throwing a phone at someone is hardly pushing a pregnant girl down the stairs. Not that I'm advocating domestic violence, at all... but I've thrown crap at people before. Most notably snowballs.

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I agree with Mr. Keaton. The bigger question, I think, is about who should be allowed to enter the hallowed halls of show business, where only saintly behavior, following the 10 commandments, and refusing all toxic substances is required to succeed. Yeah, right. Surely IDOL is about finding talent, giving it a chance, and then letting the market determine its future. The audience can decide if someone's sis/mistakes should impact on record sales.


We live in a world of imperfect people, a significant percentage of them -- gasp -- end up as performers (and politicians, but that's another topic). If we suddenly require spotless pasts to simply get up on a stage and wail, look out. (That said, he ain't my idol. But it has zippo to do with his behavior toward significant others...)

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which is nasty.

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Gee, the world needs one more white trash celebrity.

Dump the loser. He looks like a serial killer anyway.

As Ckeaton infers above, however, the precedent has been set: Another contestant was banished for VERY similar behaviour. I would hope that the youngsters wouldn't want to elect a convicted abuser as the "American Idol" but a glimpse at the Pop Charts shows that to be a false hope.

Does this mean he's off the show????

Also(to quote a play) "I didn't know you had a son?"

If IDOL kept the fluff pieces that they showed during the previous seasons maybe we could get a better insight into who these people are.........................I HATE that they took them out.....

Well, he's the next to go, even though they wont kick him off

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Really Justice? I always find him totally blase'. Granted, most of his performances weren't as bad as last week's, but I still think he's usually one of the weaker performers each week. Even when he's hitting the notes, the songs seemed sapped of all emotion (to me at least).

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I'd tend to think you're right. Don't they have to do screenings of the contestants? Ask them if they've been arrested? Accused of domestic abuse? So I'd think Fox likely knows about it in advance and sits on it until the moment arises to toss it out there.

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Dink indeed, but the world's biggest pop star is a creepy alleged pedophile, the leader of the free world is a smirky alleged dumbass, and Titanic is alledgedly the highest grossing movie of all time.

We live in a wacky world. This is just not a story.

(Though, I imagine there's a fair amount of back story here, we are in fact only seeing the one side.)

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Not bad - condemning the entire middle of the country in one fell swoop. You know they are all bible thumping boobs & hayseeds. Green Acres is the place to be.

Oy Vey

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Updated On: 4/2/05 at 10:59 AM

Wow... I hope your use of "HATE" is a result of a bad translation... Because I don't think an "American Idol" constestant should ever generate that kind of emotion. Unless of course, there is a "Genocidal Idol" that I've missed.

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