<p>I just read that article that teri posted. I didn’t know that Crystal has a child. How old is she? I thought she was around 18?</p>
<p>Oops…I just looked her up. She is 24. I just thought she was younger.</p>
<p>According to the Toledo Blade, she and her boyfriend began dating 6 months before Idol began, so it may not have been very serious. Her son’s father is the result of a brief relationship during her time in Chicago.</p>
<p>I didn’t realize she was 24 or had a child. I don’t watch American Idol. I only saw it one time this year and it was a long while back when there were, I think, 12 contestants. On that show, they did the sort of “background video clips” about the person’s personal background and in the case of Crystal, I recall clips at home and her parents talking about her, which made me think she was no older than 18! I thought she was still living at home the way it was portrayed in that clip. No mention of her with a child at all! </p>
<p>I do recall Crystal because of the 12 people, she was the one person who was fairly decent and talented, at least with her particular style of singing. She wasn’t mainstream and what I expected to see on AI and I wondered back then if she could even win because of that. It is not like she was GREAT, but she stood out some from a pool of talent that I thought was minimal and shocking for a show where they supposedly screened thousands. I don’t even recall who Lee was.</p>
<p>I’ve never once seen anything about her mother. Her dad, who always seems to wear that leather cap, has been on the show and interviewed (briefly-- did you see Ryan cut away to commercial quickly after one or 2 sentences with him on the finale?) but I have never seen her mom, ever. I’ve seen maybe 1/2 the idol shows this season and maybe her mom or fraternal twin bro were on ( I wasn’t aware of him either) but I dont recall ever seeing them.</p>
<p>Here is a brief description of her troubled family life:</p>
<p>[Crystal</a> Bowersox Biography - Biography.com](<a href=“http://www.biography.com/articles/Crystal-Bowersox-554918]Crystal”>http://www.biography.com/articles/Crystal-Bowersox-554918)</p>
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should have read “Her son was born after a brief relationship, during her time in Chicago.”</p>
<p>“-- did you see Ryan cut away to commercial quickly after one or 2 sentences with him”
Yes, and I thought it was in poor taste when he implied Crystal’s father was “feeling pretty good”, which has been intimated other times I’ve watched the show, snd I don’t watch it much.</p>
<p>Crystal/Tony breakup: Remember how she jumped on Lee at the final two announcement? The breakup must have already come down.</p>
<p>^^^^
too funny!</p>
<p>I’m anticipating more Crystal/Lee duets.</p>
<p>just heard that Brett Michaels may be Simon Cowell’s replacement…fail imo</p>
<p>Agree. That would be uninteresting, and doesnt he have some commitment to Trump for winning that show?</p>
<p>No idea; not a fan of either…</p>
<p>I’d be really worried about Brett Michaels’ health. But maybe some would tune in just to see if he had any health problems on a live show. That would be terrible on so many levels.</p>
<p>Ellen is out.</p>
<p>A “safety”, but not a good “fit”.</p>
<p>She added nothing to the show. Good call.</p>
<p>But Jessica Simpson as a possible replacement???</p>
<p>Rumor is that Kara is out too!</p>
<p>The not a good “fit” was actually HER words, according to my “Yahoo” page! I liked her on AI, though I’m not really a fan of the show.</p>