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Idol twins 'uninvited' -- UPDATE
by Anna Johns, posted Jan 27th 2006 8:19AM
I'm not quite sure on the timeline of this story, but it seems that American Idol has withdrawn its
invitation for Derrell and Terrell Brittenum to "go to Hollywood". The twins totally rocked the first night
of auditions this season, but soon after we learned that one was in jail and there was a warrant out for the other. The
identical brothers are accused of stealing
someone's identity to buy a Dodge Magnum car. MTV.COM is reporting that both dudes posted bail and, when they went to
get on their scheduled flights to Hollywood, they learned they were no longer welcome as contestants on American
Idol.American Idol twins arrested
by Anna Johns, posted Jan 19th 2006 1:59PM
Damn. I really liked these two. Terrell and Derrell Brittenum, 28, are accused of stealing a man's identity to buy a
2005 Dodge Magnum last June in Georgia. Terrell has been sitting in jail since January 10, and Derrell is expected to
turn himself in soon on charges of forgery, theft by deception, and financial identity fraud. Wow. That's serious
stuff. The brothers are from Memphis but they auditioned in Chicago last September. I wonder if they drove that stolen
Magnum up for the occasion?Such a waste of a good talent. Both of these guys sounded spectacular in their auditions on Tuesday night. And, what I really liked about them was that they "got it". That is, they auditioned together, as twins, but they also belted out separate songs to show off their individuality. The Brittenum boys understood that the twin gimmick wouldn't get them very far in the auditions process. They even told Seacrest that they didn't want to perform together, but against each other. I was really looking forward to a twin face-off.
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