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Was Danny Noriega's 'Idol' Finale Invite Lost In The Paper Shredder?

In a video testimonial posted this weekend to YouTube (do you call something that runs at 1 frame-per-second a "video," or just a really fast slide show?), American Idol contestant Danny Noriega—who before a premature ouster ushered in such hot-tranny-fierce-messisms as "TMTH: too much too handle," "ish," "mmm-hm," and, most notably, "SOME people weren't LIKIN' it," (accompanied by a whiplash-inducing neck-swivel)—revealed that he hasn't so much as received a ticket to attend any portion of this week's two-part, all-David finale.

We'll allow Danny to fill you in on the shocking details, only occasionally interrupted by a ringing cellphone (disconcertingly bedentured Idol producer Nigel Lythgoe breaking the sad news that "his hands are tied?") or intrusive ("HOLD ON MOM, I'M DOING SOMETHING IMPORTANT!!!") family member. The level of injustice here is somewhat astonishing, especially when you consider that the guy who sang "I'm Your Brother" is confirmed for stage time and currently repped by Endeavor's new Southeast Asian Musical Pimp Department. There is still time, Idol Powers That Be: Right this wrong, unless you are prepared to face the TMTH wrath of a nation of Danny's Fannys rising up and not LIKIN' it. Not LIKIN' it one bit! (Mmm-hm!)

Danny Noriega is not invited to the American Idol finale [YouTube via Idolator]

2:45 PM on Mon May 19 2008
By Seth
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OldTowneTavern at 03:03 PM on 05/19/08
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Oh, no. It's Rupert Pupkin II.
StevieRayHalen at 03:46 PM on 05/19/08
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@OldTowneTavern:
wow oldtown, THAT was a great callback...

D.N.'s Diva-ish behavior sunk himself.
I liked him. Till he said he hoped Santa rapes my mother.
I had two mom's growing up. SantaLesbian is NOT a
rapist...and yes, that's a real beard.
kookla at 03:57 PM on 05/19/08
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That's odd. Was it because he spurned Seacrest's advances?
hughman at 03:57 PM on 05/19/08
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this is why they shouldn't let guys on lesbian cruises - false sense of entitlement.
TurdBlossom at 04:41 PM on 05/19/08
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He was too Feytto for the producers liking (fey & ghetto)
Snap, SNAP.
NoWireHangers at 04:53 PM on 05/19/08
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Don't worry, Danny. At least your lipgloss always be poppin'
Decebal at 05:48 PM on 05/19/08
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Wow, not allowing this smug famewhore as a guest seat filler on AI? Hmmm, my respect for this show has just risen by .00000000001%. Thanks Uncle Nigel.
jasonelias at 07:26 PM on 05/19/08
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American Idol barely cares about some of its winners let alone those in the Top 24. He's history, he's back there with that Keyshia Cole clone and the Long Train Runnin' man.
gwendolyn at 11:53 AM on 05/20/08
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@jasonelias: Ah, yes. AI: the big black and white machine grinding the hopes and dreams of the talentless within its emormous gears of universal indifference, much as you would see it in a 1930's Max Fleischer cartoon...