There's a very funny little telephone complication caused by Idol taking Anoop Desai as its 13th finalist...
You see, when American Idol asks viewers to vote for finalists, they generally have them call one of twelve numbers, which range from 1-866-436-5701 to 1-866-436-5712. Pretty straightforward stuff. Except now the show's got 13 finalists. And it doesn't own the number 1-866-436-5713.
Because that number is a phone sex line. Yessssss! This was all discovered when a curious Idol fan dialed the number, was asked if he liked "hot horny girls", and then mentioned his discovery on the fansite Dial Idol.com.
Love this story. We have no doubt Idol will figure its way around this by choosing a different number, or a whole new set of numbers, lest they traumatize America's preadolescents. But we wish they wouldn't. After all, if "hot horny girls" were the thirteenth contestant, they would totally win. They always do.
UPDATE: Ryan Seacrest says (via Twitter) that the producers are on it -- but won't say how -- which we presume means it would take more than 140 characters to describe.
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