I dunno, what role do you think having a "bad boy" with a past had to do with the producers maybe wanting to spice up the competition a little bit?
...ok, maybe I'm a being cynical, but I just saw Kid Rock get drunk, disorderly, punch out a guy in a club, evade arrest by Metro's finest, all in one night here in town, & it doesn't seem to have hurt his image at all...enhanced it, maybe, if anything...my point being some people (especiallly some women) seem drawn like moths to the flame...
...ok, enough rambling...

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