Report: Ex-Stripper Won't Be Kicked Off American Idol

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“American Idol” Scandals Surface Near End of Semifinal Rounds
Published 3/5/2008 by Daniel Kreps at Rolling Stone : Rock and Roll Daily
... American Idol Top Sixteen semifinalist David Hernandez will not be kicked off the show, despite the recent revelation that the twenty-four-year-old singer was previously an all-nude exotic dancer at a male strip club until September 2007. The story was first reported by infamous Idol-hating site ...

Simon Mentions David Hernandez Stripper Past?
Published 3/5/2008 by Jeanne at Idol Stalker
On last night’s American Idol, contestant David Hernandez was finishing his song when it sounded like judge Simon Cowell mentioned something about his stripper past.  Can you hear it? Also, for the record, it doesn’t look like his past is bothering anyone at Fox (nor should it, in my opinion) since he will not be booted off the show. ...