American Idol is losing a contestant tonight and we are not the ones voting him off. TMZ is reporting that Jermaine Jones will be disqualified from the singing competition tonight on Fox because he hid a secret from the producers and it is a big one. TMZ says they are kicking him off of the show because he was arrested not once, but twice last year and he also has outstanding warrants against him and never told them.
This is not the first time that a contestant has been let go from the show for not disclosing a criminal past. The same was the case for Corey Clark during season two. That same season it came out that Trenyce also had a criminal record, but she divulged that information to the producers and was able to stay on the show.
So the moral of the story for future contestants on the show who have an arresting past, tell the producers otherwise be prepared to go to AI Jail with no get of jail free card.
UPDATE: Jermaine Jones confirmed the news on Twitter, “Awww I will no longer b on the show,” before deleting the account. No word from Fox how they will resolve the dismissal.
