For those having to endure another series of American Idol, William Hung seemed to be the kind of reason to put down the gun for at least a few minutes. His nakedly raw rendition of Ricky Martin's She Bangs was damningly shredded by judge Simon Cowell.
"He's the most unlikely of celebrities because he doesn't have the looks, the talent or even the confidence you typically need to sell yourself, but that's precisely why people are rooting for him," said Dan Young, creator of WeLoveWilliamHung.com, clamouring for hits to yet another website devoted to the UC Berkeley engineering student.
From appearances on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, being parodied on Saturday Night Live and apparently even sucking down a deal with music channel Fuse, he's been hitting the town like a standard practice whore and the pimps can't build their chicken ranches in Nevada fast enough.
Written on Friday, 5 March 2004