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Article: American meanies? Some viewers say Idol judges have gone too far.(American Idol )
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- Current Events, a Weekly Reader publication
- Article date:
- March 17, 2006
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It's most people's worst nightmare to be embarrassed on national TV, but Mandisa Hundley knows exactly how that feels. After making it through this season's American Idol audition process, Hundley was ecstatic to advance to the next round in Hollywood. But her feelings of elation didn't last long. After she exited the audition room, notably nasty judge Simon Cowell said that she might need a "bigger stage." The comment aired, and the plus-size Hundley was hurt. At the next audition, she told Cowell, "You hurt me, and it was painful ... but I want you to know that I've forgiven you." The controversy doesn't seem to have hurt Hundley's chances--she's among the top 20 ...