First American Idol Top 36 contestant booted out without even hitting the stage

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Let’s start American Idol with a bang, or rather with a boot.

Fox has announced that controversial American Idol contestant Joanna Pacitti has been disqualified from the show’s eighth season competition.

“It has been determined that Joanna Pacitti is ineligible to continue in the competition,” Fox’s Wednesday night press release announcing the semifinalists said.

An inside source said that Pacitti was dropped to avoid any appearance of business impropriety because Pacitti’s recently revealed friendship with executives from Simon Fuller’s 19 Entertainment, which co-produces “Idol,” that got her the boot after she failed to disclose it.

Felicia Barton of Virginia Beach, Va., will replace Pacitti.

The show announced the semifinalists Wednesday night, then later released an update saying it had cut Pacitti loose and subbed in Barton, a 26-year-old married mom.

But you know what? I loved Felicia.

So if you are reading this Felicia, good luck and know I’m voting for you.