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The stronger Fox’s ‘‘American Idol” becomes, the crazier the rumors get about TV’s No. 1 show.
 
    Two weeks ago, chatter focused on Paula Abdul and her bizarre non sequiturs. Last week, host Ryan Seacrest addressed speculation that finalist Katharine McPhee either might be pregnant or leaving the show. Seacrest told the Herald he confronted McPhee on live TV about it to deflate the rumors.
 
    ‘‘It’s really become a soap opera,” Seacrest said.
 
    He acknowledged that the live telecasts have become more unpredictable.
 
    ‘‘There are times when I don’t know exactly what is going on on the show and I think the wheels are falling off,” he said.
 
    Which brings us to a still-hot conspiracy theory: Is Abdul crazy, or is Simon Cowell secretly manipulating her to make her seem crazy?
 
    ‘‘The judges taunt and tease each other and have their own special games,” Seacrest said.
 
    What about Seacrest no longer saying, ‘‘Seacrest: Out” to close the show? Should we read something into that?
 
    ‘‘I didn’t realize I wasn’t saying that anymore.”
 
    Other theories:
 
   
The best singers don’t win.
 
    Cowell has acknowledged in prior interviews that ‘‘Idol” doesn’t hold open auditions so much as carefully constructed casting sessions. Vote for the Worst, an online group promoting lesser-qualified contestants since season three, attempts to mock that process. This week, Vote for the Worst (votefortheworst.com) supports Kevin Covais.
 
    Andy Dehnart, realityblurred.com and MSNBC.com contributor, said, ‘‘The biggest scandal is the lack of transparency about the exact vote totals. I don’t think producers manipulate votes, but I wish they’d just reveal the exact numbers.”
 
    
Kellie Pickler isn’t a naive country bumpkin.
 
    Pickler competed in the 2004 Miss North Carolina pageant. Last summer, right before her ‘‘Idol” audition, she was the runner-up in a Charlotte TV station’s singing contest, ‘‘Gimme the Mike!”

‘‘Idol” doesn’t mind a scandal or two, but not from its winner.
 
    Evidence: Twins Terrell and Derrell Brittenum, who left the show, came back, were kicked off for identity-theft charges and then invited back to last week’s live studio audience. Bo Bice lost last season’s finale to Carrie Underwood by 134 votes, according to a past interview. Bice had a criminal record. Underwood is squeaky clean.
 
    
Your next ‘‘Idol” finale will feature someone from North Carolina or Birmingham, Ala.
 
    North Carolina has produced Clay Aiken, Fantasia Barrino, and three finalists this season: Pickler, Bucky Covington and Chris Daughtry. Birmingham has given ‘‘Idol” Bice, Ruben Studdard and Taylor Hicks.

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