Antonella Barba

There are a few stories circulating the Web about Antonella and her shot at being featured in Playboy Magazine. Playboy is famous for choosing controversial models to appear in its magazine - the most recent being women of the US Armed Forces - never missing the chance to take advantage of current events or matters of public interest. Who can blame them - they are trying to sell magazines!
However, as a lot of people have pointed out - the pictures of Antonella aren't popular because she's one of the hottest or sexiest nearly nude women on the web today. They are popular because it's a huge SCANDAL - a scandal of American Idol proportions. We Americans love a good sex scandal - the proof is in the fact that despite her horrific singing, Antonella has somehow hung on for another week.
A reporter for Access Hollywood was at the Playboy Mansion this week, hanging out a party to celebrate the 3rd Season Premier of E! Channel’s “The Girls Next Door” and had a little chat with Hugh Hefner regarding Antonella and her photos. After showing Hef the pics he remarked, “She really looks sexy here,” pointing out one that he liked. The reporter asked Hef if he would consider making Antonella an offer to pose for Playboy if she gets voted off of American Idol and he answered quickly that it was a “very real possibility…” then he said, “yes, absolutely.”
So whether or not she becomes the next American Idol based solely on her “assets” – Antonella will at the very least get another 15 minutes of fame featured in one of the country’s top men’s magazines. Then again – not unlike the brunette twin from last season who was featured with her sister in Maxim Magazine immediately following her departure – maybe that was the goal all along.