American Idol has seen flamboyance, pre-Adam Lambert. Remember season 7's polarizing Danny Noriega? Well, he's back. He was the guy who famously responded with a sassy "ish" to Simon Cowell's question of, "So you agree with me?" "Ish" — representing "sort of" or "maybe" — quickly became his catchphrase. He was also BFF with contestant Ramiele Malubay and botched "Jailhouse Rock" and "Tainted Love" during the semi-finals round. Remember him yet? He swung his ample head of hair around a lot, too.
Anyway, he just released a equal-parts hilarious and tragic single called "24/7," as well as an accompanying video, and it's definitely flamboyant. The whole crazy production sounds and looks like he made it himself, although the video credits the thing to Diamond Cuts Productionz (yes, Productionz!). And there's some lady named Diamonique rapping part way through the song. Noriega actually starts off the song by summing up the whole situation rather well: "This is gonna be…" he intones, amid synthesizers and with a glowing purple body outline, "T…M…T…H!" Too much to handle, certainly. In the worst way.
I won't hold you in suspense anymore. Enjoy/laugh at the video here:
What's your favorite aspect of this trainwreck? Noriega's insistence that he's "no American Idol"? All the weird, dated usage of acronyms (FYI, LMAO, TMTH, etc.)? His gratuitous use of "bitch" repeatedly? The rap by the illustrious Diamonique? Sound off!
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I think that’s his Mom.
Joel McHale has been notified, correct?
Oh my heavens… or is it my heavensish?
bitchy queen
Yeah, that’s totally his mom. My favorite part is the clearly handmade yellow tank top with “TMTH” and “24/7″ written all over it. Bless his heart.
Competition for Sanjaya? Maybe?
I cant even remember him. This season was so good, u just forget! Love this news http://scarlett-tv.com/?p=152 Allison rocks!
doesn’t he mean “studio 57″?
I actually don’t hate it as much as I expected to…
Oh sweet Jesus that was bad. I really REALLY hope that they show this on The Soup this week.
Like others, I thought that could be his mom performing with him. It was slightly better than “trainwreck” but far from “decent”. I found him pit hair distracting…. am I alone on this?
She’s adorable.
Yes, Rob, I’m with you–the pit hair was way distracting. It was like watching a young Mandy Moore trying to emulate Patti Smith. And while the song was about as deep as a gum commercial jingle, it wouldn’t have been so bad if there hadn’t been a video accompanying it.
I’ll buy him/her a drink if he/she stops singing.
*waves scary pit hair alert. scary pit hair alert.
Strangely enough, it wasn’t too bad. It would probably do great in the clubs! It had a good beat, but the rappin’ broad was a little “off”.
No matter how much Rupaul and Pete Burns may like to think, the reality is that today’s pop music is all about image and that image is usually about sexual fantasies, STRAIGHT sexual fantasies. Pop radio will never play a song by any gay man or gay woman that does not conform to typical gender attributes: In other words:A masculine gay man or a feminine gay woman might have a slightly better chance of being played in radio than a bulld*** or a sissy gay guy.
Ewwww his armpit hair is…ew.
Wow, this video actually hurts to watch.
i didn’t think it was THAT bad…come on, people, give the poor kid a break. he’s certainly better than paris hilton and heidi montag!
best part is definitely the shirt with things written in SHARPIE…couldn’t even spring for puffy paint?
Someone out bad-ed Heidi Montag-Pratt. Congragulations?
Someone out-bad-ed Heidi Montag Pratt. Congragulations?
Someone out-bad-ed Heidi Montag Pratt. Congragulations?
katgirl – The famous club from NY in the 70s was “Studio 54″, not Studio 57. You must be thinking of the Wesley Snipes movie, “Passenger 57″.
Dreadful Simply Dreadful. Just like my YouTube video says. D-Lister and losing alphabets!!
Two things… if they have to digitally enhance your voice on your first single, you probably shouldn’t be releasing a single. Also, somebody buy that child a bobby pin. Own the hair in your eyes, or pin it back. Constantly tugging it back in place is distracting.
Can someone please tell me which disco he’s at 24/7? I’ll be sure to avoid it. I’m not buying him any drinks, I don’t care who he is.
Who’s going to buy my drinks? You b*tch! Really? Those are the lyrics.
Who’s going to buy my drinks? You b*tch! Really? Those are the lyrics. Also, why does he sound like Cher? Very odd…
I believe that katgirl was referring to a well-known flub that Kara DioGuardi made this season on American Idol. While critiquing one of the contestant ( I believe it was Adam but I can’t be too sure) she mentoined “Studio 57″ instead of 54 because she is an idiot. just thought I should clear that up.