Looks American Idol is going for the sex sells strategy to get people to tune back in this season. "Katrina Darrell - American Idol Bikini Girl" was atop the Google Trends last night.

 

He kissed a girl and he liked it: Katrina Darrell uttered a phrase never before heard in the seven prior seasons of the show: "Where's Ryan so I can make out with him?" Darrell auditioned in a bikini and promised to make out with the host if the judges gave her a ticket to Hollywood. He seemed lukewarm, saying "I think it's against the rules," but she would not be denied. Sure enough, she got her golden ticket, raced out to find Ryan, and locked lips with the suddenly flappable host.

 

Gender wars: This just in: Attractive women in bikinis tend to draw male attention. That worked for Darrell, who got passed to Hollywood because of Simon and Randy's yes votes to the utter disgust of Kara. The new judge demonstrated Darrell's inadequacy at singing Mariah Carey's "Treated Me Kind," only to have her snipe, "your demonstration wasn't any better." Kara dismissively gave Bikini Girl some advice for Hollywood. "Next time come naked."

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