Was Bo Bice Blitzed Before ‘American Idol’ 4 Finale?

Ricky Medlocke of Lynyrd Skynyrd tells KXPT’s Foxx and MacKenzie morning show that before the finale of last season’s ‘American Idol’ where they performed with Bo Bice, the contestant “got trashed in L.A. and damn near got alcohol poisoning”, perhaps dooming his chances to beat Carrie Underwood. “I tried to tell him, ‘Ya know dude, this ain’t going to work. We fly all the way across the country to play the finale with you, and you get trashed like that; that don’t work with Lynyrd Skynyrd’,” Medlocke said. The full story at reviewjournal.com has since been removed.