'American Idol' Castoffs Speak: Robbie Carrico Wants You To Leave Britney (And His Hair) Alone; Jason Yeager Reveals Boy-Band Past

Plus, Alexandréa Lushington talks about her friendship with 'chick magnet' David Archuleta, while Alaina Whitaker explains her shocked reaction to getting the boot.

Next week, "American Idol" fans will be introduced to their season-seven top 12. But during Thursday's elimination show, some contestants who seemed like locks for the finals were sent packing. We caught up with the castoffs to talk fashion, boy bands — and one contestant's dubious hair.

Robbie Carrico

Hair today, gone tomorrow (you know we had to recycle an old Sanjaya joke for the "American Idol" contestant with the second-most-controversial locks). The 26-year-old from Melbourne, Florida, had a lot of people talking during his short run on "Idol" — but, unfortunately for him, no one was discussing his version of Foreigner's "Hot Blooded" during the boys' performance night. First, he was known only as Britney Spears' ex. Then, TMZ asserted that Carrico's Kurt Cobain-wannabe hair was a wig. (Of course, Robbie's bandmate told MTV News that the long locks were the real deal.) But we had to talk to the man himself to get the truth about Brit and "Wig Gate '08" — oh, and his singing.

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