The TV Zone

Carly Smithson, deposed not even 24 hours ago, did a conference call with reporters a little while ago. She was very gracious, said the usual nice stuff ("we're all grateful for the experience...I'm not that sad to be leaving...I think anywhere after the top ten is just a bonus...now I get to be me without a theme night and make a cool record.")

But she did say one kinda interesting thing, and worth noting: "I started out on the show with some bad press [that punk at Newsday, Gay!] and it didn't help me very much, and early on, people accumulate their fan base."

She added, "women vote for the boys and the boys are adorable [this season]. I definitely feel the girls had more of a struggle this year to the popularity vote [because] the boys are definitely charming the females."