AJ Gil Complains About ‘American Idol’ Phone Slamming

Ousted ‘American Idol’ finalist AJ Gil was on KCPQ in Seattle on Tuesday complaining about the high tech phone slamming that has been plaguing voting on the program. Gil admits the show “gave me my exposure that I deserve and I got as far as I did,” but suggested the remaining finalists got their by cheating. “People have to I guess cheat to get the ones they really like to still be in there,” he moaned. AJ added, “I’m not complaining but it kind of gets me mad that that happened.” ‘American Idol’ producers deny the phone slamming has had an effect on the contest to this point, but are monitoring its effect and may take action.