Jeff Edelstein of The Trentonian had yet another column on ‘American Idol’ semi-finalist Antonella Barba on Sunday (March 11), this time focusing on the controversy sparked by Frenchie Davis, who claimed a double standard after she was booted for her porn site pictures, while Barba’s racy leaked pictures didn’t cause a similar reaction. He writes, “Paris Hilton half-nude? Expected. All-American college gal on ‘American Idol’ half-naked? Relatively unexpected, though not really, especially for anyone who’s ever surfed through MySpace or Facebook, where teen and college-aged girls are indeed going wild all over the place, posting Barba-like pics for most anyone to see. Is this a problem? Who knows. But it’s certainly a far cry from my not-so-distant youth, when the hot, sexy look for the hot, sexy girls in my high school consisted of baggy jeans and an oversized Champion sweatshirt. Times change, right?” Read more.

Point Pleasant Mayor Martin Konkus tells The Associated Press the town plans to honor its most famous resident, ousted ‘American Idol’ semi-finalist Antonella Barba. Konkus plans to ask Barba to sing ‘God Bless America’ at the Memorial Day parade. Barba said she’d be honored to do so. “We are going to welcome her home with open arms,” Konkus said. “She’s not a bad person. She’s a good person that probably wishes she had used a little more discretion. But what you saw was nothing you won’t see on a Victoria’s Secret television ad. She comes home a little bit older and a lot wiser.”

During a tightly controlled conference call with reporters on Friday, The Chicago Tribute reports ‘American Idol’ semi-finalist Antonella Barba said she’d like to have an image in the future that is “more classy” than how she’s been portrayed in wake of her online photo scandal. Nevertheless, Barba didn’t entirely rule out posing for Playboy, though she did say that she had not been approached about that directly. At first she said, no, she wouldn’t pose for the magazine, but then a reporter asked if she would “absolutely not” ever appear in Playboy. “Right now I want to look at all the offers that I get,” Barba answered, which is why she’s going to stay in Los Angeles for a few weeks. “I’m definitely not opposed to [thinking about] other offers, whether it’s acting or modeling or something. I want to strike while the iron’s hot.” Read more.