The Tom Joyner Morning Show discussed the shocking announcement over the weekend that Mario Vazquez dropped out of ‘American Idol’. Tom is thinking the thing is a set-up to get people talking about the show again, and that they’ll bring him back later in the season. Audio has since been removed.

Mario Vazquez spoke with ‘Extra’ to explain his decision over the weekend to drop out of ‘American Idol’, even though many considered him the favorite to win the hit show’s fourth season. “It was a very, very hard decision on my part,” Vazquez said. “My intuition told me there were things I really needed to take care of, personal areas in my life, which meant I couldn’t continue on in the competition.”