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Published Tuesday, March 15, 2005 by seanlmccarthy | E-mail this post

MARIO'S AMERICAN IDOL RUMOR: Perhaps you've heard some of the rumors surrounding Mario's sudden withdrawal from Idol over the weekend. I'm willing to buy into the fact that something's rotten because of the way the show and Fox have failed to be forward about the whole thing. Then again, perhaps everyone is getting so sick of Idol (despite still watching it religiously) that the network figured playing coy would draw even more viewers. Who knows? Now I have another reason to stay up for Letterman tonight, since Mario will deliver tonight's Top 10 list about why he quit. In the meantime, the AP summarizes the prevailing theories on Mario's departure.