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Tragedy for Idol's Sundance Head
Tragedy just keeps following "American Idol" contestant, Sundance Head.
Access Hollywood has learned that an early morning fire may have killed his cousin. The Liberty Country sheriff's department received a call at 1:10am that a fire had broken out inside a trailer. They extinguished the fire and determined there was a deceased victim inside which is believed to be the body of 68-year-old Byrl Head.
The trailer was parked outside a relative's home just outside Houston, Texas. Sundance's own house that he shares with his wife, Misty, is just ten miles away in Porter, Texas. Autopsy results are pending. Byrl Head is a relative of Sundance's father, Roy Head, a country/blues singer who had a hit record in 1965.
In 1988, Sundance lost his step-brother, Michael Aron Stewart, in a car accident after he lost control of his pick-up truck. Sundance was just nine years old at the time. In fact on Idol's official website Sundance says one of the toughest obstacles he has faced in his life has been, "Growing up after the death of my older brother, who died in a car crash 1/2 mile from my house."
Sundance's two-and-half-month old son, Levi, is named after Michael. Levi was Michael's middle name.
I am sorry to hear of his loss. I am more sorry about the decision to vote Sundance off of American Idol last night. I am about to quit watching the show because it has turned into a popularity contest instead of a singing competition.
I think it is a disgrace how the voting went last night. I am seriously thinking about not watching the show anymore this season. It ruins it for the audience if the contestants are not qualified to be on the stage. Maybe Idol executives shoud re-evaluate the voting systems. Everyone I have talked to today is very upset about this!!! Sanjaya is not qualified to be on the same stage as the other contestants. Sundance should be there. Sabrina should still be there also. She was excellent. Haley should have been voted out. This season is not starting out well!!!
With Sundance being voted off...who's next??? Blake and Chris are very talented - I guess they are next. This season is a SHAME!
My prayers are with Sundance and his family. May something GOOD happen to Sundance soon.
If someone in the music biz is smart enough to sign Sundance to a record deal, he has a fan base now. Stay with the singing, Sundance. You have the pipes!!!
I feel so bad for Sundance. All this in the same night. I hope some how he pulls through, here's rooting for him
It would be nice for the voting audience to remember that American Idol is a SINGING COMPETITION!
What a shame for SUNDANCE HEAD to be AXED by such a fickle voting public!
SUNDANCE, keep singing brother - you have a GREAT VOICE & a GREAT FUTURE ahead of you!!!
Maybe American Idol should consider giving the JUDGES the right to SAVE one of the lowest Vote Getters with a SING OFF!
I feel for sundance, i have lost 2 brothers and i sister. i hope he can capitalize from his time on American Idol and become a hit. It is a disgrace that he was voted off and that no singing punk stayed because the little teenie boppers like him , he has been terrible consistently
i don't think that america should vote anymore. i think maybe the judges should decide who should stay because people that should go stayed and if they can't sing they should not be there anymore i don't want to watch it anymore.
I agree. Sundance is extremely talented. He reminds me of Meat Loaf. I was automatically recording "Idol" on my DVR, but no more. If everyone voted like the "Idol" audience, we might elect an idiot President of the US. Oh, wait, never mind.
i quit watching AI after sundance got booted off. Sanjaya, AI contenders & the judges knew too well it aint supposed to be that way so what happened with the votings? If any music producers out there gives Sundance a shot at a debut album, il be one of the first to go get it. We at Manila philippines are Pro-Sundance & we're waiting for that Blues CD!! Sundance would be a great Blues artist!!
Sundance getting voted off was a disgrace and I will no longer watch American Idol, he was one out of 3 that I knew would be our next American Idol. It's over for me, I'm through with it. The show is not about Talent, its about 12 year old girls voting for who they are in love with. I wish Sundance the best and hope all his dreams come true. He sure deserves them. He is and always will be my American Idol.
I was shocked to see Sundance voted off. Sanjaya was suprised himself last week as well as this week that he was still going to be around. Who the heck is voting?? and Simon was right some people in america had the sound turned down. I like to watch the Idol but more and more each week I'm upset.
I have now stopped watching American Idol. The only person that was different and really good with his own style was voted off. No one on there this season is really any good. To bad this has turned into a popularity contest!!!
This is for the American Idol followers who don't get thye big picture. This has nothing to do with talent, it has everything to do with money. How do you extract money from viewers? Charge them 50 cents to text a vote. Every Indian wants to see one of their own be an "Indian American Idol". They will pay the price to see him win. As far as Sundance goes, 50% of the male talent just left the stage. If it was up to America to vote without any judges input, we would have the screaching screaming idiots competing for the prize. Personally, I have watched my last AI show ever.
I am very dissapointed in last week's vote...I too feel that this has turned into a popularity contest. Sundance is such a great talent. I was wowed by him from the first night I saw him. Hope he finds every success in life that he deserves. I sure hope to hear more of his talent in the future.
I will find something else to watch since Sundance is no longer on the show. too many kids voting for who they think is cute, not who can sing. Give me a break!!
I was also upset when Sundance was voted off. So no more American Idol for me. (At least untill they implement the Sing/face off idea that was given by a previous poster) But will buy a Sundance CD so I hope someone shoots him a deal.
I guess after watching this weeks show we see america voted wrong last week. Sundance was a breath of fresh air. America doesnt always vote right, heck they voted for bush.
Sorry to see Sundance go. Was really impressed by his audition. And for those of you posters who think Americans are voting idiots for voting for Bush, I'll just say this - the real idiots almost voted in Gore and Kerry as President! Scaaaaary!
I am good friends with the firefighters who worked the fire. And I have to say I am very sorry for their loss.
I think fox needs to implement a sing off or some control for the judges to override the voting system. It is clear that the vocals are not being voted on and this is a singing competition. It is disgraceful to see sanjaya up there, he can't sing one note as good as the last three that were voted off...what is going on ???? 12 and 13 yr olds voting for a teenie hottie contest...
This season is shaping up very poorly!!
The show should somehow figure out how to bring Sundance and Sabrina back.
As Paula says, this is a singing contest, NOT a popularity contest.
If the show continues this way, I too, will stop watching.
Sundance is great talent and personality. He was different from the other contestants. I hope he gets a recording contract. I agree AI should do one of their surprises and bring Sundance back with the final 5.
IM SO SAD FOR SUNDANCE,HE WILL RISE AGAIN WITH HIS VOICE.BUT I THINK THE BEST ARE STILL THERE.SANJAYA WILL BE NEXT NICE SMILE BUT NOT VOICE.OUR LADIES LOOK AND SOUND GOOD.
DEB
Sundance should have won American Idol. That Jordin is as boring as the rest of them. I hope people have taste in music and someone signs him a record deal.