
On the same day the Brit awards snub SuBo, it looks as if this year's American Idol has thrown up an unlikely rival too.
The video of General Larry Platt singing his self-penned song Pants On The Ground at the show's Atlanta auditions has been viewed more than a million times on YouTube, just as the footage of her first Britain's Got Talent audition was a last year.
Within 48 hours of his appearance on television on Wednesday night, Platt's Pants On The Ground had been remixed and offered as a downloadable ringtone.


Two of the BBC's biggest shows could be axed in plans to shake up the channel's drama output.
Christine Bleakley, one half of the The One Show presenting duo, is set to leave the programme after being inundated with other offers.
Fern Britton could be making her return to daytime TV by taking over Paul O'Grady's daytime chat show.
Katia Ivanova and Heidi Fleiss are the first housemates to be evicted from
Heather Mills is so desperate to win Dancing On Ice she's made posters to promote her chances of winning.
Katia is the bookies' favourite to be the first housemate given the boot from the Celebrity Big Brother house.
Ray Winstone has said the long-awaited film version of The Sweeney won't be coming to our screens any time soon - if at all.
James Corden and Ruth Jones might be adamant they've written their last
The BBC unveiled highlights of their Winter/Spring drama today, and from the looks of it, we shouldn't make too many plans to go out over the coming months.