'American Idol' - Crystal Bowersox hospitalization update

'American Idol' Season 9 contestant, Crystal Bowersox
was recently hospitalized and may not be able to
perform in the live competition program Wednesday
night. (AP Photo/Fox, Michael Becker)

'American Idol' - Crystal Bowersox hospitalization update - Ryan Seacrest, host of FOX's American Idol, has just posted an update video interview concerning contestant Crystal Bowersox's hospitalization. The video is an interview between Seacrest and Idol Executive Producer, Ken Warwick,  on Seacrest's Los Angeles-based radio show that discusses whether or not Ms. Bowersox will be able to perform live in tonight's competition.

Mr. Warwick stated that if Ms. Bowersox is not able to compete tonight, the show may be forced to disqualify her and would only drop one female singer from the competition this week. He said a decision would be made "mid-day" as to whether or not she would be able to perform. He compared the disqualification to not being able to compete in the Olympics--if you don't show up, for whatever reason, you are not given a pass to the next round.

Mr. Warwick gave the background to the hospitalization. He received a phone call that Ms. Bowersox had been taken to the hospital early Tuesday morning, and he found out later that she would be there all day and would not be able to perform Tuesday evening.

The show's staff needed to decide what to do about the situation and came up with seeing if the male contestants would be willing to switch their night from Wednesday to Tuesday, since several of the other females were also suffering from sniffles and other flu-like minor symptoms. That's when the men had their performance day changed.

Some viewers think this put the men at an unfair disadvantage, giving them one day less to prepare.

Ms. Bowersox is popular among many viewers because of her "indie vibe." She said she auditioned for Idol to make a better life for her young son.

See Ryan Seacrest's interview here.

American Idol airs at 8 p.m. ET Wednesday night on FOX.

LAST UPDATE:  At showtime on the East Coast, American Idol posted this message from Crystal Bowersox on Facebook and Twitter: "Don’t worry, my ‘beetus (diabetes) is under control. Thanks for all your well wishes, thanks to the boys, and the producers!! Can’t wait to perform tonight." She performed first on the program for the women Wednesday night and received 4 positive reviews from the judges.
 

UPDATE:  As of 6:30 p.m. ET - Go here for latest update.

UPDATE: At 4 p.m. ET, Ryan Seacrest tweeted that staff is currently in a meeting about this issue, and a further update will be coming soon.

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