Lobbing through the wringer

When he’s not lobbing insults at “American Idol” contestants, Simon Cowell spends his time trying to influence legislators. No, no, that can’t be right. It doesn’t make sense, but it does appear in the Yahoo! Music blog “Reality Rocks,” so there must be some truth to it:

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Was there a ringer in “American Idol”? Someone who was put there by the producers to affect the outcome of the voting?

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And was the ringer put through the wringer like the other contestants?