‘IDOL’ NEARLY MUM ON CONTESTANT’S PAST

LOS ANGELES (AP) — David Hernandez's stripper past didn't come back to haunt him on Tuesday night's "American Idol." Hernandez's three-year stint as a male stripper wasn't even mentioned during the live telecast, which featured the 24-year-old from Glendale, Ariz., performing a rendition of Celine Dion's "It's All Coming Back to Me Now."

However, acerbic judge Simon Cowell did mutter something about stripping, off camera, immediately after the song ended.