Rejected American Idol contestant Ian Benardo doesn’t have a prayer of getting $300 million from the show, though he recently filed a lawsuit asking for this staggering sum. We’re pretty sure Benardo ...

One-time “American Idol” hopeful Ian Benardo, who marred the finale by “doing a Kanye” and jumping onstage and grabbing the microphone from Dane Cook, is claiming he now wants to fight the actor.

The wackiest episode in “American Idol’s” wackiest season unspooled last night when a Bronx man who bombed on the show was escorted out of his audition by security guards. Ian Benardo – who once ...

This reject is hoping he can turn his “American Idol” crash into a whole lot of cash. Ian Benardo, 30, who infamously rushed the stage during the talent search’s 2010 finale now claims producers ...

"Who cares? It's all about Ian Benardo tonight!" the interrupting reject said on national television. "I'm going to replace you, Simon Cowell! No one has a thing to say about you, just me...and I want ...

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your account’s ‘Saved for Later’ section. We spotted “original New Yorker” Ian Benardo, the Bronx-born recent American Idol reject, at the Zac ...