{"id":483997,"date":"2010-03-29T08:09:05","date_gmt":"2010-03-29T12:09:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.popcrunch.com\/?p=98505"},"modified":"2010-03-29T08:09:05","modified_gmt":"2010-03-29T12:09:05","slug":"general-larry-platt-to-perform-%e2%80%9cpants-on-the-ground%e2%80%9d-on-%e2%80%9camerican-idol%e2%80%9d-finale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/483997","title":{"rendered":"General Larry Platt To Perform \u201cPants On The Ground\u201d On \u201cAmerican Idol\u201d Finale"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rumor: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.zacktaylor.ca\/blog\/2010\/03\/general-larry-platt-is-heading-to-the-finale.html\">We hear<\/a> General Larry Platt will perform his viral smash, &#8220;Pants on the Ground,&#8221; during the ninth season finale of <em>American Idol<\/em>, airing live from Hollywood&#8217;s Kodak Theatre this May. Platt, a former civil rights worker, became one of the year&#8217;s biggest Internet sensations after performing his original song during <em>Idol 9&#8217;s<\/em> Atlanta auditions, which aired in January. Each year, <em>American Idol<\/em> wraps up the season with a big finale special that includes performances and appearances from the remaining two finalists, a host of celebs, and former contestants who gained notoriety after appearing on the show.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.popcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/Pants-On-The-Ground-Grammy-Awards-Pre-Show-Performance-500x355.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Pants On The Ground Grammy Awards Pre-Show Performance\" width=\"500\" height=\"355\" class=\"alignright size-large wp-image-91039\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/xMUfmdKUdlbb8nPvT8CqpSO-ObI\/0\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/xMUfmdKUdlbb8nPvT8CqpSO-ObI\/0\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/xMUfmdKUdlbb8nPvT8CqpSO-ObI\/1\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/xMUfmdKUdlbb8nPvT8CqpSO-ObI\/1\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rumor: We hear General Larry Platt will perform his viral smash, &#8220;Pants on the Ground,&#8221; during the ninth season finale of American Idol, airing live from Hollywood&#8217;s Kodak Theatre this May. Platt, a former civil rights worker, became one of the year&#8217;s biggest Internet sensations after performing his original song during Idol 9&#8217;s Atlanta auditions, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5335,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-483997","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/483997","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5335"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=483997"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/483997\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=483997"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=483997"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=483997"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}