Did a Reality Con Artist Trick American Idol?

You watch enough reality TV shows, you’re going to start seeing some of the same faces. Not all of these repeated-realers choose to use different names and fake accents when they’re appearing before the cameras, however, and that’s why American Idol’s Nicci Nix is extremely special…or very, very dumb.

Nix originally billed herself as a Florence, Italy native and spoke with an accent (not to mention that inordinately high-pitched speaking voice) before she sang prettily for the panel to win her shot at success in Hollywood Week. But if you’ve watched a lot of Fear Factor and Making the Band, you might know Nicci by another name - another name, another birthplace, another accent…whatever. Keep reading to watch videos of a distinctly different Nicci.

Nix, who also appeared on Next and Date My Mom, was a contestant on Fear Factor as Nicci Palmeri. On this reality series, she said she was from California and spoke without even a little bit of an Italian lilt. During her stint on Making the Band, Nix used a much more pleasant, lower-pitched speaking voice to make herself heard and went by the name Nicole.

Who’s the real Nicci Nix (if that is her real name), and is it at all possible that FOX and Fremantle didn’t know about her reality-heavy past? Not even a little bit.

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