Don't American Idol contestants want to be taken seriously?

So that Ford commercial with Taylor Hicks... Now, I haven't watched the show since season 2, but I'm still fairly up to date on my pop culture.

Did he really go to the trouble of embarassing himself on national television for weeks and weeks, just so he could sing 2 lines of a crappy Ford jingle? Come on now man, Kelly Clarkson has way more respect for herself than that!

And yes, I'm sitting at home watching the commercials during "American Pie: Band Camp". You don't get to judge me. Its been a rough weekend. ;)