Leroy Wells of Grand Bay, AL appeared Tuesday night on American Idol tryouts which was taped last summer in NOLA.

Some have compared Leroy to William Hung of last years show, but I think Leroy is so much more entertaining. He performed “Got Your Money” by O-D-B.

Leroy got to see his TV debut in the Mobile County Metro Jail, where he’d been since his arrest Jan. 5 on charges of second-degree assault and firing a gun into an occupied building.

According to jail records, he also is awaiting trial on drug charges and has pleaded guilty to second-degree possession of marijuana in 2004 and disorderly conduct in June 2003.

By early Wednesday evening, his release appeared imminent. Chris McNeil of Outlaw Bail Bonds said Wells’ family members had posted bail and Wells likely would be free within hours.

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