Catholic University has not yet responded to requests from Big Head DC for comment on the Antonella Barba nude WWII Memorial picture/blow job scandal, but officials there published the following release on February 16, pledging their support: 

CUA Junior Vies to be America’s Next Idol

If things go well for one CUA junior, America will soon be filled with a whole lot of “fantonellas.”

That’s the punny nickname for fans of “American Idol” contestant and CUA architecture major Antonella Barba, who has advanced to the top 24 finalists vying to be the country’s next big pop star.

The Point Pleasant, N.J., native first won over the “Idol” television audience — and judges — during the New York City auditions. Her journey through the selection process with childhood best friend, Amanda Coluccio, has been chronicled throughout the audition episodes of the show, from New York to Hollywood. Coluccio did not advance past the first Hollywood cuts, though Barba made it into the top 40 and then, last Wednesday, into the top 12 female contestants.

So far, Barba’s fate has been in the hands of the show’s three judges, but from this point forward, her fortunes will be determined by “American Idol” viewers, who will vote each night for their favorite contestants by phone. She can probably count on a fair number of calls from her college campus: Friends and fellow CUA students will gather in The Edward J. Pryzbyla University Center for viewings of the live episodes that feature Barba.

Barba will next perform Wednesday, Feb. 21 (8 p.m. E.T.), on FOX. The lowest male and female vote-getters will be eliminated from the competition during a live show on Thursday, Feb. 22 (8 p.m. E.T.), on FOX.

For now, fantonellas can show their support for Barba on the Web site antonella-barba.org — one of three Internet sites that have already cropped up to keep tabs on Barba’s trek toward singer-stardom.

Related: Antonella Barba’s Alleged BJ Pics; The Sexy Side of the WWII Memorial; Catholic University’s Support for Antonella Barba; Antonella Barba’s Homemade Catholic University Calendar; Another Antonella Barba Secret; Do You Pinky Promise Not to Frolic in the WWII Memorial?; Barba Not Expected to be Expelled from Catholic U — Yet