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Lauren Alaina Injured After Stage Fall on Tour

Chris Pizzello, AP

She made a successful run up to a second-place finish during this season's 'American Idol,' but a nasty tumble she took during a concert in Oregon has Lauren Alaina sporting a boot cast and walking with crutches. The mishap occurred during the young singer's segment on the American Idols Live tour now crossing the country.

"I open up the second half of the show," Lauren tells Country Weekly. "I wanted to try on a new outfit, which was this short dress and really high heels. I was pretty nervous about performing in the high heels, so I decided to practice before the show by walking down some stairs at the venue. Well, the stairs weren't really even, and I ended up falling and spraining my ankle and hitting my head."

The result was a third-degree sprain, meaning the 16-year-old is forced to use crutches and is under doctor's orders to wear a cast for about two weeks. "I'm stubborn, so I'll probably only wear it a week," she confesses. "It's really hard to perform in it."

Lauren reveals that she's trying to make the best of having to wear the boot by adding some personal touches to it. "I've put little diamonds all over it," she notes.

On Sunday (July 10), Lauren posted a frowning photo of herself in the boot and on crutches, with the tweet, "Good news &. Bad news. It's not broken but I have a third degree sprain and I have a boot and crutches!"

The show is most definitely going on for Lauren and the other finalists, yet all of this reminds us what the singer told The Boot about her "personal Idol" Shania Twain recently. "All of her music is really fun, and that's the kind of music I like -- music that people can dance to."

You'll recall that Shania took her own high-profile spill during the CMT Music Awards telecast early last month. Coincidence?

Our best wishes to Lauren for a speedy recovery! The American Idols Live tour hits Los Angeles on Friday (July 15).



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siouxmoore

Ho hum. Nice little girl and boy sing fairly well. Other singers are outstanding. why oh why did those little kids win! the other contestants must be livid, but it doens't show.

July 18 2011 at 3:41 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Hello Lori

AMERICAS CHILDREN PICK THE LEAST TALENTED 2 FINALIST ON IDOL THIS YEAR..THE PRODUCERS OF IDOL, SHOULD IMPLEMENT THE SAME VOTING LIMIT THAT ALL THE OTHER CONTEST HAVE..THAT IS LIMIT 10 VOTES PER PHONE, 10 TEXTS AND 20 ONLINE VOTING LIMIT..THAT WAY THE REAL TALENTED CONTESTANTS DON'T GET ELIMINATED BY AMERICAS CHILDREN THAT KEEP REDIALING BASED ON BEING CUTE TO THEM AND NOT ON REAL TALENT...THE VOICE, HAS 10 CALLS LIMIT PER PHONE, TEXT AND ONLINE, DANCING WITH THE STARS DOES HAVE THE SAME VOTING SYSTEM AS WELL..SO, IS TIME FOR THE PRODUCERS OF AMERICAN IDOL TO BE FAIR AND PUT A STOP TO THIS RIDICULOUS REDIALING NON STOP BY AMERICAS CHILDREN TO VOTE FOR NEING CUTE ONLY...I DARE IDOL PRODUCERS TO DO THE 10 VOTE LIMIT, 10 TEXT AND 20 ONLINE NEXT YEAR..AND PLEASE, DON'T BRING JLO BACK..SHE WAS THE WORST JUDGE OF THEM ALL..BRING SOMEBODY LIKE A RECORD PRODUCER TO BE A JUDGE NEXT YEAR..PLEASE SOMEBODY FROM IDOL, READ THIS AND DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT..

July 17 2011 at 8:44 PM Report abuse +1 rate up rate down Reply
twotwinbugz

get well soon but make sure you dont rush it

July 17 2011 at 2:57 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
cassyschooling18

where did my comment go from yesterday????:(

July 17 2011 at 11:07 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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siouxmoore

this is always a great mystery. don't worry.

July 18 2011 at 3:42 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Patrick

If that's the worst thing that happens to you, you are blessed. Get well soon.

July 16 2011 at 4:40 PM Report abuse -1 rate up rate down Reply
linddar

I simply do not understand the current style of extremely high heels. I think they look ridiculous and make women look like they are not intelligent enough to not follow a trend that is dangerous and benefits no one except the shoe designers and manufacturers. Large concert venues have lots of stairs and the stage is elevated so that if anyone falls off they could get killed.

Lady Gaga doesn't look "good" hobbling around in those high heels. It's just attention getting, so more power to a PR genius. At least she's getting a big payoff for her pain.

I lose respect for women that I see wearing heels more than four inches which is still too high because I think there's is something wrong with them and can't figure out who they're trying to impress and why.

July 16 2011 at 2:11 PM Report abuse -1 rate up rate down Reply
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Hello Lori

LOL, YOU ARE RIGHT, THAT HAPPENED CAUSE, LAUREN PROBABLY WAS TRYING TO IMITATE LADY GAGA AND GET OUT OF BEING COMPARED TO "MISS PIGGY"...LOL

July 17 2011 at 8:48 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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siouxmoore

Oh Lori,
I don't keep up with these things ... Miss Piggy .... tee hee tee hee tee hee tee hee

July 18 2011 at 3:48 AM Report abuse rate up rate down
cassyschooling18

poor lauren!!!

July 16 2011 at 10:10 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
GABY

I really was hoping Lauren Alaina would win American Idol! She has such a beautiful, crisp, and clear voice...I would love for her to sing a duet with either Blake Shelton or Carrie Underwood. May her ankle heal quickly!

July 15 2011 at 7:48 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
peteycat915

Being stubborn is one thing, but being stubborn about following the doctor's orders is another. If he says wear the boot for two weeks, then wear it for two weeks. It probably seems impossible, at age 16, to think that you might ever have to deal with arthritis, but what I am learning is that the injuries from my teens are haunting me now with arthritis in the areas injured so long ago. And ignore fools like TREXX, who tells you to "walk it off."

July 15 2011 at 2:16 PM Report abuse +1 rate up rate down Reply
QUEEN B

her ankle probably hurt from all that weight she's carrying too. pretty girl but chubby bunny

July 15 2011 at 2:02 PM Report abuse -7 rate up rate down Reply
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