American Idol Season 5 Contestant Zach Travis – Guess What He’s Doing Now…

By On 12/13/2008 · 15 Comments · In Uncategorized

Remember Zach Travis, the cross-dressing contestant from Season 5? I do. When I re-capped his audition, I kinda blamed his Mom for enabling his fame-whorish ways. It was pretty obvious the producers let him through so Simon could mock the way he looked. Mom did not seem to be hip to that. Or really care.

Check out his audition:

It’s three years later and Zach has a newly butch look, (well, relatively speaking) a new name, and a new career.

He’s in Southern California making movies. But he’s working in the San Fernando Valley, rather than Hollywood–if you catch my drift. If you don’t, his new name is Kirk Cummings. Get it now? Heh.

His mom, by the way, is very proud of her boy. She wants to attend the adult entertainment awards with him. Surprised? Not Moi.

Zach/Kirk is also continuing to pursue a career as a singer. He’s recorded a song. You can check out the “singing”, plus some photos of Kirk, after the jump…

In this video, the thanks his “fans” for his “career”:

 
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  • abbysee

    Jeez. Where do I start. He walking into the audition with his horrible singing self, wearing his moms blouse, bitching and moaning about people mistaking him for a girl? And his Mom? She just took him shopping and fed into his head about how closed minded America is. Yup. Then they plotted his next move as a porn star. Yep. I’d be proud too. If I was from the planet IDIOT!

    ETA: deleted for overthetopness!

  • hypertwink

    I’ve seen some of his work. This is going to sound bitchy but it’s not meant to be: He’s so much better as a porn star than he was ever a singer. On a slightly related note, if ever there was a porn star who’d make it as a singer it’d be this guy, Colton Ford. He already registered in the dance charts for the past two years.

    Anyway, here he is, covering Alicia Keys’ No One…
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNPdKhsy3gU No One

    These are the 2 songs which charted, I think:

    That’s Me – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oH73n94agtw

    The Way You Love Me – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ud-JzPuRVs

    Oh yeah, the music videos are a little sexy for the workplace.

  • RemusL

    The things you learn and get to see in mjsbigblog… :-o

    I think even “singing” in quotes is being charitable.

  • Lera

    Ok I watched the first video and was ready to give two positive feedbacks but towards the end of the video I have to retrack one of them.

    1-He gained weight (strike this one now)

    2- His hair looks better. (On his head)

    Other then that NOTHING!

  • Duke

    LoL- this has to be the ODDEST post yet for mjsbb.

    sooooooooooo weird. but for some reason, I LOVE hearing about stupid s*** like this. yet, still creepy.

  • sonyab

    Heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s in Southern California making movies. But heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s working in the San Fernando Valley, rather than Hollywood
    à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’if you catch my drift. If you donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t, his new name is Kirk Cummings. Get it now? Heh.
    ============================================
    No I don’t get it.. Someone explain to me please. Is it because of his last name? Cummings? Like Cum? But wouldn’t that be something that would be in Hollywood if he was there? I’m confused.

  • http://myspace.com/girlgeek mj

    No I donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t get it.. Someone explain to me please. Is it because of his last name? Cummings? Like Cum? But wouldnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t that be something that would be in Hollywood if he was there? Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m confused.

    The porn industry is based in the San Fernando Valley, rather than Hollywood. And yes, his name is rather sexually suggestive.

  • abbysee

    No I donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t get it.. Someone explain to me please. Is it because of his last name? Cummings? Like Cum? But wouldnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t that be something that would be in Hollywood if he was there? Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m confused.

    Okay can this thread get any more weird or humorous?

  • sabby_rina

    I’m speechless… I mean, what can you say to something like that?

  • Ladybug

    What about the chi’run? The innocents that watch American Idol??? They. Must. Avert. Their. Eyes.

    I must say you have outdone yourself, MJ, with this amazing What Are They Doing Now find! :happy_tb:

  • SashaB

    Let’s see, some of the less breakout (star)AI alums go onto different endeavors besides releasing records: some host TV shows, some go the Broadway/off Broadway route, and now I guess some are going the porn route? Um, well it certainly is another path. And there are another batch of AI alumns out there from this season. And AI is a launching pad for people’s career? But seriously – OMG!

  • cakeymakeybakey

    My eyeballs are bleeding. :-0 Why oh why did I follow this post to its denoument??? MJ, you’ve outdone yourself with this gem…

  • http://myspace.com/girlgeek mj

    Let’s see, some of the less breakout (star)AI alums go onto different endeavors besides releasing records: some host TV shows, some go the Broadway/off Broadway route, and now I guess some are going the porn route?

    Absolutely. And “Kirk” isn’t the first.

    Sadly, In the midst of an alcohol and drug binge, Jessica Sierra, from Season 4, made a porn DVD.

    And, Olivia Mojica from Season 2 had a boyfriend who tried to sell a homemade porn, but she managed to block it.

  • http://www.AuthorsTeam.com ghostwriter

    Well that song goes right on my ipod.
    Actually, he doesn’t sound that much worse than Britney– which shows you what I think of Britney.

    And he’s no William Hung.

    High school must have been hell for that kid.

    On a side note, I once attended a party for the Divine’s debut single, T-shirts and Tight Blue Jeans. (The segue here is that the kid was a bit of a transvestite in his AI audition.)

    Of course, she was famous– so she was given a song was pretty good, unlike the garbage being sung by Kirk Cummings.

    I still remember the chorus.

    Oddly enough, the event was covered by a TV show in its first year that I had never heard of: Entertainment Tonight.

    I sat at a table with Randy Jones, the cowboy in The Village People, and got to meet Mary Wilson from the Supremes. (I saw her two more times at D-list parties over the next month. She was trying to get a record deal at the time.)

  • sonyab

    From MJ

    The porn industry is based in the San Fernando Valley, rather than Hollywood. And yes, his name is rather sexually suggestive.
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    Ohhhhh okay! I didn’t know that. That’s surprising! I figured it would be in Hollywood! :)

    From abbysee

    Okay can this thread get any more weird or humorous?
    ===============================
    Sure! :) I’m sure we can think of a lot of things ROFL.