Justin Timberlake has hit out at American Idol winner Taylor Hicks, claiming "he can't carry a tune in a bucket." The singer says he "despises" the talent show and has no respect for its latest victor, but confesses he can't help but watch when it's on.

He says, "I have a strange relationship with that show. I despise it, and yet I'm completely fascinated. The guy who won - people think he looks so normal, he's so sweet, and he's so earnest, but he can't carry a tune in a bucket."

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