Ryan Seacrest spoiler ignites Twitter revolt

"American Idol" host Ryan Seacrest may have tweeted himself into a heap of trouble. Soon after Wednesday night's elimination show, which was broadcast live from the West Coast starting at 6 p.m. PDT, Ryan announced to his more than 3 million Twitter followers who the guests were for Thursday morning's edition of KIIS FM's "On-Air with Ryan Seacrest:" Orianthi, David Cook and "tonight's voted off-idol lacey brown."

Only problem is, at the time he tweeted (just after 7 p.m.), "Idol" had yet to air in Los Angeles or anywhere else on the West Coast. No strangers to the perils of spoilers, PDT tweeters were, in a word, peeved.

Among the hundreds of messages addressing the snafu are comments such as this one by @SportsAllDay83: "Thanks for ruining Idol for us on the west coast. You live out here, you should know what time it starts." But Ryan also has his supporters. "It's ok," wrote @bornluckyme. "Lacey brown is not my fave anyway."

Speaking to "Idol" judge Randy Jackson just a couple months back, he described what can only be called a Twitter obsession for Ryan. "It's funny, Ryan Seacrest does his own Twitter and he says the craziest stuff on there," said Randy. "Ryan will
be twittering during station breaks on the show! I'm like, 'Dude, are you
crazy? Is it this important? Can't you wait until the show is over?' " And there you have it — apparently not.

We reached out to Fox and Ryan's rep asking if he'll embargo future Tweets until after all American time zones air and neither responded to our request for comment. No doubt it will be a topic of conversation on his radio show, so tune in online if you don't get "On-Air" locally.

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Photo: "American Idol" host Ryan Seacrest delivers elimination news to the Top 12. Credit: Michael Becker / PictureGroup

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