"He should quit"
http://www.aftonbladet.se/nojesbladet/idol2008/article3687645.ab

"Idol"-winner Marie Picasso in an attack against Lars
Laile Bagge got mad.
The population of Sweden got split in two.
Now the winner of last year's "Idol", Marie Picasso, tells "Idol"-Lars that he should quit the program.
- I think he should quit, she says to Nöjesbladet.

  Falling and skidding while performing the ABBA-theme.
  The Schlager-theme resulted in two floorcrashes.
  Lars Eriksson's two last Friday-finales have been causing an public outcry.
  Now the last winner Marie Picasso tells Lars to leave "Idol".
  - If he feels like this I think he should leave. I think that's what someone should do if they're not interested. If I hadn't liked "Idol" I would have quit. It feels a bit weird to continue otherwise. You shouldn't be there if you don't like it, she said to Nöjesbladet.

"Is not rock'n'roll"
  The judge-member Andreas Carlsson agrees.
  - If he wants to be really rock'n'roll, he should leave instead of being a clown. There is a good border between being funny to becoming arrogant. I got shocked by the performance, it was totally different to the rehearsal, he says and continues:
  - The production was also surprising... He might not want to be rock'n'roll. But lars is not rock'n'roll in an Oasis-sense, he has become a clown instead. It doesn't matter if you end up at seventh or fifth place. If he wants to quit it's better that he does it now, so we can get a joker in instead.

Record-contract in danger
  In the beginning of the program, Lars got offered a record-contract at standing. Andreas Carlsson is doubtful if it is still there.
  - It was Anders Bagge who offered it to him, I have no idea about how he feels to record a CD now. Lars is far away from that artist he was when Anders promised it, he said.
  In an interview for Nöjesbladet on Sunday Lars explained how he felt.
  - I wanted to say that I don't respect the concept of the program. That I don't want to sing schlager. That I still, as I wrote in my blog, think it's disgusting in the way they want to control us.
  He also wrote in his blog that he "absolutely doesn't want to win "Idol"".
  Can you quit if you want to?
  - Since I don't have the agreement in my head and that you have to do the judgement from person to person, I can't answer that question right now. But it's never good in the end if someone, against their will, is forced to be part of it, "Idol"'s executive producent Pelle Porseryd said.
  Nöjesbladet has unsuccessfully tried to reach Lars Eriksson for a comment.