Nikki McKibbin suffers mental breakdown

Nikki McKibbin, the pink-haired rocker who finished in third on the first season of American Idol reportedly spent 72 hours in a psychiatric ward last month after possibly contemplating suicide. Star Magazine reports that Nikki was depressed after losing her mother in August, and she finally broke down on Feb. 21. She reportedly said she wanted to "live with [her] mom in heaven" and was found clutching a handful of white pills when emergency personnel arrived at her Fort Worth, Tex. home. She has since been released.

Nikki released her first studio album, Unleashed, last May on independent record label Chenoa Records.