American Idol‘s season one contestant Nikki McKibbin was placed under psychiatric observation for 72 hours after suffering a severe breakdown in late February.

According to a police report, Nikki called a friend and told her that she was feeling depressed and wanted to kill herself. The friend called the police who arrived to find Nikki with a handful of pills.

Nikki refused to cooperate with the police who came to her rescue and reportedly tried to kick out the windows of the cop car.

Things weren’t going well for the American Idol alum. She released an album in May ’07 to a lukewarm response from the public. She was then hit with the sudden death of her mother in August.

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