Ace Young sings about his scar

Ace has more up his sleeve than a soulful singing voice.	His passion is reflected...	...by a signature scar.

No one wants defective skin. Movie actors are constantly concealing signs of injury, like the scars from Catherine Zeta-Jones' tracheotomy and Sharon Stone's riding accident. But musicians? They seem to wear their scars like badges of honor. Singer Seal makes no effort to hide his cheek scars. Despite rumors, these are due to discoid lupus in remission, not from some African tribal rite.

So "American Idol" wannabe Ace Young is just going old school by drawing attention to his chest scar, which he reports is due to a childhood injury. Is this pretty boy looking for street cred? Or just an excuse to flash his pecs for adolescent female fans? On this show, revealing imperfect skin doesn't seem to hurt one's chances. Last season, contestant Anthony Federov routinely exposed his neck scar and he made it as far as the final four.