Paula Abdul Proves that The Show is Rigged Behind the Scenes

Oh honestly! Give me a break! All this is evidence of is that the judges listen and critique the dress rehearsals, nothing more. Simon even said exactly this last season. He claims it's because he can't hear with the audience there. Whatever. But to say this "proves" that the show is rigged? Puh-LEASE! That's just stupid.

Wait... this is a job for me? If so, I deserve a raise! Last night is one hour of my life I can never get back but will cause many nightmares for years to come.

Was it me or did Simon look absolutely delighted that Paula put the final nail in her Idol coffin?

I'm always within an acceptable arbitrary margin of error.

You know, it's certainly odd, but I'm supposed to believe that the judges are told what to say in advance? That doesn't make sense for two reasons:

1. The judges don't determine the winner, they just lambast the contestants.

2. If the judges were being told what to say, Paula probably wouldn't ramble on and being so utterly stupid so consistantly. That is unless the people writing what the judges say just like making her look stupid and obnoxious week after week, and Paula is too dumb to know better than to read the awful things they write for her.

Perhaps the judges previously listened to the studio performances and wrote down their criticisms of THAT, with the addendum that if the contestant screwed up the song that night, they'd probably have to adlib about how bad it was? That seems more plausible than "producers tell them what to say before the songs have even been performed"

This is not proof the show is fixed, just that Paula is not the sharpest tool in the shed. Do you really believe her rambling, discombobulated replies are scripted, or that she's reading them?

This site isn't funny anymore. Too many bitter wanna-be idols.

THE SHOW ISN'T THAT IMPORTANT, GUYS. GET OVER IT.

Ya know the great thing about it all is that up to this point, I can't remember Paula ever having notes at all. She just spewed whatever was in her fuzzy brain. But up until the 'outing", she read right off notes and sounded extremely lucid... maybe the producers gave her notes thinking she'd sound legit this week... not so much Nigel, gave her too much credit. This was just tremendous.

WHY doesnt anyone notice that the dirty sang two verses entirely different-she is so stupid she meant to say TWO VERSES and said SONGS. . .the first one was LOW and the next one was soprano, RIGHT WHEN that came out of her mouth we were all like, "how dumb she meant to say 2 verses not songs. . ."

I am too old for this sh** but it is priceless!

I think the problem was the New Format - judging after TWO SONGS instead of after each song. That threw the judges off their stride.

Each one had to take notes and dear Miss Paula only fucked up hers. Her additional notes for Jason's song were also written down and she just got confused as usual.

And you have to admit it was funny to the Audience, Randy and Simon and all the viewers in TV land. We all spotted it right away - and when Paula tried to cover it up - she made it seem worse.

As to her taking pain killers - from an injury that I thought was from a rough airplane flight, and car accident - some people said her confusion was caused by them - and drinking and that she should go into Rehab - but that's really false - How do I know this?

I take very strong pain killers every day - and I mean VERY STRONG multiple painkillers - Oxycodone, Duragesic 100 patches, Neurontin and Zonegran each and every day to treat Fibromyalgia, arthritis and degenerative disc and joint disease. For me this combination works to get rid of the pain and I've been on it for seven years now. And even though I'm disabled and unable to work, this medicine does make me extremely tired, but does not affect my thought processes. I can still drive, I can still write short stories and articles, and I can carry on intelligent conversation [as long as I have my Coca Cola ;) ].

BUT if I have anything alcoholic to drink - forget about what I wrote above - for it all becomes moot - I just go to sleep. Even a small glass of wine - say a shot glass full will put me to sleep. I drink it, and fifteen minutes later I go off to La-La land.

Neo Ken

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I am too old for this sh** but it is priceless!

I have to agree with the MTV columnist in wishing that when told how not himself he was on the second song Castro had replied, "Well, since I'd just heard Paula pan my performance before it happened I was a little thrown."

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If someone at the judges table can't hear it, how could someone further back in the audience hear it?
Even if what you say is true, then don't you even have the most miniscule amount of intelligence to think that maybe that's not fair? If this really is a "singing" competition, then would it not make the most sense, and be the most fair, to judge contestants based on what the audience at home and in the studio witnesses?

Or are you just too inept to remotely understand anything? Are you Paula?