:wow:
I haven't watched this year except for the early "make an ass of yourself on national TV but hey you are ON national TV huh?" episodes. That was an all time TV gaffe.
Basically after the first round of Neil Diamond songs (man did he look GOOD or what?) SEacrest brought everyone on stage for a midshow review. Paula was clearly not ready and (read below) she gave her critique of the white-guy-with-dreads performanceS --yes both of them but no wait what she meant was that the "your second song" was for the white-guy-with-the-marketing-department-contrived-look but no actually she said "Oh my God I thought you sang twice"
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It's okay though because the asmatic blind kid looks like a lock to win which is why the ratings are probably so low...hey wait a minute maybe Paula knows the ratings are low ...and.....uh.... man is she like a West Coast Jedi or WHAT?
EW weighs in
http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20196507,00.htmlLet's roll the tape and get Paula's critique: ''Jason, the first song I loved hearing your lower register, which we never really hear. The second song, I felt like your usual charm wasn't...it was missing for me, it kind of left me a little empty. And the two songs made me feel like you're not fighting hard enough to get into the top four.''
When Randy jumped in and reminded Paula that the contestants had only performed one song at that point in the telecast, the typically bewildered ''Straight Up'' singer gasped, then declared, ''Oh my God, I thought you sang twice!''
Me? I hit the pause button on my DVR, needing a moment to catch my breath from a combination of shock, embarrassment, and outrage.
I don't for one second buy the explanation given by Paula herself, that she was momentarily confused and was reading her notes for David Cook; if that was the case, how come she changed course, seconds later, and told Cook he was ''fantastic''? And I find it hard to believe Paula's flub was simply the result of her boarding the La-La Express; her critique of Jason's performance was far too specific. (Note the use of ''charm,'' a noun attributed to the Dreadlocked Dude all season.)
Nope, as far as I'm concerned, Paula's blunder heard 'cross the nation — click here to watch a video clip and to read Adam B. Vary's report of how it played inside the Idol studio — can only be explained one of two ways:
A. Paula took notes during Idol dress rehearsals and used them (at least in part) to critique the televised live performances.
B. Paula was reading from notes given to her by the show's producers.
Either way, Idol has some serious explaining to do.
The idea that Paula, or any of the judges, would base their comments on dress rehearsals is preposterous. In my mind, Paula, Simon, and Randy should neither see nor hear the contestants' warm-ups, and even if they do, how is it that they're not explicitly instructed to give feedback only on the same set of performances the viewing public sees on their TV screens?
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