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American Idol Judges Are Basically Five Years Old

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Did you guys watch Idol tonight? Because of their massive time-constraint FAIL last week (they ran eight minutes over), they decided to have only two judges comment on each of the performances, switching off between Simon & Paula and Randy & Kara. Listen, people. You have SEVEN contestants right now. They each sing for all of two minutes. That is fourteen requisite minutes of content. You can do whatever you want with the rest of the time. Is there really no way these ridiculously well-compensated professionals can keep their egos in check enough to do their reviews quickly? It’s pretty embarrassing when you have to resort to measures like that. I mean, hell, all Paula Abdul needs is fortune cookies to open and read. That’s all she was doing tonight anyway. And the rest of them? You people make like a bazillion dollars an episode. For that kind of money, you still can’t be convinced to share the spotlight? Grow up.

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  • even worse, they STILL ran over tonight! How is that possible? They need to stop pimping coca cola, the tweens need to stop booing at every comment, and they need to get rid of Randy and Kara who do nothing for me. Simon is the voice of reason and Paula is the voice of crazy, that’s all you really need. This is why I have started to watch the performances on Youtube. I can ignore all the crap and get straight to the songs!

  • Does anyone know how long commercials ran last night? I’m guessing more than 25 minutes. There were ads, long ads, in between each song. It was quite obnoxious watching it in real time.

    • I agree…the commercials are ridiculous on Idol – and WAY too long. Maybe if they actually left some airtime for a show, this wouldn’t be a problem. If the whole idea is for contestants to sing and get critiqued, that should be a priority, not how many Progressive commercials can they cram in between songs.

  • The show really pissed me off. I want to hear Simon’s voice of reason for every single contestant. They can’t learn to keep their comments under 15 seconds? Paula now seems to be reading from a script that has nothing to do with the actual performance that just took place. If Randy eliminated “dawg” and “I’m not feeling it” from his vocab he could come in on time. Kara-well, the frowning takes up 5-10 seconds before she speaks. Maybe just Simon says…..

  • Ryan does a great job, but he baits the judges into their silly arguments, too. We don’t care about the “old” jokes. The show is about the contestants, not the judges. I want to hear from all of them, but they need to use restraint. Simon doesn’t have to make snide comments EVERY time Paula talks, and she has to stop letting him bait her. They also could cut the judges’ recap at the beginning. Or drop Paula and take it back to three. Whoever sings in the last two spots pays for the judges’ silliness. Alexis Grace is a prime example of that.

  • Awww, but if both Kara and Paula can’t speak about the same contestant then how will Simon be able to make silly faces in between Randy’s commentary and his? Seriously, Simon just lives to mock those two. I think he’s ready to be done with this show.

  • Who’s stupid idea was it to add a fourth judge? Paula babbles enough for 3 people! Fire them all and just leave Simon.