Did you pay attention last night?
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 the show is rigged. I'm in the prejudging camp. The judges should never see nor hear rehearsals, and even if they do, how are they going to give impartial feedback of the performances the viewing public sees on their TV screens? This show has lost all credibility, and this coming from a 7 season fan.
You can laugh off the facts with some irrelevant reference to Daughtry, but I thought at least you would could do better than say “pay no attention to the man behind the curtain”...
You may be taking the judges too seriously. Remember, if Simon talks up someone, he loses.
THe judges make comments. THe voters vote and frequently go counter to the judges.
I think they watch the dress rehearsal to know the singers and it adds weight to their statements in my opinion. THey know if someone is consistantly bad and if someone is usually good and has a bad night on tv. THat weighs in on their comments.
THey are not in a judicial system. ANd unless they fix the phones, the show is not fixed.
I do note the camera and time on camera seems to favor some, especially Brooke. They let her have a lot of individual time.
ANd I think they are putting in code words for David A,,savant, prodigy. Neil Diamond said he was a prodigy and not in a good way, he looked a little put off by David A. I think David A may have some serious personality problems,,he is like two different people. One is 7 years old and the other is amazing, almost like an incredible mimic of an adult singer.
The winners will really be chosen by the public based on longer term career success or not. The title of AI is not as important as the durability of the performers.