Are you kidding, people love Paula. She is dopey, but she is a sweetheart. Besides, it gives Simon someone to poke fun of. Paula has a lot of fans who liked the show’s chemistry. Besides, this a a popular show with mainstream America. The elites in the big cities look down on Idol. And I really don’t think Ellen is popular with the more rural conservative crowd. I think there will be a large backlash and Idol will not be the rating juggarnaut it has been for 8 years.
People loveD Paula, but she became a bad joke. She didn’t supply chemistry anymore, she just threw in periodic comments that didn’t make any sense and barely tied to what was going on. In the early days everything you say was true, but by this past season she was a sitting anti-drug public service announcement.