American Idol May Still Be Considering Paula Abdul
RadarOnline reports that American Idol producers are now conducting focus groups to determine whether to bring back Paula Abdul to the show, and at what cost.
I’m beginning to believe that my original take on Paula’s twitter resignation as negotiating tactic–rather than closing the door on her Idol career–was correct. They called her bluff, but now the two sides, after a little time has passed, are re-considering their positions. Yes, Idol, those guest judges sure do suck, don’t they? And hey Paula, the big bad world outside the Idol bubble doesn’t seem so welcoming, does it…
There’s are quite a few convincing indicators out in the blogosphere that the negotiations between Paula and Idol, in some form or another, have resumed. Her talks with ABC appear to have broken down, presumably to sort out her situation with Idol. And former Idol producer, Nigel Lythgoe, in a recent interview with Access Hollywood, backpedals a little on his offer to Paula. It turns out, he never talked to her in Vegas, and says he’d like to convince her to begin renegotiating with Idol again. He claims to have no inside information. But, you know…yeah right.
Eh. In the end, Paula will come back. Drag it out for a few more weeks and there is your major story keeping Idol in the news for the summer. Now, TPTB will need to drum something up for the fall…
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56 Responses to “American Idol May Still Be Considering Paula Abdul”
Good idea. If I watch the show on a regular basis next season, I’ll definitely be muting the judges’ comments and watching them later. Or maybe scribbling down my thoughts after each performance before watching the judges, because I don’t want to be skewed by what they say.
Yeah, that was messed up. American Idol deals with so many mentally unstable people– they make good tv–that eventually something was going to happen. Too bad it had to be the Paula stalker. That must’ve been rough for her.
I agree that Randy needs to go…..I am so tired of him saying the “dope” stuff on tv….the word dope shouldn’t be used on that family show to describe a singer in a positive manner. My suggestion for a replacement for him….Smokey Robinson. I think Smokey did a great job mentoring the contestants.
Still don’t like Kara, don’t know if I ever will, but I will force myself to keep trying.
If you want to compare Paula’s off-air tantics with say like Simon’s or Ryan’s….well Ryan for instance is Mr. Wild Child in his free time….that stuff about him hanging out with Linsey Lohan til the wee morning hours discussing business, then landing up at Ryan’s place til like 6 am, totally disgusted me….then I have seen pics of him with questionable women…yeah, he’s an eligle bachelor, wealthier than a son-of-gun, but he should be more discrete with whom he is photographed with. Then you’ve got Simon, friendly with all his ex girlfriends through-out the years and a heavy chain-smoker. So the bottom line is, no-one is perfect…not myself, not the leads in that show…but the originals have a chemistry together, as goofy as it’s been thru-out the years. It’s hard to find a good chemistry…yeah they need to revamp the show a bit, but they could do it in other ways…like let’s see how the contestants sing Christmas music for instance. Stuff like that.
It’s hard to imagine Idol without Paula. She’s been there since Day-One and is part of the brand. Yes, she’s got her faults, but who among us doesn’t?
While I think she frequently sounds like she’s babbling on about nothing, and I wish she would just STFU already, she is most always supportive…and the idols all love her for that.
Bottom line: I would like to see her back.
“IF” she is invited back, I would hope that she gets off whatever meds she’s been on that make her sound brainless and incoherent (anyone see her on Larry King Live last May?). They also need to reel her in once she starts rambling.
Faults or not, she adds a certain something to the show that will be hard to replace if they let her go.
I’m crossing my fingers for Paula.
bleh!
Come back Paula, you may be the only one that truely knows talent when you see it . Adam is perfect example, you got it right from the start, day one. Took the panel and some of America a while to see what was right in front of them. Adam you have showed them all, the concert stats, screaming crowds prove it,you are a true STAR !!!!. I am happy for you and your family.