Paula Abdul Isn't Watching The Same Show As The Rest Of Us - Page 2
"That was just on the first song," he said sheepishly, pointing up to Castro. "Just on the first one."
Simon Cowell closed his eyes and shook his head, and began to guffaw as Abdul's confusion mounted.
"Oh my god, I thought you — I thought you sang twice!" she said.
She explained that she got confused by looking ahead at the notes for David Cook. [...]
Even Cowell gathered himself to help patch up the moment, patting Abdul on the shoulder and asking, as if to speed things along, "Paula, who was your favorite?"
Her reply: Cook (the same contestant whose performance she supposedly noted as having left her "empty"). [...]
Abdul told "Entertainment Tonight" after the show that she was thrown for a loop when producers apprised the judges of the change "in the dark" at the last minute.
"This was officially the strangest show we've ever done," Cowell said at the conclusion of the telecast, "but I like that. It's kind of a bit chaotic tonight."
Hmm. Okay, I can understand being flustered when somebody changes up the format on you at the last minute, but come on...aren't these people supposed to be professionals? Don't they have experience in television? Aren't there producers, directors, people to make sure hosts do what they are supposed to do? This isn't Paula's first season on AI, it isn't like she's never done this before. It isn't too hard to watch and know whether or not people sing one song or two. And she had Randy to pave the way for her, all she had to do was listen to him and imitate what he did. Is it just me, or are there entirely too many "odd" events that happen to Paula?
Randy and Simon didn't seem to have problems with the new format, but I guess Paula did. Oh well, just add it to the list of Very Weird Events in the career of Paula Abdul.
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