The thing with Britney is that I know she has a personality, based off the interviews before the “meltdown.” That medication she’s on now is making her so aloof. Old Britney would’ve been hilarious on the show. Demi should be fired, too immature and inexperienced.

I remember watching American Idol from season 1 to Taylor Hicks, but kept up through David Cook’s year and admired Adam Lambert. The original 3 judges of Paula, Randy, and Simon were the perfect combination. These shows don’t need professional singers on the panel, they need actual music producers and people who work behind the scenes.

Simon is too arrogant to see that the over-produced and choreographed productions do not work. The “mentoring” concept was pointless What made early American Idol so great was that everyone could really sing and they didn’t use gimmicks or try to stage anything backstage for the cameras. I liked how they interviewed the contestants to find out stuff about them rather than re-stage their actual lives in the fake way X Factor does.

You have a star when a person can shine without the pyrotechnics. I was watching old videos of Bo Bice and Katharine McPhee… true talent and not much was surrounding them. Simon gave genuine criticisms on American Idol. Now, he’s praising people he would’ve torn to shreds on AI. It’s a joke.

Emblem3 should not sign with Simon’s label if they know what’s good for them. LA should definitely snatch them up.