<![CDATA[Can This <i>American Idol</i> Be Saved? - Gawker Comments]]> <![CDATA[Can This <i>American Idol</i> Be Saved? - Gawker Comments]]> <![CDATA[Can This <i>American Idol</i> Be Saved?]]> I think it needs more nudity.

Smirk

]]> <![CDATA[Can This <i>American Idol</i> Be Saved?]]> Monkeys will add a welcome dash of levity to any tense proceedings.

VeeKaChu

]]> <![CDATA[Can This <i>American Idol</i> Be Saved?]]> It should be hosted by Marc Summers and the losers get covered in slime. Just make sure Burt Reynolds is never a judge.

Kickstartheart

]]> <![CDATA[Can This <i>American Idol</i> Be Saved?]]> I'm still waiting for Simon to stop holding back and call a queen a queen! C'mon Simon, bitch-slap Ryan across the stage. Stop taking his verbal abuse and him have it!

rg

]]> <![CDATA[Can This <i>American Idol</i> Be Saved?]]> Who actually tunes in to see a sober and sane Paula? No one expects her to be lucid...its kind of like your grandmother calling you by your cousin's name...you don't get pissed...you just think, "well, grandma must be sleepy and old." Besides, this is free press for a karaoke show that has sucked ass for the past several years. Now people WILL watch just to see if she passes out during the show or takes her top off.

mr hotpants

]]> <![CDATA[Can This <i>American Idol</i> Be Saved?]]> Paula negged the shit out of those kids.

vulturesquadron

]]> <![CDATA[Can This <i>American Idol</i> Be Saved?]]> I don't think getting rid of Ryan will help. He's too integral to the show. I do think something about the format needs to be changed. Bring back the wildcards, and if Paula needs to be replaced, do away with the mentors and bring back a revolving panel of guest judges.

I think the show needs to be unexpected again. 'Upset' eliminations aren't enough.

girlsintuxedos

]]> <![CDATA[Can This <i>American Idol</i> Be Saved?]]> Get rid of Paula. She may be entertaining but she also makes it all the more ridiculous. Hell, get rid of all of the judges and start over. Simon is just a miserable little bitch.

Take the whole thing off the air for a year, so that it might also seem more like an event.

dandles

]]> <![CDATA[Can This <i>American Idol</i> Be Saved?]]> @dweeb: Brilliant.

dandles

]]> <![CDATA[Can This <i>American Idol</i> Be Saved?]]> Paula Abdul is the ONLY reason to watch American Idol. It's all about the Gays and Paula. When my roommates and I sit down to watch with our cocktails, WE'RE TRYING TO CATCH UP TO PAULA. Have you ever played an American Idol drinking game? You really, really should. Seacrest Out!
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kityglitr

]]> <![CDATA[Can This <i>American Idol</i> Be Saved?]]> I think Paula said what she said to punish the producers for messing with the format on the fly.

Message: Don't mess with the talent! They can hurt you!

it takes a lot to laugh

]]> <![CDATA[Can This <i>American Idol</i> Be Saved?]]> @ contradicto

comment perfection.

iamtall

]]> <![CDATA[Can This <i>American Idol</i> Be Saved?]]> It's as if for one moment, something happened and all of the substances in Paula's body exploded in a force field of magnetism...and people actually noticed! For one brief second there! Just. like. Lost. Kneeewwww it.

moneyries

]]> <![CDATA[Can This <i>American Idol</i> Be Saved?]]> I'm rooting for comet strike.

Dr. Spaceman, Esq.

]]> <![CDATA[Can This <i>American Idol</i> Be Saved?]]> e) All of the above. (I take that back. I actually like Ryan on this show. Unless you replace him with a monkey.)

busyness

]]> <![CDATA[Can This <i>American Idol</i> Be Saved?]]> Two words: Dunkleman.

Nard

]]> <![CDATA[Can This <i>American Idol</i> Be Saved?]]> Make them all live together in a house. And instead of singing have them pose for pictures. And instead of Paula there should be a noted fashion photographer.

Nicholas Carlson

]]> <![CDATA[Can This <i>American Idol</i> Be Saved?]]> Paula was just trying to emulate Lost's flash-forward formula.

contradicto

]]> <![CDATA[Can This <i>American Idol</i> Be Saved?]]> This was also the one damned episode I missed this season.

dweeb

]]> <![CDATA[Can This <i>American Idol</i> Be Saved?]]> There is only one solution.

Replace Paula with Mike O'Malley and institute American Idol Guts: a challenging, multi-stage obstacle course, culminating with a themed musical performance from atop the Aggro Crag (from which losers are thrown to their deaths).

Fox executives? You're welcome. And I prefer to be paid in Euros.

flossy

]]> <![CDATA[Can This <i>American Idol</i> Be Saved?]]> Jeebis, Paula is the main reason I watch the show, it's like Sigmund and Freud, I mean, Roy, or auto racing -- you're always want to see if the bad thing is going to happen this time.

donmiguel

]]> <![CDATA[Can This <i>American Idol</i> Be Saved?]]> Turn it into a talent competition of puppies jumping over rainbows, hosted by David Archuleta and judged by Danny Noriega.

dweeb

]]> <![CDATA[Can This <i>American Idol</i> Be Saved?]]> MONKEY JUDGES! Eventually they'll pick Shakespeare.

valarmorghulis

]]> <![CDATA[Can This <i>American Idol</i> Be Saved?]]> Although not a fan of video games myself, giving one lucky audience member the chance to pimp slap and then frag the losing contestant might help.

As for Paula? The only thing keeping her from an assisted living facility is either the kindness of strangers, or the most amazing cooch in Hollywood.

McCheeburger

]]> <![CDATA[Can This <i>American Idol</i> Be Saved?]]> Screw monkeys. Monkees. Let's go back to the source for market-tested crap.

Astigmatism

]]> <![CDATA[Can This <i>American Idol</i> Be Saved?]]> The answer is always "monkeys." Preferably blasting across the alkali flats in a jet-powered rockets.

psych101

]]> <![CDATA[Can This <i>American Idol</i> Be Saved?]]> Just kill them all.

Astrolabe

]]> <![CDATA[Can This <i>American Idol</i> Be Saved?]]> Better singers?

That would be too easy. Or maybe impossible... I don't know which.

TedSez

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