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'Idol' talent worse than last year?
The singing defective
By Jessica Shaw
Entertainment Weekly
(Entertainment Weekly) -- I never thought I'd say it but I actually missed Paula Abdul during the first half of Tuesday's episode. She's irritating when she's around, but you sort of long for her sartorial mishaps and cutesy reaction shots when she's off ''on a prior engagement.''
By the way, what exactly IS a prior engagement? Girlfriend, didn't you sign a contract to show up to work?
While plenty appears better this season than last (the graphics, the sets, the absence of Brian Dunkleman), are the singers 10 million times worse or is it me? People are getting to go to Hollywood who should not even go near a karaoke machine.
Where are the Tamyras and Justins? At least that hottie Alden in the grey camo T-shirt and the Guarini-coiffed Corey Clark will be back Wednesday night. Other than them, though, I can't get too worked up about that 16-year old bottle blonde or that guy who claimed he was only 23 even though he looked 45.
And what was up with judge Simon Cowell basically saying the contestants are falling into two categories -- the hotties and the talent? The 23-year-old Nashville law student didn't seem to mind when he said it, but clearly she was in post-performance glow. He may as well have said, ''Your voice is great, but your booty is the size of Tennessee.'' Still, the guy might be right. All the belly-baring, mini-skirt clad singers were borderline on-key at best while some of the power singers wouldn't exactly make it to the first round of ABC's ''Are You Hot?''
Hopefully, Simon, Randy (Jackson), and Paula will be able to find a decent 32 out of the gang. Personally, I'm looking forward to the Doublemint twins having a "Sophie's Choice" meltdown when only one gets to continue.
If nothing else, I'd like to hear Randy continue his verbal tic of the season by calling everyone ''Dawg.'' Hey, it's better than ''Dawg, Dawg, Dawg.''
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