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Paula Abdul Out of Touch with America

American Idol fans might be shocked when the show comes back for a new season. One of the popular judges on the American Idol panel is Paula Abdul and she won’t be coming back for another season. The reason she isn’t coming back is because of greed. It was all about money and apparently Paula isn’t aware of the current economic crisis this country is facing right now.

Fans use to love her and she was the one that kept Simon in-line or her words represented the fans better than the other American Idol judges. She was good for the show, but her fans won’t like knowing that her absence will be directly related to money. Paula Abdul thought she was worth 10 million dollars and that her valuable judging skills deserved this type of income. Most Americans will not make 1 million dollars in their lifetime; yet Paula Abdul wanted this in one season!

We all know people associated with the entertainment world do make big bucks. We have learned to accept this as a society and it’s our dollars that keep paying these outrageous paychecks to stars. When we visit concerts, the movie theaters, or sports arenas; we are setting the pay for these entertainment professionals that do make the big bucks. These people will only get pay cuts; when we stop visiting these places and that is happening right now. Americans are being laid off from their jobs and times are hard right now for most people trying to make ends meet. Lots of people are struggling each day to keep their homes or just to get food on the kitchen table.

Now comes along a popular star like Paula Abdul and we see 6 or 8 million dollars is not enough for her. She expects 10 million for her services that really isn’t that important in the grand schemes of life. Her greed isn’t good for today’s times and I’m glad the American Idol creators and producers elected to pass on her demands. We should all stand up and support the American Idol folks for turning away Paula Abdul. We must make these people understand that times are hard and things have changed now. It isn’t like it was yesterday and we all have to make new adjustments. Paula Abdul isn’t worth 10 million dollars and most of her shows were done while intoxicated. There isn’t many jobs in America you can show up to each day and earn millions of dollars from and be drunk while you do it. This is what Paula Abdul has been doing for years and it’s good to know that we can get a new judge on the show, that will probably appreciate the opportunity more than Paula Abdul did.

The popular show American Idol is getting just as much buzz this year as they have for the last several years. The show’s fame continues to attract TV watchers in America and other countries too. It has certainly become a staple in American television and you wouldn’t think the Idol would want to be tweaking anything. For some reason they thought adding a 4th judge to the panel would make things better. It doesn’t seem to be working out too well and the show runs into a real dilema if the votes are even by the judges.

When the show featured Randy, Paula, and the lovable Simon as judges it made a tie impossible. You might have a difference of oppinion with the American Idol judges, but having the 3rd person there created a tie breaker. Now with a 4 judge panel casting votes and oppinions on the singers trying to advance each round, it makes a tie very possible. They really should stick to the basics and keep producing shows that made the TV series popular in the first place. Trying to tweak a good thing is playing with fire and it should be interesting to see how many judges make up next year’s season of American Idol.