While I think she frequently sounds like she’s babbling on about nothing, and I wish she would just STFU already, she is most always supportive…and the idols all love her for that.

Bottom line: I would like to see her back.

“IF” she is invited back, I would hope that she gets off whatever meds she’s been on that make her sound brainless and incoherent (anyone see her on Larry King Live last May?). They also need to reel her in once she starts rambling.

Faults or not, she adds a certain something to the show that will be hard to replace if they let her go.

Still don’t like Kara, don’t know if I ever will, but I will force myself to keep trying.

If you want to compare Paula’s off-air tantics with say like Simon’s or Ryan’s….well Ryan for instance is Mr. Wild Child in his free time….that stuff about him hanging out with Linsey Lohan til the wee morning hours discussing business, then landing up at Ryan’s place til like 6 am, totally disgusted me….then I have seen pics of him with questionable women…yeah, he’s an eligle bachelor, wealthier than a son-of-gun, but he should be more discrete with whom he is photographed with. Then you’ve got Simon, friendly with all his ex girlfriends through-out the years and a heavy chain-smoker. So the bottom line is, no-one is perfect…not myself, not the leads in that show…but the originals have a chemistry together, as goofy as it’s been thru-out the years. It’s hard to find a good chemistry…yeah they need to revamp the show a bit, but they could do it in other ways…like let’s see how the contestants sing Christmas music for instance. Stuff like that.

I’ll just continue to watch and enjoy the kids and make up my own mind.

Good idea. If I watch the show on a regular basis next season, I’ll definitely be muting the judges’ comments and watching them later. Or maybe scribbling down my thoughts after each performance before watching the judges, because I don’t want to be skewed by what they say.

Remember the Paula stalker they teased her with, the wannabe Paula-stalker? The stalker killed herself.

Yeah, that was messed up. American Idol deals with so many mentally unstable people– they make good tv–that eventually something was going to happen. Too bad it had to be the Paula stalker. That must’ve been rough for her.

The mute button is pretty big and easy to find on my remote…

True. But I do have to point out that I will still have to watch them as they rattle and they will still be stealing time from the idols. More singing/less talking is what I want.

I really don’t give a damn about what they do on the judges panel anymore. The mute button is pretty big and easy to find on my remote so I’ll just continue to watch and enjoy the kids and make up my own mind. Besides, if TPTB want to spend their profits on poor little Miss Paula, so be it.

I’m yet another person who doesn’t want her back. I’ve come to terms with her quitting the show and am ready to move forward. Her judging is really all about her. She’s too much of a drama queen. It’s time for a different mix on the panel.

Add me to the list of people who wish Paula would fade into obscurity. I do think she is worthless as a judge and I still believe Idol could do better. My problem is more about Paula’s off the set antics, which range from embarrassing to distressing. Paula needs a stint in rehab and Oprah’s instruction about a gratitude journal.

But what I keep coming back to is that Idol will reportedly pay Simon $46 million per year and Ryan $15 million. Do we really think that Fox would balk at paying Paula $10 million, or a $6.5 million raise, if they really felt she was worth it? Furthermore, they have the addition of Kara so Idol has no fears of a big gaping hole at the table. If Paula is forced to back down in her demands, she will only become more embittered and more difficult to handle. So, I really find it hard to see what would be compelling Idol to sign Paula at this point. And finally, last year proved a disaster time-wise with these four judges. How are they going to fix this if they bring Paula back since she’s the worst when it comes to running the clock? I still think Paula is history.

The producers have gotten the chance to see what the judging table is like without Paula. Apparently it isn’t good enough.

I think I’m the only one who doesn’t really want her back. I was so ready for a change. Darn.

Never, ever think you are alone on this.

If she comes back, then whatever. I wont make a huge deal out of it. But she really is a worthless judge when it comes to critiquing. Sure, the contestants getting the weekly metaphorical backrub from her is a nice deed, but I’d rather have somebody who acts like they know where they are half the time. Not to mention when she does give a technical critique, it seems so contrived; almost like she had been rehearsing it for hours beforehand.

What I think happened was Paula being infuriated and feeling a sense of entitlement when it comes to the contract. She told TPTB that she’s done and immediately twittered about it to get some people behind her.

Once the media buzz began to die down a bit and she went back home, she was like, oh shit…what am I going to do now? Which takes us to where we are now.

I think she’ll be back, unfortunately. Who ever made the comparison to Brett Favre is spot freaking on.