Jonathan is one of the most memorable personalities to emerge from what, after only two episodes, is turning into American Idol s most evil season to date. The judges were relatively kind to Jonathan as they ushered him out the door on the Wednesday, January 17 episode, but Paula s enthusiasm for the Seattle auditions shows she was on pins and needles anticipating the shame of Seattle s worst. She gleefully told Good Day L.

A. of the Seattle auditions, I can not wait till next week. It is so crazy that I can t wait to watch it.

She said the Seattle show was filled with amazing bad auditions and Simon called them two days of total misery.
After taking heat for saying that an Idol hopeful looked like a bush baby because of his pronounced eyes, Simon second-guessed his critique. I take your point, he told a journalist at a press conference.

It s a singing competition, and why should I call someone a bush baby ? In the same interview, Simon added, There are times, trust me, when I watch it back and I just think, God, I wish I hadn t said that. There are times when we simply wish we hadn t watched it.

If we wanted to see teenagers getting bullied, we d watch Mean Girls. And we do.
Despite plans to subject himself to more public humiliation at next year s American Idol auditions, Jonathan wanted to let the judges know via Access Hollywood, you ve hurt some people s feelings.

Discussing the merits of allowing someone with a mental disability to audition, executive producer Ken Warwick said American Idol prides itself on not discriminating against anyone during the audition process. Jerry Springer could justify the guests he books with a similar claim, but that doesn t mean we re cool with it.