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'Idol' judges get hammered on 'The View'
Friday, March 12 2010 |
No matter how the rest of the world responded to Kara DioGuardi's post-Big Mike breakdown on March 10, 2010, you'd think she would have gotten a sympathetic reception from the women on "The View." No such luck.
"They were so wacky last night," Joy Behar said of the "American Idol" judges on March 10, 2010's show. "They were flirting. They were fighting. They were crying. ... All sorts of wacky stuff was going on." Elisabeth Hasslebeck called the judges' antics an "emotional mess."
Through all this, guest Elton John sat silently, until Sherri Shepherd asked him what he thought of DioGuardi's suggestion that a young fellow like Aaron Kelly couldn't possibly have enough life experience to put across a song like Lonestar's "I'm Already There." "It's so hard for the contestants," Elton said. "I mean, A) They're on television, live. B) They're trying to do the best they can in the two minutes they're given."
But then Elton, whose name has been bandied about as a potential replacement for the departing Simon Cowell, revealed himself to have been nearly as transported by Big Mike Lynche's performance as DioGuardi was. He said, "The difference between Big Mike and the other boy that was singing [Tim Urban] is that Big Mike has the most God-given voice. I mean the other guy's got a nice voice. But Big Mike -- I've only seen a small clip of it -- is like Luther Vandross. He's like the voice of an angel."
"But will he be the 'American Idol'?" asked Behar. "Why not?" said Elton. "Ruben Studdard was."
‘American Idol’ Producer: Elton still best Simon replacement Friday, March 12 2010 at 07:55:40 Elton will not be an "Idol" judge Friday, January 15 2010 at 05:53:06 Elton to replace Simon Cowell? Thursday, January 14 2010 at 09:06:27
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