Paula Abdul ruined American Idol during season seven's Neil Diamond night. She read the review for a performance that hadn't happened yet. Does that mean the show is scripted?
Brooke White's tears come from the authentic, good soul that she is. Her heart was breaking because she was overwhelmed with the experience she had with the show and the gift that it brought.
Paula Abdul [after Brooke White was eliminated on season seven]
The producers come up to us in the dark and said, 'We are not going to have you guys judge after each performer, we are going to have all the performers go once, then twice and at the end critique them.'
Paula Abdul [on her mistake of judging an American Idol performance that hadn't taken place]