Being the AI fan that I’ve always proclaimed to be, I could not pass up the blog fodder of Paula Abdul’s departure from the show.

What?!  No Paula?!

I don’t think it’s even been 24 hours since her Twitter announcement, and already people are saying it may not be true.  That it may, in fact, be a ploy by her agents to garner more money.  Apparently $20 million is not enough to wear tight-fitting shiney clothing, sit in a swivel chair, take prolonged sips from your “Coke” cup, and make garbled critiques that nearly need a translator for a couple of hours a week.  Whatever.

Actually I don’t mean to bash Paula.  I love Paula!  Paula is one of the reasons that the show is so entertaining.  Without Paula, the show will not be as nice.  It would be less colorful.  It might even make sense.  And what fun is that?!

And please don’t even get me started on that new judge, Kara Something-or-other, whom I suspected from the beginning was Paula’s replacement.  I could say about one hundred things about how and why I don’t like Kara, but it all comes down to this:  she is boring.  She says basically the same things as Paula most of the time, only more logically and coherently.  Blah.  Who needs logic?  I much prefer the mayhem and mess that is Paula.

I have always said that I would not watch this show without Simon, and that is true.  But now I’m wondering if I’ll be able to watch it without Paula….?  And with Kara….?  I guess I’ll find out in January when the show airs.  IF it’s really true, and FOX decides against offering her more money to keep her from walking.

Give it to her FOX.  Let her be forever your girl…

…because that kind of entertainment is priceless.