I think a lot of the people do it for their 'five minutes of fame'. And it's hard for me to imagine that the families of some of these people actually tell them they're good! I had to cover my ears some last night. Thank goodness they're out of Seattle. They're moving to the South next week, so hopefully they'll find some good singers. So far the ones they've picked, I don't even consider most of them Idol material.

As far as Paula goes, I've heard about her chronic pain problems and pain pills. I've got chronic pain too, so until you've experienced it, you don't know what it's like. Sometimes you're up --- sometimes you're down...... so I can sympathize with her.