Yes, Ellen said today on her show that she is not part of the auditions b/c that took place before her acceptance. She will eventually be on once that narrow it down. It will be interesting to see who they find to replace Simon. I really like him and think he does a GREAT job on the show in terms of who really was good and not, and the constructive criticism he gives. He'll be a hard one to follow.

Me!!! Just finished cooking supper....waiting for it to come on.....I think? they are doing the cuts tonite from the auditions.....not sure though Trin

I thought David Cook would win AI when I saw his auditions in Hollywood. He was a bit creepy looking with his odd haircut but the AI stylists have done a good job cleaning him up and still leaving him with his "look". My DH doesn't like Cook because he reminds him of one of my not so popular brothers and I have to agree, he does look like him. I cannot get used to David A's breathing while he sings. Obviously I know it is necessary :-) but it is so loud that it distracts me. He's had vocal cord paralysis in the past and I worry that it may be a liability to him later on. Not sure if a producer wants to pour big bucks into a voice that has a history of medical problems. Jodi-

Wasn't sorry to see the one who left. She has a good (actually great) voice, but was just too annoyingly immature with all the pouting every week. I was tired of her by now, it was time. Do you all believe they're always being totally truthful about the bottom three? I mean about the ones that are in the bottom three, but who DON'T go home. I suspect that they just sort of rotate the ones they put there, to make their fans sit up and take notice. I'm not sure I actually believe that they're always the 3 with the lowest votes. I think there'd be a lot more consistency if it were truly based on the voting, but there has always seemed to be a huge rotation of who ends up there.