Paula Abdul’s American Idol Tribute To Albert Hoffman
AMERICAN Idol requires the judges to pass judgement when every contestant has sung one song.
Paula Abdul listens to agonist Jason Castro. He sings one song:
“Oh gosh, we’ve never had to write these things down … fast enough,” says Abdul. “Jason, first song, I loved hearing your lower register, which we never really hear, um….
“…The second song, I felt like your usual charm wasn’t - it was missing for me. It kind of left me a little empty.”
Indeed.
“The two songs,” she continued, “made me feel like you’re not fighting hard enough to get into the top four.”
Says one pundit: “What happens next is the Very Best Paula Moment. Ever. She has hallucinated an entire second-song performance by Jason before he’s given it. Everyone looks confused. Someone stops her.”
And this on the day when Albert Hoffman died…