Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

The staff here at Idol Pool Headquarters would be remiss if we did not begin this week’s post by addressing Paula’s behavior in last week’s show.



Not only did she look confused and somewhat drugged, but she stirred up all kinds of controversy about whether or not the judges watch contestant performances during rehearsals, and whether or not that even matters. In the end, Paula admitted to watching the rehearsal and that she had been reading from those notes during the show, which was pretty much her only option because the other explanation would have had to be massive amounts of narcotics. Never pretty.

Okay, so we have an explanation – at least for now – for Paula’s bizarre behavior last week. But how do you explain Jason Castro?


In order to help us all out as we try to interpret the behavior of this strange creature, Idol Pool Headquarters has consulted psychiatrist to the stars, Dr. A.J. Whitherstein. Dr. Whitherstein attended medical school at Stanford, is an attending psychiatrist at Mass General Hospital and has published numerous works including “The Stress-Diathesis Model of Cyclical Borderline Features in 12-14 year old Females”. Dr. Whitherstein is not a routine viewer of Idol, so we have shown him a series of videos of Jason Castro and asked him to tell us what his behavior might mean. Here’s a sample of our interview with Dr. Whitherstein:

Idol Pool Headquarters: Hello, Dr. Witherstein! We are so excited to have you as a guest on our blog. We so deeply respect your work and we know you will help us understand Jason better, and perhaps help us to understand why he appeals so much to the audience. We’re sure he’s probably a good person, we’re just baffled by his strange, creepy smile and odd demeanor. Please, tell us what you think.

Dr. Whitherstein: (Vacant look in his eyes.) There’s something wrong with that kid.

IPH: Yes, well, we figured that. Can you elaborate?

Dr. W: Well, geez. I’m kind of at a loss. I mean, he smiles at the strangest times and there’s something in his eyes…some kind of look. I can’t put my finger on it…it’s an odd sort of gaze…

IPH: Yeah, he’s strange for sure. But with all your expertise in this field, you must be able to offer some kind of diagnosis. Some kind of understa-

Dr. W: Crazy!! That’s the look in his eyes…Crazy! That kid is crazy.

Okay, viewers – there you have it, straight from the doctor’s mouth. “That kid is crazy.”

The theme for this week is “Rock and Roll Hall of Fame”, which allegedly means that the contestants must choose a song from the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame list of “Top 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll". Now, we can probably imagine that Idol can’t get the rights to all those songs, but even with that in mind, this is a list of a lot of really awesome songs to choose from. The real question for this week is whether or not there is a song in existence that could save Syesha from elimination. What is she good at? Ummm…sexy legs? No, that’s not a type of song. She’s pretty good at Broadway-ish stuff. Maybe she should sing something by Aretha and really do it up. Or perhaps something more up-tempto like this. To be honest, though, she could probably sing the national anthem wearing an American Flag, standing next to a choir of disabled veterans and still get kicked off this week.

Jason Castro should absolutely do "Uncle John’s Band" by The Grateful Dead. For effect, he should also just throw caution to the wind and smoke a bong right on stage – you know, really get into it.

According to Idol Pool sources, this week’s guest performers for the results show will be Bo Bice and Maroon 5, which makes this week officially the closest any of those guys will get to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Congratulations, boys!

Whatever happens this week, you can probably expect a very subdued Paula. And, we at the Idol Pool Headquarters think it’s important to point out that while we tease her, Ryan Seacrest said it best last week when he said “she’s part of our family and we love her”.