Chris Sligh needs some tissues

Chris Sligh might've been something like a phenomenon during his season of American Idol (which Jordin Sparks eventually won, and clearly she's doing just fine for herself), but he's pretty much saying he's a nobody now, and letting anyone who loses Idol know that they should expect to be the same.

You're not going to be successful. You're not going to be millionaires (with the exception of MAYBE Kris [Allen] and Adam [Lambert]). You are going to struggle. No one will care about you. Those fans who've been asking for your autograph all tour long - 98% of them don't give a flying poo about you once next season of Idol starts. They're not going to buy your album when you put it out 2 years late. Chances are you'll never feel the rush of playing in front 10,000 people who care about you again. Your star is waning and remarkably quickly. In other words, your days of being a star are over. But that's all right - so are mine. And I'm one of the most successful for my season of Idol. I'm not a star. Chances are I never again will be.

Minus 3 points for feeling sorry for himself. Check out the entire blog post right here.

Paula Abdul on Ellen as new Idol judge

Plus 9 points to Paula Abdul for swallowing her suffering pride and praising Ellen Degeneres as the new judge #4 of American Idol. Paula said in an ambien-enduced tweet yesterday:

“I think Ellen will b a gr8 judge on Idol. She is wildly funny, talented and I wish her the best of luck!”

However minus 2 points for forgetting to fill her meds today.

That's a net total of plus 7 points for Paula for those keeping track (and of coarse you are).

Randy Jackson also weighed in on Ellen as the new judge:

“There’s so much music industry insider talk with me and Simon and Kara that I didn’t think we needed any more of that. Ellen hit it right on the head — I think she could be the voice of the people. It’s like somebody in the home audience watching and going, ‘What would I say [about this contestant]?’ Ellen’s going to be saying it for them.”

Minus a point for Randy Jackson not using the word "dawg" once in that quotation.

Ellen Degeneres: New Judge #4 on American Idol