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"Idol" Judges to Britney: We Want You!

"American Idol" judges Simon, Randy and Paula believe they have what it takes to bring back Britney's career.
Idol Judges to Bring Back Britney
In an announcement to FOX News, Simon Cowell says that, among other things, getting her "away from her stupid friends" will help revive her career.

"MTV ratings are up and all we're hearing is Britney, Britney, Britney!" Simon said. "She can turn it around." Could this bring Britney's career back from its Las Vegas grave?

It is unclear whether they want Britney to be a guest star or a contestant.






Tags: american idol, AmericanIdol, Britney Spears, BritneySpears, judges, las vegas, LasVegas, paula, randy, simon

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331. How is Paula going to help anybody else when she can’t even help herself. I mean, what happened to her solo career??? And her reality show has proven her to be just as screwed up as Britney!!!

And BTW, have you noticed that Simon and Randy haven’t even been able to help bring back Paula’s career as a singer. So again I ask, if they can’t do that…how are they going to help Britney???!!! This is just about all of them trying to get good press at Britney’s expense or they would have secretly approached her from behind the scenes with their deal offer, instead of making it public!!!

Posted at 12:38AM on Sep 14th 2007 by Zip

332. 40. Hey, Cher had two babies, dealt with unhappy marriages, & she always had rock hard abs & always had smash hits on the charts longer than anyone.
So, I'm cutting no slack for Brit Brit.
Posted at 11:07PM on Sep 12th 2007 by Cher fan

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Yeah, and she also had all the cocaine that she could manage to inhale up her huge ass nose, and whatever other drugs she wanted, along with a lot of plastic surgery, which she has admitted to! Plus that, she also didn't have 2 kids back to back or go right back to work either, no, I take that back because she wasn't there for her kids when they were growing up because she was too busy on the road and getting high to even notice that she had them!
I don't understand why everyone is saying that Britney is FAT!! For God's sake, last time she was performing on stage regularly, SHE WAS BASICALLY A TEENAGER!! Not to mention 2 kids, 2 divorces less, AND no family support! How the hell do you people expect her to look?? She's not 16 anymore! Everyone remembers her videos, but she was like 16, 17, 18 when she made them so of course she didn't look like she does now. Women's bodies DO change as we get older!! She's NOT a pre-pubescent teenager any longer! She's a 25 year old mother of 2! And if you've ever seen her mother, she's not 100lbs either! Some people can have 6 kids and never get even a stretchmark, however, since all our bodies are not made of clay to be instantly remolded, not everyone's bodies stay that way! Some people just inherit their body type. (Although I DO agree she should lay off the fast food, but those pics were taken WHEN she was PREGNANT!!! Of course she's gonna eat!) And the captions say that she loves her "soda" when since we don't have x-ray vision, nor do we work where she ordered the drinks, no one knows what she's really drinking! It could be water or iced tea. God why don't you people just lay off her for just a minute?? Not every single woman in this world has a body that just bounces rigt back into teenager shape after 2 kids. Plus that, before she had kids, she was on the road and travelling all the time and she was also VERY athletic in all of her performances, whereas, since she met Kevin, she was pregnant 2 times back to back and stopped travelling and performing the very strenous dance moves that kept her body in shape, (every night for hours, plus practices, sweating her ass off!) Give her a break and let her live her life just a little bit without bashing her all over the place and maybe she'll snap out of this depression that she's OBVIOUSLY in!!

Posted at 7:14PM on Sep 13th 2007 by LeaveHerAlone!

333. C'mon...do you people not realize that the *only reason* that the vma's got britney to open the show was because of all the publicity she has had lately. They knew that people would want to see her perform and it was just wrong of the vma's to do that. Obviously she wasn't ready. Britney is not my favorite person but I can atleast say that I am a fan of her music and underneat *it all* she is a good person. Show some respect peeps. gah

Posted at 8:40PM on Sep 13th 2007 by Shelby

334. She is so disgusting. Always has been a skank and a no-talent. The only way she became famous is doing crude behavior, which she seems to do 24/7. She needs to just stay home, get some class, manners, intelligence, parenting skills, and most especially MORALS. Hope she just "goes away".

Posted at 8:58PM on Sep 13th 2007 by amazed

335. LOL nothing can save her career and i dont know why anyone would want to even bother

Posted at 10:29PM on Sep 13th 2007 by AustralianGQ

336. #43. "Three (3) does not an industry make" - true. But, so far I've read that Fergie has asked tmz to back off of Britney and Lindsey Lohan. Justin Timberlake and Tambaland put together a duet prior to the MVAs (ok, Britney didn't show, but they were there for her).
According to People Mag, Tambaland says that she needs to come back with Justin doing records ... he says that "Spears needs to humble herself and make a phone call and say, I'm sorry....She needs to say, 'I was wrong,' and it'll definitely move forward. ... That's all she has to say". With a producer like Timba still willing to devote his time on her, I'm sure he is maybe just a "tad" bit more in the know than you, No. 43. "Timberlake's fellow 'N Sync member Joey Fatone, who has known Spears for many years, has also spoken out about the singer, saying he's worried about her..a lot of people... really want her to seek help... she's a great girl." Also according to People Mag, "We have decided we can bring Britney back," Idol judge Simon Cowell says in offering to help Spears's career. "We are serious..." Paula Abdul says, "We always have time for Britney. We love her." And Randy Jackson adds: "We'd love to take care of you, Spears! We will make you a superstar again!" People in the "know" believe that Britney can make a comeback and there seems to be a true coming together to help her out because they know what a superstar she can become again. All these posts about her "auditioning for AI" --- where did that come from? I haven't read exactly how Simon Cowel et al. plan on helping her, but to have a #1 show like AI, and personalities and professionals like Simon Cowel and Randy Johnson reaching out to help ... I'm sayin it ain't a bad thing.

Posted at 11:18PM on Sep 13th 2007 by jack54

337. #45 a/k/a "What A Doofus": You wrote "jack54 is so far up Brit's *ss, the "he" stinks". Ok, Doofus, "jack" is the name of my cat and does not indicate my gender, which happens to be female. Doofus, very appropriate name.

#39 "Mother of Four": Double Bags 27. I am the mother of 3. First child and pregnancy, a breeze - gained less than 20 lbs. by eating my normal healthy diet. Didn't even have to work out after my son was born - was back in my own clothes in 6 weeks after giving birth. Second child - just the opposite - lived the same lifestyle, ate the same healthy food, but gained weight like crazy. Took a long time to lose the weight and I worked out at home every day while the babies were taking naps (didn't have time to go to the gym). Finally got back in shape and wasn't sure that I wanted a third b/c of my own vanity. As a mother, you know that you look at your four children and is there any one that you would return? My third child and the pounds that came with her and are still on my frame, was the third blessing in my life. To each their own. I read here that Cher had two children, and bad marriage and still had great abs! Well, good for her! It would be a very boring world if everyone were identical, don't ya think?

I'm routing for Britney all the way. I've always like her, her music, her dancing. She was a sweet girl -- probably was exposed to too much at an extremely young age -- ran into problems that she tried to forget by going the party route.

If there is anyone on this board who can honestly say that they are perfect, then you belong on this board with all the other bs.

Just heard on Fox news that the offer by Simon Cowel, et al. is that their offer to Britney is to manager her for six months and to reproduce a new Britney. So, I'm guessing she won't be auditioning - the offer is on the table - if it is accurate, Britney should jump at the chance.

Lastly, read tmz's comment about Kirsty Alley "Cheers to her spectacular new figure." Huh? Kirsty has a spectacular figure and Britney is fat? Oh, and TMZ posted a picture of Kirsty with that article. Check out the pictures of Britney next to the picture of Kirsty. Is it me? Aaaahhh, I'm thinking tmz may need rehab!

Posted at 11:21PM on Sep 13th 2007 by jack54

338. PLEASE PLEASE ,, DO NOT EVEN THINK ABOUT HELPING THIS
WORTHLESS CAUSE BRITTNEY NEEDS TO RETIRE FROM SHOW BIZ ASAP
BEFORE WE ALL SMASH OUT TV BEACUSE WE ARE SO TIRED OF SEEING HER
WORTHLESS NO TALENT WHAT SO EVER FACE. SHE IS A CMPLETE LOSER
I WOULD ACTUALLY RATHER SEE M- JACKSON AND I AM NO FAN OF HIS EITHER BUT AT LEAST HE HAS TALENT. BRITNEY HAS NOTHING TO OFFER THE PUBLIC
BUT AN ANNOUNCMENT THAT SHE WILL NEVER PERFORM AGAIN!

Posted at 1:37PM on Sep 14th 2007 by Jbo

339. god people just need to be off the face of the earth no one wants you sweetie give it a rest.

Posted at 3:04PM on Sep 14th 2007 by blah blah blah

340. Funny....she doesn't look fat to me at all. She is actually perfect for once. Aside from the bad choreography and hair, she's actually very good looking. And this is coming from me, a completely opposed to britney antifan. I could actually look at her now and think she's pretty...unlike when she was a skinny stereotypical pop princess.

Posted at 11:19PM on Sep 14th 2007 by Jessie

341. Simon Cowell has made a career out of understanding what works and what doesn't and he is very good at it. As for Britney, even though she has done and still does a lot of things worthy of criticizm, she will never be able to straighten out her life with 15-30 photographers dogging her every move. This girl has more surveillance on her than a drug kingpin or a mafia godfather and she doesn't deserve that kind of treatment. Foolish, impetuish, irresponsible, yes, a criminal, no. Even those of us who have had a lot of negative comments to make about her think she deserves to be treated better than an animal being chased by hounds. Have you seen some of the footage of the photographers chasing her while she goes to the grocery store? the salon? This is no way to treat a human being and Britney buying a soda is not news.

Posted at 6:46PM on Sep 15th 2007 by Leela

342. WHAT STUPID FRIENDS?? NOBODY PUT A GUN 2 HER HEAD 2 PARTY ALL NIGHT. ESPECIALLY THE DAYS B4 THE VMA'S!!! THATS ALL HER... SHES THE STUPID ONE. THE GIRL COULDNT EVEN CATCH HER BALANCE WHEN SHE FIRST STARTED HER LAME PERFORMANCE! WHAT AN IDIOT

Posted at 5:58PM on Sep 21st 2007 by alison

343. Brit should have stayed with Justin . I hope she meets a nice man that treats her like a lady and maybe she will act with class .

Posted at 6:24PM on Sep 18th 2007 by j

344. Yo ppl, wats da problem with u all.. Let britney have her life and stop talking abt her... if u wanna talk, talk nice things abt her. Enough is enough,so please let britney bring herself up and I am sure she will do some day if not today. So ppl hear me out and stop talking abt britney.

Posted at 9:26PM on Sep 18th 2007 by wang

345. I think she looks fantastic (I wish I looked that fit!). She seemed a bit scared,but I would be too if I had so many people just waiting and hoping that I fail. It took a lot of guts to get up there and perform with all that has been going on in her life. Why do people want to hurt and tear others down so badly? If I hads as many people wishing bad things on me as she does,I might not be able to even get out of bed in the morning! Not just to her but to anyone who is trying to accomplish something in their life...do not let them get to you!

Posted at 12:22AM on Sep 19th 2007 by jaspercat

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