What was behind AI's unbalanced judging?

[schmozlo]

I guess we'll never know why Randy and J Lo were so unfair to Haley. I've read all kinds of speculation. Some say Haley's emergence as the dark horse threatened the Powers-That-Be's plans for the country-kid finale. Some say Randy had it in for Haley because she mentioned that Randy rejected her in season 9. Some say that Haley was criticized because she deserved it.

I tend to go with the analogy that was put forth by Slezak: Haley was invited to the party, but she had overstayed her welcome. The hosts of the party tried every strategy they could think of to get her to leave. That's the explanation I accept.

So much so that I will never, and I mean never, watch American Idol again as long as Randy and J Lo are on the show. I've watch a good part of all 10 seasons, and Randy and J Lo have finally cured me of my American Idol addiction. I can't look at either one of them without feeling disgust because for whatever reason, they treated this talented young woman so shabbily.

I hate it when the mediocre people in this world treat the superior people so poorly. By superior I mean people who have talent and take great pains to develop it. By mediocre I mean people of marginal talent, who acquire a position of power by means other than talent and hard work. You know, the typical pointy-haired-boss syndrome.