Ellen seems limited already. She has a joke or two at the ready but she seems like she's searching for something to say instead of already being ready with some helpful comments. I get that she's stretched with two shows but that was her choice. Wonder how she likes being on the "inside" of the show.

Did you catch her expression before Tim Urban started to sing? She and other judges already had their faces set like they had been sucking on lemons. They were ready to diss him before he sang his first note. Ellen is in on the agendas, now.

As for Randy, he's there to advance the agendas. There are certain people he's supposed to throw doubt on and certain people he's supposed to praise. His dissing Kris's Falling Slowly last year still sticks in my mind, with no one in the media agreeing with him the next day and Simon telling Kris on results night that it was "brilliant". Heh. After the votes were in. Anyway, I watch Randy to see what agendas are being pushed, like Lilly was last night.