- Paula: “I was reading the critique of what I was writing for Jason Castro, and on the same page that I wrote, was also David’s, and I got lost on my notes, and that’s as simple as it was. I did catch the last minute of Jason Castro” (the rehearsal she watched on the monitor).
- Ryan: “So what you are saying is, you were talking about two different people, but accidentally you said ’second song.’ ”
- Paula: “Yes.”

Obviously it was not David Cook’s note she was reading. “I felt like your usual charm was missing for me. It kind of left me a little empty. And the two songs made me feel like you’re not fighting hard enough to get into the top 4,” as if David would have to “fight hard” for a spot there, but then she says David is “fantastic” and she’s looking at “the next American Idol”?

C’mon. This is obviously a lie to cover up the fact that they have been trying to get rid of Jason for weeks now. I like Paula and she was just doing what she was told. Her only mistake was exposing this charade to the public.