um yeah so me & my friends went to the taping last Tuesday. if you really want a detailed report i'll type one out, but all i'll say for now is that the judges suck in person compared to the idol judges. they would hardly interact with the fans. Paula, Randy & even Simon would actually interact with the fans & go out of their way to make us happy when i went earlier this year. these judges (even Sharon at times) just seemed so stuck up. Jerry was awesome in the beginning, but didn't notice him much after that besides when he was on the air of course. even the contestants on idol are more into the fans.
i'll still watch the show, just a bit disappointed by the cast.