Watch an embarrassing moment after Round 1 of the Top 5 contestants’ performances on Neil Diamond Theme night. Paula Abdul comments on a Jason Castro performance she has not yet seen.

The problem is believed to have arisen with judges hard pressed by the pressures of time ticking away and a change in the format. Paula Abdul who had heard Jason Castro’s 2nd song performance during the rehearsals got confused and blurted her rehearsal opinions. But the whole mess-up left a lot of cynics of the show leaping around with suggestions that comments by the judges were fixed and pre-decided. It could be true to the extent – with so much pressure on the judges comments and most viewers holding on to each of those comments, the judges probably watch the rehearsals and sort of decide the basic content of their comment so as to avoid a tongue-tied situation or blank-out moment. Probably.