Steven Tyler on 'American Idol': 'The Show Sucks'

By Kiki Von Glinow Posted May 25th 2011 02:25PM

While America will have to wait until tonight to see who is crowned their next 'American Idol,' judge, Steven Tyler, seems to have already made up his mind about the competition.

"I never wanted to do 'American Idol,'" he told E! Online after last night's live show. "I turned around and said, 'The show sucks. How can kids be [an] American idol? They haven't played clubs, they haven't paid their dues, they haven't done what we did.'"

But Tyler seems to be singing a different tune now that's he's had a full season behind the judge's table.

"I was wrong. They are out there, we just have to wade through a bunch of them."

And wade through thousands of hopefuls alongside Jennifer Lopez and Randy Jackson, he did. But Tyler reasons that it was all worth it to find his golden girl, finalist Lauren Aliana.

"She doesn't even try to hit the notes, the words just go to that place," he said. "Everybody else is trying to hit the notes, and she's never had that problem with pitch ... She's been perfect and right and great. I circled her months ago and said 'American Idol.'"

But Aliana may have to put in a little effort to hit those high notes in tonight's performance -- she recently injured her vocal chords during a rehearsal.

Do you think Tyler has the next 'American Idol' pinpointed or do you think Scotty McCreery still has a chance at the title?

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Wednesday 25 May

By bjo

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Tyler knows which side his paycheck is buttered on.

By judejaded

american idol has always sucked. the crap that ppl call entertainment never ceases to astonish me..

Thursday 26 May

By vickie

lolololol...he is a millionaire...he doesn't need american idol....

By bushstaged911

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Tyler makes Mick Jagger look like Cary Grant . Talk about a train wreck

Saturday 16 July

By ?

tyler sucks

By Rick

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The worst "next-to-last" show in the history of American Idol! While I am NOT a country-and-western fan, GOOD C&W is great. But, last night the show was just BLAND! Scotty SHOULD win but ... who knows?
I bet A.I. sure didn't want the show to end up this way! Well, maybe next year!

By Mike

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You hit it, Rick. What a let down. I was surprised what a great year it was. Steven and J-LO were great (I could use a little less syrup and more real criticism). Last night was a real snoozer.

By Steve

Can you say "misleading headline?" Why does AOL think they have to fabricate a sensational headline to get us to read their story. Is it because the writing is usually so bad that otherwise we would not?

By mxc

if you think this is bad, you should thier huffington post news!!!

By kaysings

Both of you are right. AOL does this stuff routinely, and the HPost runs neck-in-neck with them. That's probably why they merged.

Sunday 29 May

By Datalord

Absolutely. AOL and Huffington Post are the journalistic equivalent of a garbage scow.

"The show sucks." STEVEN TYLER ROCKS!

Saturday 28 May

By claraluz

Yep, Tyler sure rocks -- rock bottom, that is, and LOOKS like a pile of rocks. What a mess. Can't sing, looks like hell, and can't tell music from noise. Goes to prove that money can't make you into something you are not, and the music-buying public buys the "rock show" rather than real music.

By renee

he is so full of himself... but he was right... the show does SUCK

By linda

He has every right to be full of himself

By Allan

Haley should have been in top 2 NOT Scott

By darma

I thought I was watching American Country Idol. There already is a show for that kind of singing. Scotty is boringggggg. Bring it on Lauren.

By greg

scotty's a snoozefest, but so are plenty of other country stars. it's all a gimmick.

By sandee

You can thank the voting public for that.....James Durbin should have been there for some excitment!