Tim Urban Voted Off On American Idol

Timothy Joseph "Tim" Urban the 20 year-old American Idol contestant with shaggy brown hair from Texas, was voted off on Wednesday during the "Idol Gives Back" benefit show, finishing seventh in the contest.

Some commentators, including "Idol" judge Simon Cowell, had suggested Urban should have been booted off earlier. But through it all, Urban seemed to have an everlasting smile.

"I smile because I have a really solid grounding and I know who I am, and I know that regardless what happens around me that will always be there," Urban said in a conference call with reporters on Wednesday.

Urban even stayed upbeat last month when "Idol" judge Ellen DeGeneres told him after his performance, "You were walking like you're sneaking into a bedroom."

"That kind of made me smile," Urban said. "I was like, 'Wow, I hadn't thought that you would take that out of my performance,'" he said.

Urban said he sought to learn from the judges' often harsh critiques, but that he also guarded his feelings.

"I realized that if I took it all really, really personally and really let it eat at me, I wouldn't want to go out the next week," Urban said.

Simon Cowell Thinking Of Quitting "Britain's Got Talent " After One Year Of Susan Boyle Mania,

In an interview with Britain's The Sun newspaper to promote the show, Simon revealed that sometimes, those who audition, make him want to quit.
"There are times when you watch these horrific acts and you genuinely think you can't go on," he told the paper. "I like doing the show but it takes a hell of a lot of time.

"Eventually something has to give," he added. "Can I see it working without me? Yes."In fact, in a clip from the show, Simon threatened to quit after checking out a woman who auditioned with a penguin puppet, The Sun reported.

"What the hell?" the judge said after viewing the woman's act. "I'm not going to be back next year. I'm not kidding. I can't do this anymore. I'm 50 years old."

This season's winner, however, may involve an animal."Chandi is my favorite," Simon said of one the "Britain's Got Talent" contestants - a dog. "She is one of the best dancing dogs I've ever seen. She does ballet."

As previously reported on AccessHollywood.com, next fall, Simon will launch stateside another of his reality competition offshoots, "The X Factor," and the result may mean less time for "Britain's Got Talent."

"Britain's Got Talent," the show that launched the career of Scottish singing sensation Susan Boyle last year, begins tonight on UK Television, but it might be judge Simon Cowell's last season on the program.

Patti LaBelle- "some people shouldn't be on American Idol"

Base on the statement of Patti LaBelle, she speaks some people shouldn't be on 'American Idol' - and she's not talking about the contestants, it's the show's judges. (Feb. 24.)So it means that there is a American Idol Judge which are not Qualified. Am i right? I think all of the judges perform well and do their job in a goodly. All of them are almost perfect and biggest name in the Industry. But she has her point. What I want to know is who is this person she pointed?