Last Night’s Idol: Paula’s Wackiest Moments
January 30, 2008
• Plane delays” keep her from arriving on time for the auditions in Omaha, Neb.

• Arrives 16 minutes into Tuesday night’s hour-long broadcast, wearing sunglasses as she strolls into the audition venue

• Puts her head on the judges’ desk and falls asleep

• Arm wrestles Rachael Wicker, 23, of Richmond, Mo., and loses

• Switches jobs with host Ryan Seacrest and leaves the audition room to interview contestants

• Dances and claps enthusiastically to an audition of “I Heard It Through the Grapevine”

• Gets the hiccups

• Stands up and leans over the desk for no apparent reason, prompting judges Simon Cowell and Randy Jackson, “What are you doing?”

• Throws her arms up above her head and yells “Touchdown!” after the final contestant’s audition