American Idol remains same despite death - Judges will continue to be cruel

American Idol's judges will keep criticising contestants despite the apparent suicide of a former participant, Simon Cowell has said.
The death of Paula Goodspeed, who was mocked when she appeared on the reality show, "hit us like an express train", he said, and had upset him "a lot". "What happened was awful," he told reporters. "My regret is that we didn't know how troubled this person was." More...