American Idol started back up this week.  Although I absolutely love the show, I don't care for these opening weeks where all we see is auditions.  I did make myself watch a little last night though, and saw that there were (at least) two people from Nebraska audtioning.  Both of them were bad, and didn't make it to Hollywood.  What do you guys think about the new judge, Kara?  She seems good.  Do you think she'll be a good addition to the show, or not?  And do you like watching the auditions.  Do you think that it's mean that they put all the bad people on there just so we can make fun of them?  I heard that ratings were down this year from last year.  Are you still watching?  Do you know anyone who auditioned?