I watched a little bit here and there, and I thought it was terribly boring. They have obviously decided that nobody cares about the good auditions anymore, as 90% of the contestants we saw were clearly just taking the pi$$, even though they pretended to be upset when faced with Simon's increasingly repetitive and uninspired put-downs. It's time to pack your bags when you start using "Houston we have a problem"-jokes... in Houston. <sigh>
The stunt where where the girl was sent to the mall to sing, was just that... a stunt. And a stupid one at that. There was a similar one with a girl in a bar, or something like that, who supposedly caused the customers to leave. I have seen wrestling matches that were less staged than that.
I can't stand that Ryan Seamonkey, or whatever his name is.