It's no secret that some of the performances on "American Idol" elimination shows are pre-taped. And, most of the time, you can't really tell because of all the flashing lights and carefully choreographed camerawork.
Except last night, when returning "Idol" finalist Jennifer Hudson ripped a hole in the show's space-time continuum by forgetting to pretend she was in the present and speaking about a future that had already happened in the past. Confused? Let us explain.
See, Hudson — who was unceremoniously dumped from the third season of "Idol" in seventh place — reportedly taped her performance of "If This Isn't Love" several weeks ago, around the time she was slated to begin her tour with Robin Thicke. But when host Ryan Seacrest asked her about her first road trip on "Wednesday night," Hudson stammered, saying, "Yeah, starting my tour." Then, looking a bit confused, she added, "Yeah, it's starting, like, in a little bit, yeah, on tour with Robin, so that's very exciting and it's my first tour."
By last night, the dynamic R&B duo had already been on the road for more than two weeks, having kicked off their jaunt on March 31 in Albany, New York. In fact, if you took a peek at the schedule, you'd know the segment was old news, since Hudson and Thicke were scheduled to play a show at the Fox Theatre in Atlanta last night during her "Idol" performance.
It was just one more awkward moment in a post-performance chat that also had Seacrest congratulating Hudson on her "new album," which dropped back in September, but clearly avoiding any mention of the tragedy that befell the singer in October, when her mother, brother and nephew were murdered in her childhood Chicago home.
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