Paula Abdul’s pre-taped Superbowl performance was notably unremarkable with the American Idol judge hopping around the stage from choreography piece to choreography piece like it was her fifth take trying to get the performance right.

All things being considered, this was literally the best she could do. If Paula got up there and actually sang the song with a band who actually had Randy Jackson in it, the show would have been horrible. Instead, pre-taped sound proves once again that all you need to do to be a successful pop star is take your choreography and lip-syncing seriously.

The worst she could have possibly done was a re-hash of Britney Spears’ lazy “Gimme More” performance seen ‘round the world.

So is Paula back? Not really. You just might hear this song on the radio and in department stores for a few weeks.

It’s more disturbing that this is the music that two American Idol judges make. Does it seem to anyone else that their golden-standard for pop seems to be pretty generic and crappy?