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March 24, 2008
Fug Madness 2008: Cher, Round Two
Just a reminder as we head into Fug Madness Round Two: Feel free to judge the contestants on whatever criteria you deem best -- but remember, don't vote based solely on the photos we choose with each entry. They're merely there to serve as examples of a larger body of fug. Now, please, commence warming up your voting finger...
(9) PAULA ABDUL vs. (16) COURTNEY PELDON
I am starting to wonder if Paula Adbul is a long-lost Peldon. Think about it: They're both crazy-bad dressers, they are both people we imagine Simon Cowell would rather eat beetle-crusted knives than speak to on a daily basis, and neither appears to be terribly talented at anything other than standing up for a few minutes at a time and smiling while waiting for the flashbulbs to stop.
Yes, Paula has those hit songs of yore, but if we're being honest, they weren't really good because of HER specifically -- J.Lo could've released "Straight Up" and it would've sounded almost the same. Really, P.Ab is just lucky she found someone to pay her at this late and loony stage in her career. If someone would stick Courtney Peldon in a video with an animated cat for three minutes, she'd be equally qualified to be a talent judge -- say, on Randy Jackson's Sweet-Ass Dance Crew That Is Stepping Up And Serving You, or whatever it's called. I think we'd soon see her emerge as a real Paula Jr. Then they could maybe play mother and daughter in some amazing TV movie about how vodka and curling irons don't mix.
There's even common ground in their dress sense:
Both of these look like rejected Disney Princess outfits that were last spotted on a crumpled piece of paper in somebody's office trash can. If they'd been at the same event, we could easily imagine Paula and Peldon bumping into each other in the bathroom line, checking each other's teeth for spinach, and then merrily deciding to trade outfits on a lark. Probably, no one would even bat an eye. They're both bonkers. In addition to the case made for (against?) Paula in her first-round matchup, she has betrayed herself with pants, played peek-a-boob, and smooshed her cleavage into oblivion.
As for Courtney... well, it's well-documented that she's once, twice, three times a fugger. What to do? WHAT TO DO? And are we SURE they're not related somehow?
(4) RIHANNA vs. (5) FERGIE
After a long while of simply not getting her at all, Fergie has finally grown on us. There's a lot to be said for how she copped to urinating all over herself on-stage -- like, "Yes, I did it, I couldn't think of a better idea at the time, and let's all just laugh and move on," which is refreshingly candid; however, every other soul on this planet who is potty trained (and possibly some who aren't) could most likely have come up with an alternate course of action. Pants-wetting is never the answer.
However, I'm not going to lie to you: Sometimes, it hurts a little to know that Josh Duhamel is legally cleaving himself to a woman who wore these bangs.
The skintight jeans, rubber shirt, and terrible sock-sandals are no afternoon on Lake Como either. Fergie is an odd lady -- sometimes she looks refined, and others, she alternates between letting it all hang out (seriously, a whole lot of it), and cramming herself into horrible high-waisted, suspendered jeans and passe overalls.
Her opponent here, Rihanna, is no stranger to either hair experimentation or ill-advised pants.
Those things add ten pounds, easily, to her tiny frame. The top looks like either the bodice to a potentially cute cocktail dress, or the kind of modest swimsuit our relatives in The Olden Days might refer to as a "bathing costume." And the hat... well, it's tough. Some people are into hats for fashion; others, like me, do not care for them at all, which is why I can't help wanting to rip the skull-sweater off her head and remind her that unless the studio is zero degrees, she doesn't need to keep warm that badly.
But it's undeniable that Rihanna has an innate cool that almost pulls off things we would otherwise hate (and maybe still do anyway). Her awe-inspiring gallery of Grammy-week outfits is both proof of that and confirmation that not every risk she takes is flattering or attractive. Ditto this little number. And let's not forget this classic piece of fuggery that involved our primary enemy: leggings.
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Comments
Courtney Peldon, still, over Paula Abdul; it's only because LaPaula is clearly in need of adjustments in her meds, but Peldon is... well... still Peldon.
Posted by: Pia | Mar 24, 2008 9:10:00 AM
Ummm... what if Chloe Sevigny's dress line is for that new "punked" show? What if we were "Fugged"?
Posted by: simple me | Mar 24, 2008 9:13:53 AM
That is so hard... Paula or Courtney... I thought my brain might collapse in on itself trying to decide... But, I had to choose Courtney because at least Paula's outfits look well made - I mean, the construction seems like they are at least good, well-designed pieces (just horribly, horribly mismatched) and not some godawful clearance items from one of those places where all their clothes are made from so much man-made fibbers that the entire store smells like a plastic factory.
Posted by: sinnyc | Mar 24, 2008 9:15:15 AM
I have to go for Paula. Courtney seems to have a theme of sorts, where Paula is actually trying to be fabulous. I'm sad to see the Peldon go, but she just can't stand up to Lost in Space Abdul
Posted by: Sallyacious | Mar 24, 2008 9:15:41 AM
Man, the second round is going to be tough. So much fug! I think I give Paula the edge over Peldon, because her body of work is so strong. She's just been fug longer - how many worst dressed lists has she been on? It's an astronomical number, I'm sure.
With Rihanna and Fergie, how does one choose between an affinity for jumpsuits versus an affinity for overalls (and urinary accidents)? It's a tough call. I'm still deciding...
Posted by: Kristin18 | Mar 24, 2008 9:16:29 AM
I went with Rihanna because I think she's just plain mean.
Posted by: yo mama | Mar 24, 2008 9:17:42 AM
Fergie takes it, because she is both fug of fashion AND fug of face. Although Rihanna has inexplicably donned an old winter hat, strapless bustier and Mom jeans (accessorized by a dog collar), at least she can take that crap off and still be reasonably presentable...
Posted by: Kristin | Mar 24, 2008 9:21:01 AM
Paula has to win over Peldon because she is naturally fuglicious while Peldon works at fug only to get attention.
Posted by: nancy | Mar 24, 2008 9:22:33 AM
I have never in all my born days seen anything like the get-ups Ms. Peldon wears. Does someone make them for her, does she have intergalactic online shopping? Seriously, she is unique in the most horrifugging sense of the word! Happy Monday!
Posted by: Cecily | Mar 24, 2008 9:22:56 AM
Ugh, the Rihanna/Fergie debate is tricky. Even though I secretly sometimes jam out to Fergie's music (but don't tell anyone, OK?), her fashion sense makes me want to blind myself. But then there's Rihanna. She thinks that she's very fashionable, all heading off to the shows in New York and whatnot. To me, that makes her sartorial crimes even worse.
But then I get flashes of those dams porkpie hats Fergie kept wearing around, and my head starts to hurt. Is this going to be how it is for the rest of the tournament? If so, is it too early for cocktails?
Posted by: Pia | Mar 24, 2008 9:23:05 AM
I almost don't care what she wears, though it's usually pretty terrible, but Fergie's face is really hard to look at. The over arched brows, the thick leathery skin....bleh. How does Josh wake up to that? Although, I do have to say that it was a close call because Rihanna's forehead is large enough to send sonar signals off of (like beluga whales).
Posted by: Ana | Mar 24, 2008 9:24:12 AM
Rihanna Vs. Fergie was easy. Fergie wins/loses anyway should advance, simply because Rihanna's fug can be close calls, but when Fergie fugs there is absolutely no question...EVER! On the other hand P.Ab Vs. C.Pel, buth so horrible so often. Hollow bad chest/overblown bad boob job? Smash breasts/smash breasts? Wacked out druggie/Wacked out Crispin Glover lover. Who to chose, who to chose? I need help!
Posted by: KatyMay | Mar 24, 2008 9:25:04 AM
First of all, I have to tell you that this contest was sent by emissaries of some deity this morning. My cat is at the vet getting an exam and her teeth cleaned, and of course I'm fretting and hating the fact that the house seems so empty. So WOO HOO for distracting fuggitude and mom jeans!
- Rihanna vs. Fergie - both may wear "mom pants" at times but only Fergie peed in hers. So, there's a vote for the Pea who pees her pants.
- Paula vs. Courtney: Oh, this was the toughest one of all so far! Both ladies are some kind of demiurge of fug. In the end, I voted for Paula, simply because a woman pushing fifty who still flaunts her childhood desire to be a Disney Princess in her clothing choices offers up a delicious cluelessness that is very entertaining.
Posted by: Ailurophile | Mar 24, 2008 9:27:16 AM
Paula has lived through the decade where dressing like that was appropriate, lest we all forget the 80's... (Which would probably be best!) I think that should be a pass for her... Unless Peldon is suddenly older than I would assume, she can't use that decade as an excuse!
Posted by: Jessica | Mar 24, 2008 9:31:47 AM
I'm calling a Peldon/Bai final match up right now. I mean, come on, look at that woman! In what way does she not deserve to be in the final two, if not the champion?
Posted by: michelle | Mar 24, 2008 9:33:02 AM
ALL THE WAY MAE!!....errr I mean Rihanna! Let's face it fuggers, we ALL rock out to Riri and Fergie Ferg. Maybe not in public, but we do. Mz. R in my opinion. reigns supreme over Ferg and I hate to admit it. I really do. This was a toughie.
Posted by: Use Your Turn Signal | Mar 24, 2008 9:33:50 AM
Paula is old enough to know better. Well, theoretically anyway. I know money can't buy taste, but it can at least afford her a stylist with a strong resolve and thick enough skin to deflect batshit insanity.
Posted by: kel | Mar 24, 2008 9:37:31 AM
Abdul over Peldon: A tough, tough choice, and made with a heavy heart. Peldon's fug is indeed overwhelming, and sometimes manifests in spite of itself -- that purple-and-white number is, dare I say it, kind of pretty, but then she ruined it by painting her chest with a gallon of bronzer. Abdul sealed the win in that picture above, in which she appears to have donned elf ears, as though she popped over to our world from Lothlorien for a red-carpet event. Which may, in fact, be the case.
Fergie over Rihanna: One gets the impression that it's not too late for Rihanna to change course. Fergie's fug, however, is (as they say) what it is.
Posted by: Kate | Mar 24, 2008 9:38:10 AM
As much as C. Peld. will always have a place in my heart, Paula's constant fugtacular presence bewilders me. I have to go with Paula all the way.
Posted by: Toronto Pam | Mar 24, 2008 9:39:58 AM
I went for Fergie over Rihanna; the memory of those photos of her with dark "spotting" near her crotch are too fresh. I also agree that Paula just needs her medication adjusting, but Courtney's dresses like that, um, naturally ( if you can call wearing a Disney princess dress when you're over 8 natural)
Posted by: Kate | Mar 24, 2008 9:41:32 AM
Thanks to the additional post. It boils down to who could take on Bai Ling and even as Fug as Fergie is, only C.Pel stands a chance in this crowd. Attention whores to the starting gate!
Posted by: KatyMay | Mar 24, 2008 9:42:16 AM
Oh sooooo tough! But I had to go with Peldon, but Paula... oh it makes my head spin!
As for the Rihanna vs. Fergie, PEE-PANTS.
PEE-PANTS!
Posted by: Z | Mar 24, 2008 9:42:37 AM
I voted for Peldon because Paula, at least, has an excuse: her meds need to be adjusted. There is no reason for Peldon to dress as she does, and she always looks like a clearance rack.
The choice between Fergie and Rihanna was difficult, but I ultimately went with Rihanna because I actually love her hair in that cut.
Posted by: Victoria | Mar 24, 2008 9:43:11 AM
I'm w/ Michelle above. I'm all about a Peldon/Bai throw down! And I predict the Bai will reign supreme fug! When outfits make my head hurt, there's no question of how to vote.
Posted by: Jen | Mar 24, 2008 9:44:50 AM
No one can take down the Peldon. No one!!
Posted by: Elizabeth | Mar 24, 2008 9:46:43 AM
I feel like Courtney falls into that category of people who knowingly wear ridiculous things in order to get attention. Paula, on the other hand, believes herself to have excellent taste. Therefore, my vote to Paula.
Posted by: emmie | Mar 24, 2008 9:49:11 AM
Fergie is always weirdly dress, so she easily wins, no question there! I think Paula is the fuggest because she could dress better, but she just doesn't want to whereas the Peldon just looks crazy, but cute
Posted by: RaisonPassion | Mar 24, 2008 9:50:19 AM
I don't know... I think K-Fed has a pretty good chance of beating Bai. What other competition does he have? I mean, Paris is going to give him a good run but... he'll triumph. I think he is just the man to show Bai Ling how to really fug it up. It's not just the dressing badly with him - You'd have to if you take the time to specifically NOT bathe. I'm telling you, I'm calling it now, it's KFed & Peldon.
Posted by: Summer Dawn | Mar 24, 2008 9:50:47 AM
Yes Courtney and Paula have both committed crimes against their poor boobs. But despite Paula's obvious color-blindness and occasional massive mishap, I don't think that this is a fair match-up at all. Courtney doesn't suffer from the same color-blindness as Paula, but her desperation for attention ranks right up there with Phoebe Price. My biggest complaint about Courtney is that her boobs completely ruin every photo they're in. They're just hideous eye-sores. Between Courtney and Tara Reid, their crimes against boobs are the stuff of legends. Much earlier photos of her show her to have a rather cute figure with a nice healthy (and not remotely small) rack. Why she decided that she needed these new basketballs hanging from her chest escapes me. I'm eager to a Courtney/Tara match-up.
Posted by: Heather S | Mar 24, 2008 9:52:58 AM
PELDON FTW!!!
Posted by: mrs o | Mar 24, 2008 9:53:11 AM
I went with Paula, as she has been fugging for a lot longer than Miss Peldon.
Posted by: Lane | Mar 24, 2008 9:53:16 AM
Oh...I can write Rihanna's tackiness off to 'finding her style' as she is so very young. So Fergie gets my vote. And Paula has a much more impressive and prominent history of fug, IMO. I don't even know who Courtney Peldon is, except for GFY.
Posted by: Devonna | Mar 24, 2008 9:53:39 AM
I know it makes for good copy, but the whole Fergie-wet-her-pants thing is so old. Yes, its not a big secret that she has a small stress incontinence problem. Fault her for not taking steps beforehand but the ridiculing years later is silly. Give her a hard time for fug fashion but let's grow up a little and stop railing on her for a problem not totally in her control.
Posted by: Zeus | Mar 24, 2008 9:55:57 AM
I agree with Emmie and the others - without her wonderous fashion sense, peldon has nothing else (what is she
anyway? a wannabe actress? a socialite?), while paula seems to be trying to look good and failing - which in my book makes her the fuggiest.
Posted by: Samantha | Mar 24, 2008 9:56:40 AM
It was a tough decision but I picked the Peldon. Paula has some sort of mental affliction that doesn't allow her to choose pretty clothes. The Peldon? I'm not feeling sorry for her or anything, but maybe she's just picking whatever some designer who finally gave into her begging and pleading for a dress would give her as a last resort. That is if any designer is willing to dress her. I woulnd't want a Peldon telling anyone I made their hideous dress. If she's picking the dreesses for herself and pyaing with her own money then someone needs to introduce her to a nice consignment shop if she can only spend $20 on an outfit. There's CHEAP then there's INEXPENSIVE. Clearly, she loves cheap.
Posted by: Tana | Mar 24, 2008 9:56:53 AM
Ha ha. I was just looking at some back images of La Peldon, and I found one of her at the premiere of some horror movie called "Driftwood". She's gesturing to the movie poster like a deranged version of Vanna White (whilst dressed hideously, naturally). Below her hand, part of the film's tag line shows. It reads, "Beaten by life. No one escapes the pain." Fitting, no?
Posted by: Pia | Mar 24, 2008 9:57:29 AM
man - this one wasn't as easy as the first round! phew! it's hard to judge paula, cause is the issue that she's fugly, or that she's just plain off her nut?
Posted by: rachel | Mar 24, 2008 9:57:36 AM
Paula is who she is -- Peldon (either one) is trying just so hard and thus fugs on purpose. But I hate to vote for Peldon (either one) and give her any more publicity than she doesn't deserve.
Rihanna: perfect example of right place, right time. Does she really have talent? I think not.
Posted by: Debbi | Mar 24, 2008 10:00:50 AM
Paula personifies a favoriting saying of my best friend's: "If you are old enough to have lived through a trend the first time around, it's best to sit the second round out."
Take heed, Abdul.
Posted by: na | Mar 24, 2008 10:01:07 AM
Peldon's gotta take the whole thing, surely.
Posted by: Sara | Mar 24, 2008 10:01:34 AM
This isn't going to be difficult until it's Peldon v. Bai Ling.
Posted by: JupiterPluvius | Mar 24, 2008 10:02:08 AM
It was hard choosing between Paula and Courtney. But in the end, I had to vote for Paula because I feel that she supplements the crazy dressing by being crazy in other endeavors such as American Idol. Courtney only has her fugness to fall back on as evidenced by the big gap on her IMDB entry. It looks like I'll probably lose this particular match-up, but I gotta vote my gut.
Posted by: Jennifer | Mar 24, 2008 10:03:46 AM
I think Peldon vs. anyone is going to be a tough choice...she's just positively fug-a-licious
Posted by: Adrianne | Mar 24, 2008 10:04:04 AM
I can't believe la Peldon is winning. Paula Abdul once dressed next to an animated cat. HAS EVERYONE FORGOTTEN?
Posted by: Kate | Mar 24, 2008 10:06:20 AM
I mean danced, not dressed. Although she was fugging it up with said cat, anyway...
Posted by: Kate | Mar 24, 2008 10:07:23 AM
Courtney Peldon MUST make the Final Four. I will never vote for anyone against her. She oozes fug...it's all over the red carpet after she twirls past.
PELDON PELDON PELDON!
Posted by: Catherine | Mar 24, 2008 10:13:20 AM
I had to go with Fergie, mostly because of the whole sexy, grade schooler look which I find very creepy.
Posted by: Deb | Mar 24, 2008 10:18:40 AM
Peldon. Always Peldon. Peldon is to Fug as Galileo was to astronomy, Sara Lee is to mass-produced snack cakes, and Paris Hilton is to microbiology.
Posted by: drdan | Mar 24, 2008 10:24:44 AM
Re: the wet crotch- Just wait until you are approaching 40 and are jumping around in power/yoga/dancy/stretchy class at Sports Club _Fillintownhere_ and you think "OMG, did I just pee my leotard?"
Still and all, Fergie is quite wretched when it comes to fashion. Rihanna is still young enough to listen to adults who say "No really, it's FABULOUS on you."
Ugh.
Posted by: Moda di Magno | Mar 24, 2008 10:26:06 AM
I'm still stunned that Peldon is doing so well -- i know it's based on body of work, but still, ALL her photos are pre-2006. I guess a true fug is forever.
Posted by: Heather | Mar 24, 2008 10:31:35 AM
Outfits aside, I must take offense at the idea that Paula never had any talent. Yes, her vocals were typical synthesized pop, but let's not forget her history as a major dancer/choreographer. (Who can still rip it up today, I might add). Sorry to be defensive, but I hold a soft spot in my heart for her, because hers was the first concert I ever went to as a kid (I'm not ashamed to admit it).
Now, to turn the focus back to fug, I voted for Peldon because as much as I'll admit that Paula's outfits are often retina-searingly awful, I have seen her look quite well put-together on the occasions that she does manage to get it right. Peldon, however - well, a journey through her fug archive shows that even when she comes close to hitting the mark, she still exudes a cheap, trashy fugliness that can always shines through. In my eyes, it's going to be tough for anyone to truly conquer La Peldon.
Posted by: Julie | Mar 24, 2008 10:39:20 AM
Rihanna and Fergis are the same brand of madness and very hard to choose. When they go bad (and pink) they go very bad, but they can both wear anything and still look hot (often despite their clothes).
Poor Courtney Peldon tries so hard but she genuinely has no dress sense. If it were to do weren't for fashion sky-divers such as Bai Ling, I'd bet on Peldon to win the Fugatition.
Posted by: Saidhbhín | Mar 24, 2008 10:41:10 AM
Paula just has too many excuses for her fug...the red pills, the green ones, the happy little purple ones that make her poop butterflies. Courtney tries very very hard and that's what makes her fug so sad and what earns her my vote.
As many of you have already noted, the eyebrows of terror win Fergie my other vote. Are those real or did she shave them off in a meth-induced episode of paranoia and draw them back on?
Posted by: Jennifer | Mar 24, 2008 10:42:38 AM
Heather, I agree, Paula should have been a shoe-in. However, when you google C. Peld and the first thing that comes up is this: http://us.movies1.yimg.com/movies.yahoo.com/images/hv/photo/movie_pix/fox_searchlight/johnson_family_vacation/courtney_peldon/johnsonpre3.jpg, I can understand why people are so overwhelmed with her fug, despite the picture being 4 years old.
Also, her website has this: http://www.peldon.com/store/WsAncillary.asp?ID=6. The red carpet photos are supposed to be "recent." I voted for Paula, who has been consistently fug for 20 years, but C. Peld is pretty frightening.
Posted by: Kristin18 | Mar 24, 2008 10:43:43 AM
I can't agree that Paula was entirely useless. Wasn't she the one that did that awesome tipping-chair move in Miss Janet's music video back in the day? I seem to remember a career in choreography before she was Forever Your Girl.
But I DO agree with Kristin18 that Rihanna should win out of sheer meanness. Fergie has redeemed herself in my eyes.
Posted by: pamela | Mar 24, 2008 10:43:50 AM
1) Peldon, cause we see Paula on Idol every week and even though she is clearly out of it half the time she does look decently dressed on it always...maybe that's a wardrobe department but hey, they get her in those boring but passable outfits.
2) Had to vote Fergie, she's made progress but it has been too recent progress...this time next year I'm sure she won't even be in the top 64 she's been great in 08 so far. Fergie is a million times more talented than that little chihuahua head though who can't sing a note in tune to save her life.
Posted by: lambman | Mar 24, 2008 10:44:29 AM
Oops, first link was wrong. Here's the right one: http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1808473150/photo/premiere/519242
Posted by: Kristin18 | Mar 24, 2008 10:46:08 AM
I think you can see I didn't sleep last night. What I MEANT was: If it weren't for the fashion kamakazi that is Bai Ling, I'd bet on Peldon to win the Fugatition.
And I also meant Fergie, not Fergus.
Posted by: Saidhbhin | Mar 24, 2008 10:47:28 AM
I think my choice boiled down to this: I went through the Courtney Peldon archive and tried to imagine Paula Abdul wearing the outfits. It works for some of them. For others, it doesn't. Then I tried it with the Paula Abdul pictures -- Would Courtney wear this? The answer was always, yes, yes, YES! (Only one possible exception -- the fox hunt jacket, as the colors are so drab. She'd wear the hell out of the red boots, though.)
I sometimes think Paula always thinks she's in concert. You look at any other singer on this site -- Beyonce, J. Lo, Gwen Stefani -- and the on-stage costumes are always the strangest. A lot of Paula's weird getups look stage-worthy. With Courtney, I don't know where she thinks she is. Possibly an anime cartoon. I just don't know.
Posted by: Miss V | Mar 24, 2008 10:51:38 AM
Oh make no mistake, I am not claiming Peldon's fug isn't strong. Just that if we'd had any idea people felt so strongly about her as more than just a mascot, she might've eked out a better seeding. We really just thought we were seeding her out of courtesy. Oh well! Viva Peldon. Hopefully seeing the way she has impacted our lives is cheering her up right now, while she peruses the Want Ads.
Posted by: Heather | Mar 24, 2008 10:57:19 AM
For those of you having a hard time with the Fergie vs. Rihanna choice, just look at this for a while. Try to start counting the things wrong with it. You will start noticing detail after detail of fug. At least when Rihanna gets something wrong, it's usually only one general misfire, or maybe two or three missteps, but Fergie really is an avalanche of fug sometimes.
Posted by: becca | Mar 24, 2008 10:58:52 AM
Poor Paula...while her fugliness is probably chemically induced, the wonder that is Peldon is an inate chemical imbalance. Gotta go with nature over nurture, on that one.
And, as far as I'm concerned, pissing yourself still beats the crap out of the wackiness that is Rhianna.
Posted by: Lorraine Bates | Mar 24, 2008 11:00:08 AM
I am convinced that Courtney should've been a number one seed now.
Posted by: RD | Mar 24, 2008 11:02:16 AM
Rihanna is a fug infant and will undoubtedly reach the status of a fug queen like Fergie one day (if her career lasts that long), but not yet. For now, I just want to pat Baby Fug on the head and send her back into the closet.
Paula's fug comes from deep within her soul (which has no doubt grown and matured over the past week's journey through fields of marshmallow unicorns). Peldon's fug is unbelievably superficial, juvenile, and so mind bogglingly nuts it could stomp Paula flat with its little toe. This one's all Peldon.
Posted by: Anastasia | Mar 24, 2008 11:03:58 AM
initially, i was planning on voting for peldon because paula's clothes seemed to fit...but then i dug deeper and realized that, no, in fact, they don't really seem to.
p abdul has so much potential to be a total knockout if only her own fug didn't get in the way!!!
thus (yes, "thus), i went with paula.
Posted by: km | Mar 24, 2008 11:11:46 AM
Fergie is lost in the land of Fug which obviously has some sort of mirror of Erised that has deluded her into thinking that she looks as cool as Gwen Stefani. Lil Riri is an embryo who is standing at the fork in the Yellow Fug road - she could actually pull out of the vortex. Advantage: Fergie
As for the battle of the crazy couture, it's not even close: Peldon.
Posted by: texasexile | Mar 24, 2008 11:19:55 AM
OMG, Kristin 18-- that Peldon Fug Find was amazingly classic. And she's at a premiere for a FAMILY movie-- can't wait to see what she dons for an adult-themed event.
Also, she could be a one-woman PSA for an anti-plastic surgery ad. Just sayin.
Posted by: na | Mar 24, 2008 11:24:14 AM
It has to be La Peldon because while Paula may be teh crayze, she's also cute and petite. Cute and petite can get away with alot; the artificially enhanced, not so much . . .
Posted by: MCA | Mar 24, 2008 11:32:48 AM
the poll isn't showing up on this bracket
Posted by: jinnan-tonnyx | Mar 24, 2008 11:40:26 AM
Ok, never mind, after I posted my comment the poll came back.
Posted by: jinnan-tonnyx | Mar 24, 2008 11:41:38 AM
Peldon Vs. Abdul Peldon wins it 'cause Paula has some drug thing going on
Fergie Vs. Rihanna C'mon you're over 30 and you piss your pants in front of 7,000+ people. There's no way Fergie doesn't win.
Posted by: Ben | Mar 24, 2008 11:47:56 AM
I'm not sure it is fair to compare Courtney to some of these people. Sure, she's fabulously horrifying but her budget is much more limited than Paula et als. To me, Paula wins because you know she has money AND emplys professional help and yet she still leaves the house looking insane.
Posted by: JPMC | Mar 24, 2008 11:48:34 AM
I must choose Paula over Peldon. Paula's way too old to still be dressing like that. La Peldon still has time to grow up and change her ways.
Posted by: Colleen | Mar 24, 2008 11:51:33 AM
In order to pick a winner between Courtney and Paula, I had to take the measure of which woman is MORE deluded about thinking she looks good. The gap between Courtney's reality and her PERCEIVED reality is greater than Paula's. Compared to Courtney, Paula is only MILDLY deluded in thinking she looks good. (Compared to a normal person, she's WILDLY deluded, but that's another contest entirely.)
I have to agree with the Fug Girls that Rhianna's overall sense of style is hit and miss. Because she does sometimes hit, she is not as much of a fug criminal as Fergie.
Posted by: Pandora | Mar 24, 2008 11:59:00 AM
As someone who grew up in the 80's, I had to vote for Paula. If we are considering a person's "body of work" in fashion, then Paula's poor taste has been baffling and assaulting my eyes longer than Miss Peldon's been alive.
Posted by: Carey | Mar 24, 2008 12:14:21 PM
I'm waiting for some enterprising cable network honcho to cast Courtney Peldon in a remake of I Dream of Jeannie. Then, we'll really know whether what makes her what she is can be bottled. Such a tough call!! Peldon won out in the end -- that vacuous look on her face is just priceless.
There is just something icktastic about Fergie. Maybe it in the water -- she occasionally makes.
Posted by: SidheDevil | Mar 24, 2008 12:18:25 PM
Fergie vs Rihanna? That was hard. In the end, I went with Fergie....because it's true, Rihanna can pull off things that would be fug on others but somehow works on her.
And I went for Paula for pure endurance. How long can you be on the Fug list? She's Fug royalty.
Posted by: D | Mar 24, 2008 12:24:52 PM
I mean really, on AI Paula usually looks very good, I think. But this Peldon person must be stopped. Will crowning her Fug Supreme stop the madness? I fear we may be encouraging her behavior.
Posted by: Kate | Mar 24, 2008 12:36:54 PM
When it comes to Peldon vs. Paula, I'll choose natural born, down-home insanity over -- I dunno, whatever it is Paula's suffering from. I like a bit of crazy entertainment now and then, but at least I could trust Courtney to housesit for me. My wardrobe might be filled with pastel tulle and leather pants when I got back, but at least she wouldn't pee on the carpets like Paula might (would).
Posted by: Meg | Mar 24, 2008 12:41:42 PM
damn, courtney may just take this whole thing...
and i've never seen anyone pull of an ostrich suit like rihanna, so she got some un-fug points for that so i had to go with fergie
Posted by: nikkol | Mar 24, 2008 12:48:41 PM
I think a couple dudes infiltrated this competition. Seriously, check out Fergie's abdomin penis lines... you know those lines you can see on really cut men in loose jeans that just lead the eye down perfectly to his wang? Like Brad Pitt in Fight Club. Fergie has it! Which means I think she's got a T. And Peldon has a tranny tummy! That's not what women look like! That's what undersized transvestites with a boob job look like! Both these "ladies" need to put it away! I got no problem with trannies and cross-dressers, but they need to dress to their strengths as new and/or fake women.
Posted by: Emily | Mar 24, 2008 1:08:30 PM
Peldon vs Abdul = SO HARD. Eventually it came down to who I thought missed the worst. Both whiff it consistently, but I guess eventually I decided that Paula would totally lose it on maybe one element but for the most part tried to dress herself flatteringly (if misguidedly). Peldon doesn't seem to understand her body at times.
Also, anyone who would leave the house to a celebrity golf tournament looking like a body building stripper.... No words can describe my horror.
I have to imagine Paula would never miss by quite that much.
Posted by: Marlene | Mar 24, 2008 1:14:58 PM
I had to go with Paula, heavily medicated, drunk-a** Paula because she is all kinds of fug and crazy. Yet, there seems no stopping the P-Train. I think Peldon's going to advance far in this competition whether she deserves to or not.
Fergie, besides defining fug, is a man.
Posted by: jen310 | Mar 24, 2008 1:27:56 PM
I took Fergie over Rihanna, because most of the latter's fugs don't involve inappropriate lingerie sightings or incontinence. But I did enjoy the Fame reference when looking at R's heinous fuschia leggings. Thanks for the nostalgia kick, ladies!
Posted by: Martha | Mar 24, 2008 1:29:09 PM
These two are tough ones!
Posted by: Jujupiter | Mar 24, 2008 1:35:55 PM
I agree with whoever said Paula showing up looking reasonably well-dressed for Idol mitigates her overall fugliness - despite the offensiveness of her in-the-wild ensembles - and so I voted Peldon in this round. I have Peldon in my final four, but I predict JLo will take down the fuggernaut that is La Peldon and go on to square off against Bai.
Posted by: Amanda | Mar 24, 2008 1:42:36 PM
rihanna is the swarovski crystal-encrusted silver spoon to fergie's spork.
they can never be compared!
Posted by: theidlereceptionist | Mar 24, 2008 1:45:50 PM
I had to vote La Peldon over Abdul simply because I also want to see Peldon v. Ling or Peldon v. Sevigny.
Fergie over Rihanna any day of the week. I have absolutely no idea who Rihanna is as I am neither "hip" nor "with it" these days but, well, she uses the toilet before going on stage. Sorry Fergie, but that is an automatic fug. Have more respect for your clothes, woman!
Posted by: Elisabetta | Mar 24, 2008 3:02:03 PM
So hard! Going up against The Sainted Peldon, Giver of Fug can't end well for most people, but Paula needs some kind of recognition for all her hard work in the world of fug. Can't we give her some kind of Booby Prize (har har)? Like, Oldest Person Trying to Still Fit in With "The Young Crowd" And Looking Ridiculous As A Result? Or maybe just some kind of Pretty Princess Paula doll (now with quadra-boob action! Bizzoing!)
I feel like she shouldn't leave this madness empty handed.
Posted by: Rain | Mar 24, 2008 3:05:01 PM
OH! My brain cells are just collapsing trying to pick between Feldon and Abdul.
There should be a law against causing this much thinking about a subject that is just so painful. I want to go cry and eat about 3 boxes of Dove Ice Cream Bars. I would vote, but I am going to have to leave now and go on down to the frozen foods section of corner grocery store.
Maybe I'll feel strong enough to choose later.
Posted by: Sharon | Mar 24, 2008 3:22:27 PM
I disagree with the Peldon- Abdul analysis -- Paul has actually had a high level of success despite being marginally talented and totally crazy, something Peldon certainly has not (and never will) match, if there's a god in heaven. Nonetheless, I voted for Peldon because her shit is just fuglier.
As for Fergie (my vote-getter), her haplessness is almost charming (almost) and it sure is fug as hell.
Posted by: YankinTex | Mar 24, 2008 3:26:29 PM
courtney peldon isn't legit enough to lose to anybody. everything ridiculous that she wears is made 10 times more ridiculous by the fact that most of the population doesn't know who the hell she is
Posted by: lex | Mar 24, 2008 3:52:27 PM
There can only be one PELDON!!!!!!
Like many before me have said, P. Ab is in need of some heavy lithium dosage. Peldon, on the other hand, doesn't do ANYTHING. She has tons of precious time with which to learn good taste, and she doesn't put it to good use.
As for Rihanna vs. Fergie, I'm voting Fergie Ferg FTW. I think Rihanna is a capital BIOTCH to the nth degree, but there's still hope. As much as I adore Fergie's burgeoning psychosis and random incontinence, the future is not very bright. Poor Josh.
Posted by: Jadeblueafterglow | Mar 24, 2008 3:55:39 PM
I have a secret wish to see Courtney Peldon win the whole dang shooting match, as there has not been anyone on this site who has been more amusing. She deserves accolades for constantly having more ammunition for the Fug Girls to aim at, and surely, after all this time, she just may be the Cinderella Story of the Fugs....the original do-nothing, know-nothing, Hollywood nobody. Shoot for three, Courtney.
Posted by: jj | Mar 24, 2008 4:10:17 PM
In the end, I had to go for the strategic vote: Courtney and Rihanna. This is all in hopes of seeing this bracket boil down to a Sharon Stone vs. Peldon fug-off.....
Posted by: Lisa | Mar 24, 2008 4:17:50 PM
Peldon, because I want to see how far she can go.
Fergie because I really think she could do better if she just applied herself or got some better employees. She was an opening act for the The Police in Australia, and appeared on stage with her zipper open. Go search google images with a phrase like "Fergie opens for Police Australia" and you'll see.
Posted by: Susan | Mar 24, 2008 4:29:37 PM
I simply HAD to vote for Courtney... seeing her trounce LiLo in the first round? That was phenomenal. Okay, okay, so she's young... but that girl's got talent. She's going places.
Fergie Ferg, keep on keepin' on, even if your outfits (and songs) don't make any sense. ESPECIALLY since your outfits don't make any sense.
Posted by: Kira | Mar 24, 2008 5:16:39 PM
Fergie all the way. My burning hatred of her stupid songs and her stupid clothes is only fanned higher by the fact that my ex once said she was hot.
Posted by: Lindsay | Mar 24, 2008 5:42:49 PM
I have to go with Peldon, she works very hard to achieve that level of Fug and it's icky.
Rihanna gets my vote because she's not nearly as fashionable as she thinks she is and she comes off as very mean-spirited and smug, whereas Fergie, pee-pants and all, seems like a sweetheart.
Posted by: IZZY | Mar 24, 2008 6:11:53 PM
Sorry, but i have to disagree with the majority here - I have a truly visceral response to LaPaula's clothing. First, its incredibly age inappropriate - the colors, the textures, the shapes - my thirteen year old sister would cringe at the unabashed cuteness. And it seems aligned with her misunderstood, little girl lost persona.
Creepy enough on a 20-something a la Peldon, but absolutely teriffying on a woman old enough to have had a hit record before said 20-something was born.
Posted by: Whitney | Mar 24, 2008 6:23:10 PM
oh, it's peldon all the way! paula and c.pel might both live in a sartorial la-la land, but at least ms. abdul doesn't look like she buys all her clothes from the clearance racks of forever 21, discount costume warehouse, and that place by the freeway in vegas that makes custom stripper clothes. but then again, peldon could probably make a $25,000 haute couture gown look cheap.
Posted by: butcherbaby | Mar 24, 2008 7:04:13 PM
Man, I had to vote for Paula, because I REALLY don't want Peldon to win this thing! Sure, she's crazy, and arguably the worst of the whole bunch, but she's a non-entity, and all her fug is old news! She's just not a strong player, even though she's a strong contender.
Posted by: Kristin! | Mar 24, 2008 7:08:27 PM
Granted, this Peldon creature looks like a 45-year-old Real Housewife impersonating a K-mart crossed with Frederick's of Hollywood, but who cares? I don't want to see her anymore. For my money, she's no more worthy of attention that any misguided hoochie in the aisles of Target, and you don't see those women gracing the brackets.
It's like your mom always told you how to handle the mean kids at school: Just ignore them. Maybe if we treat this Peldon animal like the inconsequential chia pet she is, she'll fade back into the cotton candy kaleidescope acid trip dream sequence from whence she came, and we can all get back to the business of insulting people who actually Do things. Just a plea.
Posted by: green | Mar 24, 2008 7:34:54 PM
Abs Dul maybe crazy, but she has a little more composure than Peldon. And she was a choreographer. Peldon...has done what? Mainly, Peldon gets it because in EVERY photo she's grinning like a doe eyed chipmunk on acid. It freaks me out. Actually, are we sure she didn't work in Disney Land? maybe they let her keep some costumes...
And, yeah, Rihanna has an innate sense of cool that lets her get away with some stuff. NOT the purple pant suit or the Borznak dress, but some stuff.
Fergie has no clue.
Posted by: Becca | Mar 24, 2008 7:54:30 PM
I had to go Paula. She's old enough to know better.
Posted by: Grace | Mar 24, 2008 8:15:10 PM
Paula all the way, baby! She's a nutter, she deserves to win.
Posted by: Zoe | Mar 24, 2008 8:16:12 PM
Courtney Peldon beats a Paula Abdul every single time.
Fergie is more often fuggier than Rihanna.
Posted by: eat my shorts | Mar 24, 2008 8:28:24 PM
I disagree with most people on both of these...
For some reason I feel like Courtney has more right to be completely bonkers that Paula does. Paula should be more together given her age and career to date. Courtney's a struggling young "actress".
Fergie does look odd a lot of the time, but then again she has cleaned up lately. Rhianna seems like more of a slave to fashion to me, as if she's gone through ten different style magazines and decided to wear every single trend in them at once, without realising they dont look good all together.
Posted by: Ell | Mar 25, 2008 1:27:52 AM
Oh, Paula Abdul vs. Courtney Peldon, it's so hard! But I have to go for Courtney, because at least Paula TRIES and she can't help being a little, well... bonkers. Courtney, on the other hand, is completely fugged up! And well, if you can beat LiLoLegging, you can beat anyone!
Posted by: Sanne | Mar 25, 2008 4:30:03 AM
I am still trying to figure out if Mariah Carey and Paula Abdul are the same person.
Posted by: hazellove | Mar 25, 2008 4:35:22 AM
My net has been down for a week, and all I could think of on Easter was 'I'm missing Fug Madness!' Thank George I didn't miss it all.
I had to go with Courtney, and not just because I've got money on her going ALL THE WAY, BABY. There's just something delightfully insane about her. GO TEAM PELDON!
And I'm no fan of Rihanna, but the girl just can't outfug Fergie. Nice try, anyway.
Posted by: Gabs | Mar 25, 2008 5:30:47 AM
Two words: Mom jeans!
Posted by: AMFM | Mar 25, 2008 7:09:56 AM
I see a Phoebe Price - v - Courtney Peldon finale coming down the pike...and it's not pretty.
Imagine if PP wins this and was DListed Hot Slut of the Year for 2007?
Is that the sign that the apocalypse is truly upon us?
Posted by: SF_Gal | Mar 25, 2008 7:31:48 AM
Fergie is showing improvement, while Rihanna gets fuggier and fuggier. Is she going to go bald next? There should be a graph showing Fergie's steady rise to "Well Played," as Rihanna declines in to "What the fug?!?"
Posted by: LB | Mar 25, 2008 7:38:16 AM
paula abdul and courtney peldon dress EXACTLY the same. the difference is that paula abdul is old enough to know better. perhaps paula was courtney's bad influence sartorial idol.
Posted by: ls | Mar 25, 2008 7:57:46 AM
The only thing Peldon is known for is her fug. I expect her to BRING IT. It would almost feel cruel to even think that someone else can out-fug her. I mean, who would she be then?
No really. Who *is* she?
Posted by: Maren | Mar 25, 2008 8:48:43 AM
The Rihanna/Fergie matchup was a tough one, but in the end I had to go with Miz Ella, Ella, Ella. Upon very close examination and after an extensive out-loud debate with myself, I decided that while Fergie's mistakes have mostly been reflections of trying to dress younger than she is and being overly swayed by trends, it takes the essence of true fugliness for anyone to wear the second half of Rihanna's Grammy Week outfits.
Posted by: Oregano | Mar 25, 2008 8:57:30 AM
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