Does Paula Abdul's opinion count for anything during the American Idol Auditions?

Paula Abdul is a has been, if she knows so much about music, why doesn't she still make any, because not a lot of people listened to it then, no one would listen to it at all now.. Simon is a jew, and Randy is pretty cool most the time, but sometimes he is also a jew.. the show is still popular, i watched the first one, after that i lost interest I'm not sure why, none of their opinions count to me..