Brooke White was booted off American Idol last week. Will Syesha Mercado be following her? What about judge Paula Abdul? She could be gone from the hit singing competition very shortly according to reports.

Brooke White was sent home Wednesday night from the popular FOX reality show talent contest -- to no surprise, really.

It has been long hinted and suggested that Paula Abdul might actually be dropped from American Idol after this season. However, it should be noted that this has been an on-again off-again rumor.

Last Tuesday Abdul made the "flub heard around the world," leaving savvy fans wondering how much of the show is actually scripted. What's worse is that it showed she was clearly not paying attention to anything going on.

She tried to talk about performances which a contestant had not even carried out yet.

She criticized the second performance of Jason Castro, a very unique singer, before he even got a chance to sing his second song.

This has raised calls that Abdul may actually be dropped in order to try and gain some credibility in the show. However, Simon Cowell has been quoted in the past with saying that Paula would be a judge as long as she wanted to be one.