Steven Tyler on 'American Idol': 'The Show Sucks'

By Kiki Von Glinow

While America will have to wait until tonight to see who is crowned their next 'American Idol,' judge, Steven Tyler, seems to have already made up his mind about the competition.

"I never wanted to do 'American Idol,'" he told E! Online after last night's live show. "I turned around and said, 'The show sucks. How can kids be [an] American idol? They haven't played clubs, they haven't paid their dues, they haven't done what we did.'"

But Tyler seems to be singing a different tune now that's he's had a full season behind the judge's table.

"I was wrong. They are out there, we just have to wade through a bunch of them."

And wade through thousands of hopefuls alongside Jennifer Lopez and Randy Jackson, he did. But Tyler reasons that it was all worth it to find his golden girl, finalist Lauren Aliana.

"She doesn't even try to hit the notes, the words just go to that place," he said. "Everybody else is trying to hit the notes, and she's never had that problem with pitch ... She's been perfect and right and great. I circled her months ago and said 'American Idol.'"

But Aliana may have to put in a little effort to hit those high notes in tonight's performance -- she recently injured her vocal chords during a rehearsal.

Do you think Tyler has the next 'American Idol' pinpointed or do you think Scotty McCreery still has a chance at the title?