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"Victoria Beckham&amp;#039;s appearance on American Idol has been slammed by US critics. The former Spice Girl was branded &amp;quot;crazy&amp;quot; and a &amp;quot;failure&amp;quot; after clashing with judge Simon Cowell on the opening show of the ninth series. New York&amp;#039;s The Village Voice wrote: &amp;quot;Victoria Beckham does look sharp, if rather Jackie O. Barbie, tonight in a trim red suit. But her face is just too crazy for the close-up, and she has nothing to add to the commentary. &amp;quot;I always thought a British accent made people sound smart but I guess I was wrong. Simon really does have that X Factor.&amp;quot; The Los Angeles Times claimed that Beckham&amp;#039;s appearance on the panel was &amp;quot;off-putting&amp;quot;. &amp;quot;The night&amp;#039;s saddest failure, however, was guest judge Victoria Beckham, who actually made plenty of appealing comments and bonded beautifully with fellow judge Kara DioGuardi but whose gaunt appearance was so off-putting it might have cost her the slot DeGeneres eventually won,&amp;quot; the review read. Elsewhere, The Washington Post criticised the 35-year-old for wearing a lace headband on the show. &amp;quot;Beckham-Spice appears to have cracked open her head, because it seemed to be held together with a strip of lace she found in her granny&amp;#039;s closet. The other Idol judges politely pretended not to notice,&amp;quot; the paper wrote. Beckham is to appear as guest judge on the first two episodes before comedienne Ellen DeGeneres takes over full-time. &amp;gt; Click here for our recap of last night&amp;#039;s episode "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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