Jessica Simpson returns to TV with American Idol | TV Shows

A critic questioned: “How Josh do better than you?”

“She absolutely sounds like just another contestant. One who is just kinda okay, but would NOT win. The style of dancing in that gold dress was the most cringe of all,” someone said.

“Um. It’s a no from me Dawg… this is not a comeback,” a viewer wrote, referencing American Idol’s original judge Randy Jackson’s infamous saying.

This performance came only two months after her first concert in 15 years. While on stage at the Luck Reunion Festival this past March, she opened up about her recent divorce.

She shared: “I was in a very intuitive state and I had asked some very personal questions on the home front, and I found out that my world had been turned upside down and that life was now very different.”

Jessica revealed she’s been able to find the “answers” she was looking for through writing new music.