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American Idol has lost another judge, this time it’s Kara DioGuardi who is leaving the show after being on the judging panel for two seasons.
Kara is now the third judge to leave the show this year, Simon Cowell and Ellen DeGeneres also both quit Idol. She released a statement saying…
“I felt like I won the lottery when I joined ‘American Idol’ two years ago, but I feel like now is the best time to leave ‘Idol, I am very proud to have been associated with ‘American Idol’ – it has truly been an amazing experience … I look forward to my next challenge, and want to thank everyone who has supported me. All the best to everyone on Season 10!”
It’s rumored that Jennifer Lopez will join Randy Jackson behind the judges table and producers will go back to having just three judges. I wish they would just cancel this show, it hasn’t been good for the past 5 seasons.
source: Official: Kara DioGuardi leaving ‘American Idol’ [Hollywood Reporter]
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As we all know, the new season of American Idol is set to air without Paula Abdul, but that doesn’t mean she and her craziness is off our screens for good if new rumors are to be believed.
Paula, who is still friends with Simon Cowell, quit her judging duties on Idol because they wouldn’t pay her $10 million per season of the show. Now she has reportedly signed a $4.5 million contract with Cowell to judge on the US version of The X Factor.
The X Factor replaced Pop Idol in the UK a few years ago and has since become the most watched TV show on that side of the pond, which means Cowell is wanting to bring the show over to the US in 2011.
A source said, “Simon flew Paula to London and wined and dined her relentlessly over the course of several days, even introducing her to everyone who works on X Factor. But what really clinched the deal was Simon’s pledge that she wouldn’t have to deal with all the nonsense and infighting that she hated on Idol.â€
I sure hope Paula Abdul did her research on the show before signing the contract because there is even more fighting on The X Factor than there is on American Idol. It is rumored that Sharon Osbourne left her judging job on the show because of fighting.
Either way, The X Factor is way better than American Idol so the sooner it is on US TV the better.
source: Simon Cowell Signs Paula Abdul To $4.5 Million-A-Year Contract With “The X Factor?†[Popcrunch]
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Randy Jackson claims Michael Jackson could not have signed his 2002 will, because he was 2,475 air miles away from the place the document was supposedly inked.
According to the will, it was signed on July 7, 2002 at 5:00 PM in Los Angeles. Randy Jackson said he has proof Michael Jackson was in New York from July 5 through July 9, on a campaign against Sony honcho Tommy Mottola, claiming Mottola had a thing against Black artists.
The lawyer for the estate, Howard Weitzman, tells TMZ the witnesses to the will were face-to-face with Jackson when he signed the document. Weitzman would not say if the will was signed in L.A., even though the document refers to Los Angeles.
TMZ spoke with Al Sharpton’s rep, Rachel Noerdlinger, who confirms Sharpton and Jackson were protesting Mottola in NY together in 2002 on July 6th and July 9th.
As the for the key date — July 7th — Sharpton’s rep released the following curious statement:
We have reason to believe that Michael may have been in NY on the 7th and Rev. Sharpton will address this after he discusses it with the Jackson family.
source: Jackson’s Will — Randy Says Not MJ’s Signature [TMZ]
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Somebody out there thought it would be hilarious to make my worst nightmare come through by putting Ellen DeGeneres on another television show.
Yep just like the title of this post reads – Ellen will be replacing Paula Abdul and become the fourth judge on American Idol once the audition rounds finish up.
Speaking on her day time chat show she said..”I’m thrilled to be the new judge on American Idol. I’ve watched since the beginning, and I’ve always been a huge fan. So getting this job is a dream come true, and think of all the money I’ll save from not having to text in my vote. Hopefully I’m the people’s point of view because I’m just like you. I sit at home and I watch it. … I’m not looking at it in a critical way from the producer’s mind. I’m looking at it as a person who is going to buy the music and is going to relate to that person. I’m going to have a day job and a night job. The times we’re living in … we’re all doing that.”
Now, I’m all for working hard for your money but is she actually serious in her last statement? Sure people have two jobs but Ellen the thing is, we all don’t get millions for each job.
There has been no word from Paula Abdul, most likely because she is probably high from raiding her medicine cabinet.
During the audition process the show had guest judges which included Shania Twain, Victoria Beckham, Mary J. Blige, Joe Jonas and Kristin Chenoweth.
Bosses for Idol, which returns in January, released a statement saying “Ellen has been a fan of the show for many years, and her love of music and understanding of the American public will bring a unique human touch to our judging panel.”
I know Ellen DeGeneres is the second coming to some people but I just don’t like her which is why this is my worst nightmare. Also what exactly are her qualifications when it comes to the music business?
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I hope you’ve had your breakfast because this picture of Victoria Beckham almost made me throw up in my mouth.
This is Victoria greeting fans at the first American Idol Season 9 auditions in Denver on Friday, no she is not replacing Paula Abdul… she is just one of many judges who will take Paula’s place throughout the new season.
As for how she got on a source said “it didn’t go too well, She tried to hard to be ‘nice,’ but came off as icy and wooden.”
What else did they expect her to be like? By the way, Idol bosses paid Victoria Beckham over $250,000 for the one day of auditions.
Way too skinny.
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Well after all the speculation about whether or not she would be returning to American Idol, it is now official that Paula Abdul is finished with the show.
Paula took to her twitter account to post the follow:
“With sadness in my heart, I’ve decided not to return to idol. I’ll miss nurturing all the new talent, but most of all.. I’ll miss nurturing all the new talent,but most of all being a part of a show that I helped from day1become an international phenomenon. What I want to say most, is how much I appreciate the undying support and enormous love that you have showered upon me. It truly has been breathtaking, especially over the past month. I do without any doubt have the BEST fans in the entire world and I love you all.”
While on his morning radio show KISS FM earlier today, Ryan Seacrest said he was shocked and that he is bummed she isn’t returning.
Fox TV released a statement saying “Paula Abdul has been an important part of the American Idol family over the last eight seasons and we are saddened that she has decided not to return to the show, while Paula will not be continuing with us, she’s a tremendous talent and we wish her the best.”
Sources also say that she wanted a 30% raise and was negotiating a 8 figure deal to return to the show which now sees Seacrest, Simon Cowell, Randy Jackson and Kara DioGuardi all flying to Denver for the first auditions to the ninth season on Thursday.
Just so you know there is rumors that this is all a publicity stunt and Paula Abdul will indeed be back.
Can the show survive without her?
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Yesterday the whole world was talking about whether or not Paula Abdul would be returning to American Idol.
Simon Cowell has now broken his silence about the whole about the whole thing by simply saying “she’ll be fine. She’ll be on the show, I don’t get a lot of say. I’ve just made it clear that I want Paula on the show.”
We all know that despite what Simon says, he does get a lot of say on the show and who is on the judging panel.
Ryan Seacrest has also spoken, he says “I think as far as I know, you’ll see everybody back. I hope so.”
Notice that neither Simon Cowell or Ryan Seacrest mention the newest judge Kara DioGuardi?
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It appears that Paula Abdul won’t be returning for upcoming ninth season of American Idol, according to her manager.
Despite recently saying she was offered to stay on as long as the show runs, her new manager David Sonenberg says Paula isn’t happy at all.
He says…. “Very sadly, it does not appear that she’s going to be back on Idol, I find it under these circumstances particularly unusual; I think unnecessarily hurtful. I find it kind of unconscionable and certainly rude and disrespectful that producers haven’t stepped up and said what they want to do.”
“She’s not a happy camper as a result of what’s going on. She’s hurt. She’s angry I think at this point we’re going to be considering everything, including some kind of a competition show. She has tremendous ideas for a whole variety of shows.”
This comes just after news that Ryan Seacrest signed a huge $45 million three year contract with bosses for the show last week and Simon Cowell is reportedly going to get over $140 million to stay on the show once his contract runs up in May.
Randy Jackson has also signed a contract to stay on until 2011, no word on how much he was offered. As for the newest judge Kara DioGuardi, there has been no mentions of her returning or getting any offers yet but she wants to stay on.
Do you think American Idol would survive without Paula Abdul?
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American Idol judges Ryan Seacrest and Randy Jackson share a taco. Wasn’t there enough tacos to go around?
I’m filing this under “celebrity crime” and “celebrities on drugs“, just in case.
What others said:
- Jossip says, “Oh come on, you knew this day was coming. The day where you’d have to tear down all your Ryan Seacrest posters, scribble out his name in your notebooks, and stop planning for the time when you two could own all forms of media, forever and ever amen.
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