American Idol Judges News: Kara Dioguardi, Ellen Degeneres and Simon Cowell Out; Steven Tyler and Jennifer Lopez In
There has been a lot of discussion over the past year as to who would be replacing long time American Idol judge Simon Cowell. Rumors flew around last week that Justin Timberlake and Elton John were both offered the spot, but both musicians promptly turned the offer down. Then recently more rumors surfaced that Jessica […]
Simon Cowell Quits ‘American Idol’
Not right away of course. You can still get your fix of the slightly mean, but brutally honest judge on American Idol this season. Speculation on if this would be Cowell’s last season or not on the show has been raging for months. Today it was announced that this will be his last season on […]
The Fourth Judge on ‘American Idol’ is Ellen DeGeneres
19Entertainment and FremantleMedia have finally found their full time replacement for long time judge on American Idol, TV talk show host and comedienne Ellen DeGeneres. Ellen will round out the panel of judges including producer Simon Cowell, Randy Jackson and last years newcomer Kara DioGuardi. The news comes as a bit of a surprise as […]
Paula Abdul Quits “American Idol”
It’s been speculated at for quite a while, but Paula Adbul used internet service, Twitter, to confirm she has quit the cast of American Idol after eight seasons. After Kara DioGuardi signed back on it was speculated by many that Abdul would not be back. Abdul’s contract negotiations have gone south in the past couple […]
Kara DioGuardi gets American Idol Contract Extension
Well, good news for all you American Idol fans, Kara DioGuardi will be back for season 9 of the popular singing show, American Idol. This will be DioGuardi’s second season on the show. DioGuardi started her career as a singer-songwriter, and has now moved into producing and writing songs for other artists such as Britney […]