Randy Jackson is returning to “American Idol,” according to former judge Simon Cowell.
“Just heard randy is back on idol,” the “X Factor” executive producer, who judged “Idol” for nine seasons alongside Jackson, tweeted today (Sept. 10). “Right decision,” he added.
Just heard randy is back on idol. Right decision.
Paula Abdul, Jennifer Lopez and now … Mariah Carey.
Fox just made it official: Carey is the latest successful pop diva to join American Idol. The 42-year-old will join the judges table for season 12.
As reported in this week’s issue of EW, Carey has been the leading contender to join the panel this summer, which has seen a flurry of celebrity names floated in the press as possible candidates. Her salary is expected to be somewhere north of $12 million — the sum paid Jennifer Lopez during her first year on the show — and possibly as high as $17 million.
Previously, Simon Cowell was courting Carey as a mentor for X Factor’s second season, though it’s not clear if her Idol announcement precludes an appearance on Fox’s other show.
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REUTERS – Britney Spears and former Disney Channel star Demi Lovato will join talent show “The X Factor” as judges when the U.S. version of the contest returns to television in September, Fox television and the show’s creator Simon Cowell said on Monday.
Cowell said in a Twitter message that Spears, 30, the world’s biggest pop phenomenon of the 2000s, will join him on “X Factor,” which searches for a new pop star from tens of thousands of ordinary Americans.
Spears will be joined by singer and actress Lovato, 19, to fill the judge’s seats left by Paula Abdul and Nicole Scherzinger, who were both fired by Cowell after a disappointing first season in 2011.
Cowell announced the news on Twitter, sending a photo of himself with record producer Antonio “L.A.” Reid, Spears and Lovato and saying “Can’t believe it’s finally happening. Very exciting!”
Read more: http://in.reuters.com/article/2012/05/14/britneyspears-xfactor-idINDEE84D0KN20120514
It would seem all the rumors swirling around for months have come true. X Factor‘s host, Steve Jones got fired. That rumor was the first one I heard.
Paula Abdul and Nicole Scherzinger have been let go as well. The two women spent most of the season crying or telling us they couldn’t vote to send people home. Paula was also the first judge to have all her contestants eliminated, rather early in the competition.
Simon evidently has another project for Paula. I don’t think Simon ever cared for Nicole. Steve grew on me as the season went along but he certainly doesn’t have the appeal of a Ryan Seacrest. Even though Simon and LA Reid fought a lot, LA Reid was a fierce competitor to the end and has probably gained Simon’s respect because of it.
Names circulating around are Mariah Carey, Nicki Manaj and Katy Perry for judges. Cheryl Cole is also allowed to return if she wants to. Perez Hylton also threw his “hat in the ring’. (Please ignore that train wreck!)
So we wait and see who Simon ultimately chooses. It would seem that things can only get better.
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The second season of a Simon Cowell-free “American Idol” started this week. Cowell ditched the popular talent show last year to launch a U.S. version of his British music competition “The X Factor,” which he vowed would attract 20 million viewers. It fell short, topping out at 12 million. Now there’s word that the new “American Idol” judges, Steven Tyler and Jennifer Lopez, had been joking backstage that they would be “devastated” if they didn’t get 20 million viewers. (They did for the season premiere, but just barely.)
Lopez may be winning the ratings war, but Cowell is winning the war of the wages. The music executive earned $90 million last year thanks to “The X Factor,” which he owns a share of, and his record label, Syco. Lopez earned $25 million. Most of that came from “Idol” but she also has several movies coming out and a new clothing line.
The comparisons between “American Idol” and every other singing competition on TV are numerous, but the “Idol” team — judges, host and producers alike — would like to remind you that “Idol” is the first and the best in the game.
Judge Randy Jackson says that although he is friends with Simon Cowell and Paula Abdul and he wishes them the best of luck with “The X Factor,” nothing else can compete with “Idol.” “I think that ‘Idol’ is still the best TV show of its kind, anywhere. We’re the original,” he says. “We kind of invented this whole game that everybody’s now copying.”
Executive producer Ken Warwick goes further, saying that “Idol” is the only reality competition you can count on for real talent. “This is the show that produces the stars,” he says. “There is no other series over the years that has produced anywhere near the number of stars that we have. To be honest, Leona Lewis was kind of a one-and-a-half hit star for a minute, but there’s no Kelly Clarksons, Carrie Underwoods, Jennifer Hudsons. Coming up on [NBC] now is Kat McPhee — they are real stars. They really are. And none of these other shows are producing stars like that.”
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I watched the X Factor last night and throughly enjoyed it. I miss Simon and Paula on Idol. I do enjoy Jennifer and Steven as Idol judges, so no offense to them.
Simon seemed a little kinder and Paula was very lucid. The addition of L.A. Reid as a judge is great. Nicole I can take or leave. I never thought I would say this but Ryan Seacrest is a better host than whoever they have on X Factor.
I like the fact that Simon appears to pay attention to the audience reaction more than when he was on Idol. There were times on Idol that Simon should have paid a bit more attention to an overwhelmingly positive audience reaction and did not.
I am looking forward to next week already! I want more!
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