Kara DioGuardi and Ellen DeGeneres
American Idol comes back in January, and judge Kara DioGuardi says there is some important prep work necessary before Season 9 starts: bonding time!
DioGuardi said she plans on spending some quality time with...
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Ryan Seacrest
American Idol will return to its philanthropic ways by reprising "Idol Gives Back" during the upcoming season.
The Emmy-winning event, which will air during the April 21 results show, will benefit charities including ...
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Ellen Degeneres
American Idol contestants don't have to worry about Ellen DeGeneres being fair, she says.
"I'm going to be a great judge because I've spent my whole life being judged," DeGeneres says on an episode of her talk show scheduled to air Tuesday. "So I know what it's like."
Paula Abdul wishes Ellen DeGeneres "The best of luck!"
When DeGeneres took on the open spot vacated by Paula Abdul, she knew...
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Ellen DeGeneres
American Idol's Randy Jackson and Kara DioGuardi are both excited to welcome Ellen DeGeneres to the judges' table this season.
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"We're all friends with Ellen, and Ryan [Seacrest] and I are pretty close with her. She's just mad cool," Jackson told People. Jackson also said the talk show host/funnywoman is right to suggest that she will be the ...
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Paula Abdul
Twenty-four hours after Ellen DeGeneres announced that she'd be filling in the fourth judging spot on American Idol, Paula Abdul commended the talk show host her favorite way: on Twitter.
Abdul originally used Twitter to announce her exit from Idol this summer. "I think Ellen will b a gr8 judge on Idol," Abdul wrote...
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Ellen DeGeneres
Ellen DeGeneres hit Ryan Seacrest's morning radio show on KIIS-FM Thursday to clear the air on her impending replacement of ousted American Idol judge Paula Abdul. "I hope Paula is OK with it," DeGeneres told Seacrest. "I don't want anybody to think that I took Paula's job away."
DeGeneres announces her new American Idol gig on her talk show
Abdul doesn't seem to be worried about unemployment though. She...
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Ellen DeGeneres
Ellen DeGeneres wants to provide the "people's point of view" on American Idol, but the people are split about her addition to the show, according to a TVGuide.com poll: Voters were almost evenly divided over whether she'll be a good judge.
Despite a permanent new judge in place, 13 percent of voters still want Paula Abdul to reclaim her Idol chair. The remaining votes were split at about 44 percent each between those who do and don't think DeGeneres will be a good addition.
News: Ellen DeGeneres joins American Idol as fourth judge
Abdul has moved on to other gigs, including guest-starring on Drop Dead Diva and hosting VH1 Divas. She is also mulling a Las Vegas revue show.
"Wow all went ...
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Ellen Degeneres
"I am going to be the new judge on American Idol," Ellen DeGeneres announced on her talk show on Wednesday.
It was no joke: TVGuide.com has confirmed that DeGeneres is set to take on a full-time, permanent judging spot on Fox's hit reality series.
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Danny Gokey
American Idol Season 8 finalist Danny Gokey is going a little bit country.
The singer, who finished third in the reality competition, has signed a record deal with 19 Records/RCA Nashville, according to USA Today.
Avril Lavigne Will Guest-Judge American Idol
Gokey's deal marks the first time in Idol history that ...
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Avril Lavigne
Pop-punk rocker Avril Lavigne will sit behind the judges' table during American Idol's Season 9 audition tour.
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Lavigne will join Simon Cowell, Randy Jackson, and Kara DioGuardi at the Los Angeles auditions later this week, Fox announced. Lavigne will judge the first day of auditions; the second will be handled by Katy Perry, whose appearance was previously announced but never scheduled.
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Lavigne and Perry join ...
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