Ellen DeGeneres
American Idol's Randy Jackson and Kara DioGuardi are both excited to welcome Ellen DeGeneres to the judges' table this season.
Check out photos of the Idol judges
"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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Brooke White
Hard to believe, but American Idol judge Randy Jackson — despite incessantly trumpeting his music-producer cred on the show — has never collaborated with an Idol alum — until now, that is.
Which Idol judges will be back next season?
Jackson has lent his talents to Season 7 fifth-place finisher Brooke White, whose debut album, High Hopes & Heartbreak, is out Tuesday, July 21. The pair also cofounded the indie label on which it will be released. "I'm very appreciative of Randy ...
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Randy Jackson, Kara DioGuardi, Simon Cowell, Paula Abdul
Simon Cowell has confirmed that all four Idol judges will return next season.
"I think certainly next year everyone's going to be back," he told Ellen DeGeneres during a pre-taped Tuesday appearance on her show ("Yeah, absolutely," he added.) Read on to see how Simon feels about having four judges...
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Randy Jackson, Kara DioGuardi, Paula Abdul and, Simon Cowell, American Idol
How does "Emmy winner Simon Cowell" sound? Or better yet — "Emmy winner Paula Abdul"?
It could happen. According to The New York Post, the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences will create a new Emmy award category honoring reality show judges.
Finally, someone is giving them the recognition they deserve! Or aren't they?
A spokesperson for the Academy tells TVGuide.com that ...
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Major League Baseball ad featuring Jeff Foxworthy courtesy MLB
There are still a few days left in August, but Major League Baseball is already looking more than a month to the future. On Thursday night MLB unveiled its playoff campaign, "There's Only One October." Stars from Fox and TBS shows appear in the ads, which promote the postseason. Among the talent being used: Jeff Foxworthy from Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader?, American Idol judge Randy Jackson, Bill Engvall of The Bill Engvall Show and Stewie Griffin of Family Guy. The campaign expands in September to include MLB players whose teams are in playoff contention.
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By now, most of us have heard the news that American Idol is shaking up their new season by adding a fourth judge to the mix. TV Guide Network caught up with Idol newbie Kara DioGuardi (01:35 mark) to find out what it feels like to join the powerhouse panel. They also got the other judges' take on the formula change. And if you're going through Simon-banter withdrawal, this video will definitely give you your fix.
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We give David Archuleta credit for trying something not so ballad-y last night, but despite the adoring fans, Randy and Simon weren't really feeling his rendition of Chris Brown's "With You." Maybe because seeing the human equivalent of a miniature teddy bear singing lyrics like "I need you Boo" was hard to swallow. Simon actually went so far as to critique the 17-year-old by saying he was like "a Chihuahua trying to be a tiger." It sounded pretty good, but we have to say, we could have done without Seacrest's two cents. — Gina DiNunno
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OK so I have to out myself here I Erin Fox am a Broadway musical junkie I know a lot of Broadway shows and used to gulp sing along to them in the car as a high school drama geek This explains a lot including my lack of dates in high school But I digress tonights show is about the Top 6 and their quest to conquer Andrew Lloyd Webber songs In his heyday his musicals were amazing Evita and then there was Aspects of Love no comment Also Ill do my best to keep the CATS jokes to a minimum On with the showSyesha Mercado One Rock and Roll too Many Syesha finally sounds like shes hit her niche She looks fabulous with a capital F The song is sexy and totally brings her so far lackluster personality to the forefront of this competition She might have just bought herself another week Randy said she could be a huge Broadway star Paula said she wasnt surprised at how awesome Syesha was tonight and Simon agreed with Randy and called her sexyJ
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Hey guys its Erin Fox again Sick of me yet Dont answer that Seriously Itll just cost me more in therapy This is going to be a little different tonight Its two and a half hours long so this is going to be more of a quick observations format instead of a recap Why Cuz there are three Idols this week and cuz Im the boss of this blog Until Nina returns that is Did you notice a bunch of the finalists from So You Think You Can Dance They are bustin some moves to a track of Paulas new song at least I think it is George Lopez does his bit in Spanish Its like 20 seconds long Is this what the producers call a guest appearance Pretaped messages by celebs in front of American Idol logos Boo Forgive me I didnt watch the special last year so I thought it would be different Maria Shriver the first lady of California and Mrs Schwarzenegger is welcomed out by Maria from West Side Story oh brother But I know her from my charity work and know th
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Hey guys its Erin Fox Are you excited to have three nights of Idol this week Ryan begins the evening by reminding America that tomorrow night is Idol Gives Back and that Thursday will be the results show Does this mean that no one will get axed like last year Im hoping they move forward and say goodbye to Kristy Lee ooh did I just say that out loud My bad Tonights theme is inspirational songs and with that announcement my eyes have already rolled back into my head Please dont sing You Light up My Life I beg of youMichael Johns Dream On The beginning of this song doesnt work for me and the electric guitar totally upstages him Its better during the Dream On part but its not his strongest performance But whoa Did you hear that ending That sounded painful Randy thought it was a pretty good song choice but had some pitch problems Randy doesnt buy him as Aerosmith and Michael starts sassing Randy about doing the song because Dreams do come
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