Move Over Paula, American Idol Makes Room For Fourth Judge
Possibly in an attempt to bring an intelligible female opinion to the table, Fox has revealed that American Idol will introduce a fourth judge when it returns in January 2009. I’m sure this raises many important questions, but for me I’m wondering how they’ll do tiebreakers during the initial city searches.
Fox announced a big one Monday: America’s most popular series will add a fourth judge. Singer Kara DioGuardi will join Cowell, Randy Jackson and Paula Abdul on the panel.
In a statement, “Idol” creator Simon Fuller called DioGuardi “a smart, sassy lady and one of America’s most successful songwriters. We know she will bring a new level of energy and excitement to the show.”
While Fuller is hoping she’ll bring energy, Paula is just hoping she’ll bring a new set of meds to pick from before the show.
What do you think of this new addition? Could they be phasing one of the other judges out slowly with this move? The obvious guess would be the overlap with Paula, but I’d sooner guess this was Simon’s long term plan to exit stage right.
Source: Orlando Sentinel
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January 15th, 2009 at 12:51 pm
She is fabulous and, is a plus in my book to your new addition. She seem like she’s been there the entire time right a lone side of Randy, Paula & Simon. Good choice!
January 21st, 2009 at 11:44 pm
The new judge is the worst. She is annoying and she cuts Simon off (like Paula). Get rid of her. She is not needed and not adding anything to the show.
She detracts from show completely.
February 5th, 2009 at 10:08 pm
The new judge is useless. She gives horrible criticism, and truly shows how insecure she is. It’s also clear that she’s trying to be like Simon, trying to give criticism to the participants like Simon does, but fails at it. It’s no surprise that she’s so bad at what she does since she worked with useless artists like Britney Spears etc. Get rid of her now. The ratings for American Idol will drop otherwise.
May 20th, 2009 at 3:45 pm
Get rid of Paula and kara and get a new female in.