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Simon, Randy, Paula and Kara Still Negotiating Contracts

Jeanne — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 22:09:11 +0000

I know a lot of media outlets are reporting that the American Idol judges are set to come back for the ninth season of the show but when I looked at their sources for that information, I couldn’t go along with it.

I’m glad I didn’t fall for that (even though it might be true) since E! Online is saying that Simon Cowell, Randy Jackson, Paula Abdul and newest judge, Kara DioGuardi, are still negotiating. Apparently, Paula’s agent said: "The RadarOnline info is incorrect. Negotiations are continuing. You probably won’t hear anything until closer to September, when judges are needed back to go on the road."

So, what would you like to see happen? I’d actually like to see another season with all four judges. I don’t think one year is enough to judge the addition of a fourth judge.

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Abdul Unsure of American Idol Future, Chats With Letterman

Jeanne — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 18:14:31 +0000

With the American Idol season 9 auditions only days away, the producers are really cutting it close with extending contracts to the show’s judges.

During an appearance on the Late Show with David Letterman, Paula Abdul revealed that she’s “not sure” she will be returning to Idol but confirmed that her contract is under negotiation and added: “I love my job. I do. I feel that I’ve had a really wonderful journey with the show. It’s called ‘negotiating.’ ”

Simon Cowell has one year left on his contract and Kara DioGuardi only signed on for a single season. No one seems to care or report about the status of Randy Jackson (ouch!) but I think it’s fair to say that he will be returning.

Paula also did some damage control about the rumors of a feud with Kara: “Kara, she’s great. And I don’t understand why they do this to women. They love to pit women against each other. Maybe because it’s sexier? I don’t know. Maybe mud-wrestling? The whole thing. What they never expect in a million years was that 10 years ago Kara was my roommate. I was one of the first believers in her and we wrote a song together and it became one of the biggest songs. It’s called ‘Spinning Around.’ The story of my life!”

She also talked a bit about American Idol winner, Kris Allen, and runner-up, Adam Lambert.

She also talked about being tricked by Sacha Baron Cohen for his upcoming movie, Brüno. I can’t wait to see that scene in the movie because it sounds incredibly insane. Too funny!

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Producers Like Fourth Judge, Kara Says It’s “Not Easy”

Jeanne — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 15:39:30 +0000

The American Idol producers are reportedly “pleased” with the addition of a fourth judge, Kara DioGuardi. While I sometimes like Kara as a person, I am not sure if I feel she adds anything useful to the panel in terms of critique for the contestants. Still, I know it’s her first season and I want to be fair. The major issue I have is that the show runs long so some contestants (like Adam Lambert a couple weeks ago) end up getting cut off and it’s not right.

One executive, Cecile Frot-Coutaz, says that they have a solution: “It’s hard for (the judges) to figure out whether they’ve spoken for 30 seconds or 45 seconds, so … we’re going to try and help them with that and give them a sense of their timing so that we keep it under control a bit more,” Frot-Coutaz said.

Kara also reflected, in the current issue of OK! magazine, that the job can be difficult: "I probably in my own way didn’t really take in what a huge thing it was, just ’cause it would be so overwhelming. Until I kind of showed up and was like, `Omigod, what am I doing here? This is, like, huge!’ And then it really hit me when we went live that, wow, `I got to speak live in front of 30 million people?’ It’s not an easy job.”

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