Randy Jackson
May 10, 2013 by Lindsay Cronin
The last of the remaining original American Idol judges has left the building. The resident “dog” a.k.a. Randy Jackson has just announced that he will not be returning to the show for its upcoming 13th season. “Yo! Yo! Yo! To put all of the speculation to the rest, after 12 years of judging on American Idol I have […]
November 16, 2012 by Hollywoodite
The scandal of the summer before Kristen Stewart cheated in a parking lot was Mariah Carey deigning to get dirty on reality television. Carey got into a series of public arguments, allegedly nearly ending in violence, with American Idol co-judge Nicki Minaj. Carey was angry with the wrong person though. It was reported that FOX paid […]
September 17, 2012 by Hollywoodite
It had been rumoured for weeks that Nicki Minaj and Keith Urban were the front runners to fill the remaining seats on American Idol. And, today, Minaj and Urban have finally been confirmed. As of last week, the only confirmed judge was Mariah Carey, who joked to TMZ.com cameras recently that she could judge the show on […]
August 21, 2012 by Hollywoodite
American Idol is reaching with its choice of judges, with a seemingly random roster, and who can even keep up with whomever’s name is being reported each week? Yesterday afternoon, Us Weekly surprised everyone with its report that Nicki Minaj was “100% confirmed” to be another judge on the show, with the same source conflicting […]
July 16, 2012 by Hollywoodite
Jennifer Lopez and Steven Tyler resigned from American Idol on Friday. The former judges claimed to be over it and leaving of their own volition. Tyler wrote a bizarre statement explaining the return to his band Aerosmith; Lopez just said she wanted to focus on other things. Except it’s moot that Tyler quit suddenly and that Lopez flip-flopped for weeks, especially […]
July 13, 2012 by Hollywoodite
Yesterday afternoon, Steven Tyler issued a statement quitting American Idol and returning to Aerosmith. It had been rumoured that Tyler may not return for the next season. In addition to rumours that Randy Jackson may not return either. Leaving host Ryan Seacrest the last man standing. And leaving way for a re-tooling or fresh judging panel […]