Los Angeles: Randy Jackson, the lone remaining original 'American Idol' judge, won't be returning to the Fox talent competition next season.
'Idol' host Ryan Seacrest only hinted at Jackson's impending departure at the beginning of Thursday's elimination episode.
"A little later on, we'll be revealing who's leaving our show," joked Seacrest as he swiveled Jackson around in his chair toward him. "Maybe a head's up?"
Apparently, Seacrest - who's been with the show as long as Jackson - found out along with the rest of the world Thursday when the 56-year-old producer and bassist announced his departure....
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02:58 PM, May 10, 2013
Los Angeles: Singer-songwriter Mariah Carey reportedly wants to quit the ongoing season of the reality music show 'American Idol' because of her feud with singer Nicki Minaj. "Mariah doesn't want to come back. Nicki is really disrespecting her, and she's tired of trying to bite her tongue all the time," contactmusic.com quoted a source as saying. "One night Nicki tried to be kind of nice, but Mariah didn't bite, so...
04:52 PM, May 07, 2013
Los Angeles: Singer-actress Jennifer Lopez is reportedly roped in as one of the performers on the two-part finale of popular reality show 'American Idol'. The 43-year-old has earlier been on the judging panel along with Steven Tyler and Randy Jackson in the eleventh season of the singing competition. She will return to the show as a musical guest on either the first or second night of the two-part finale to...
10:14 AM, May 02, 2013
Los Angeles: Singer Nicki Minaj, who has been blasted for making harsh comments on 'American Idol' contestants, says she cares for them and that her remarks are usually misinterpreted. "I know that sometimes when I speak in a really blunt way like I do, people take that as me not loving and caring about these people," contactmusic.com quoted Minaj, who is judging season 12 of the singing reality show, as...
05:03 PM, Apr 14, 2013
Los Angeles: Rapper Nicki Minaj feels she is spectacular as a judge on 'American Idol'. Minaj, 30, who is judging the singing reality show along with Randy Jackson, Mariah Carey and Keith Urban, said she never has a worst moment on the show, reported Radar online. "My best and worst Idol moments? I don't have a worst Idol moment. I've been spectacular. Yes, I am going to toot my own...
11:00 AM, Apr 01, 2013
'Turbanator' Gurpreet Singh Sarin seems to be luckier than Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty. The young man of Indian origin, who made it to the top 40 on the 'American Idol' reality show, says he didn't face any racial discrimination on his journey to achieving a fusion of Indian classical music and western music. ...
07:17 PM, Mar 22, 2013
Will that combined paycheck lavished on superstar judges Mariah Carey, Nicki Minaj and Keith Urban pay off in ratings? ...
12:53 PM, Jan 16, 2013
Minaj will be seen alongside singer Mariah Carey, Keith Urban and Randy Jackson when season 12 kicks off on Jan 16. ...
02:22 PM, Jan 05, 2013
New York: Mariah Carey says there's no feud between her and fellow new 'American Idol' judge Nicki Minaj at the moment. Judges Carey, Minaj, Keith Urban and Randy Jackson and host Ryan Seacrest attended a press conference in New York on Monday after auditioning singers for the Fox music reality TV series. Fox announced Sunday that Minaj and Urban would join Carey and Jackson as judges on 'Idol' following Jennifer...
02:07 PM, Sep 18, 2012
New York: The American Idol judges' panel is now complete with the naming of singer-rapper Nicki Minaj and country crooner Keith Urban. The Fox network officially tapped the pair with an announcement Sunday, confirming rumours surrounding them both just hours before the first round of auditions for next season was due to begin in New York. Minaj is getting $12 million for a one-year deal on the hit Fox singing...
12:36 PM, Sep 17, 2012
New York: Pop diva Mariah Carey has replaced Jennifer Lopez as a judge on the upcoming season of the 'American Idol'. The 42-year-old singer has joined the panel of the reality show following the departures of Steven Tyler and Lopez, reported New York Daily News. Fox Entertainment President Kevin Reilly confirmed the news on the phone with Carey in front of television critics on July 22. "We do, in fact,...
06:51 PM, Jul 24, 2012
The 'American Idol' finale brought in the lowest TV audience of its 11-year history with just 21.5 million Americans tuning in to watch indie singer Phillip Phillips clinch the title, according to ratings data on Thursday. The singing contest, once a TV industry juggernaut for Fox which attracted more than 30 million viewers for its finale in its 2006 and 2007 heyday, was the most-watched program on U.S. television on...
01:56 PM, Jun 01, 2012
Los Angeles: Indie artist Phillip Phillips won 'American Idol' on Wednesday, becoming the fifth male singer in a row to take the title and a guaranteed recording contract. The 21-year-old guitar player from Georgia, who brought an indie vibe to the top-rated TV contest, beat ballad singer Jessica Sanchez, 16, of California in the public vote. 'American Idol' host Ryan Seacrest said a world record 132 million votes were cast...
11:55 AM, May 24, 2012
Los Angeles: Time was when TV talent shows set out to turn wannabes into stars. These days? Not so much. It's the celebrity judges who are raking in the cash and using TV contests not only as a way to re-launch a fading career, but to further boost a thriving one. For music stars in an era of weak record sales, the trend spells victory for their bank account, but...
03:23 PM, May 18, 2012
Los Angeles: Aerosmith has reunited with Jack Douglas, who produced the band's key 1970s albums, and quietly recorded a new studio album even as its lead singer traded jokes with Jennifer Lopez on 'American Idol'. Steven Tyler said Aerosmith was finishing two final songs for the as-yet-untitled album, its first since 2004's 'Honkin' on Bobo', and that he expected it to be released in about three months. Joined Wednesday by...
01:47 PM, Mar 29, 2012
Los Angeles: 'American Idol' contestant Jermaine Jones has been disqualified from the top 12 finalists on the No. 1-rated TV singing contest for having four outstanding arrest warrants against him. 'Idol' executive producers Nigel Lythgoe and Ken Warwick told Jones he must leave the show based on his criminal past and said the aspiring singer put them in 'a very delicate position.' "We are not allowed to have anybody who...
03:45 PM, Mar 16, 2012
LOS ANGELES: 'American Idol' is down to the top 13 singers. Smooth 21-year-old pawn shop worker Phillip Phillips of Leesburg, Ga., quirky 22-year-old nonprofit organizer Heejun Han of New York, and spunky 18-year-old country crooner Skylar Laine, from Brandon, Miss., were among the finalists revealed Thursday on the Fox singing contest. They and seven others received the most viewer votes after the 13 male semifinalists performed Tuesday and the 12...
08:16 PM, Mar 02, 2012
Los Angeles: It's good news for 25 - not just 24 - singers on 'American Idol.' After the 'Hollywood Week' and Las Vegas performance rounds, 'Idol' judges Randy Jackson, Jennifer Lopez and Steven Tyler narrowed the field from 42 contestants to 24 semifinalists on Wednesday's installment of the Fox singing competition, but they apparently cut too many. At the end of the episode, 'Idol' host Ryan Seacrest revealed in a...
06:56 PM, Feb 24, 2012
