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#1 08-26-2008 12:54:52 AM
Idol Adds 4th Judge
American Idol is radically changing it's format this year, including adding songwriter Kara DioGuardi as a 4th judge. DioGuardi (can I just call you Kara? Can I call you?) was a judge on ABC's blink-and-you-missed-it Idol rip-off The One.
DioGuardi's arrival is one of a number of upcoming changes designed "to keep the show fresh (and) make it a bit more unpredictable again," executive producer Cecile Frot-Coutaz says.
Idol remained TV's No. 1 show by a wide margin last season, but was down 8% in viewers before a finale that topped the previous season's closer by 3%.
The addition of DioGuardi, who works with the judges for the first time today at auditions in New York, could "bring out new reactions" from the other judges and is in no way a criticism of them, Frot-Coutaz says.
Kara is actually a pretty impressive songwriter. Or co-writer. She co-wrote most of the songs on Ashlee Simpson's albums including "Autobiography," "Pieces of Me" and "L.O.V.E" as well as Kelly Clarkson's "Walk Away," Gwen Stefani's "Rich Girl," Pussycat Dolls' "Beep" and Christina Aguilera's "Ain't No Other Man." Not bad.
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#3 08-26-2008 10:25:56 AM
Re: Idol Adds 4th Judge
I wonder what will be cut out with the added time a 4th judge is going to take up.
Less Commercials ? Riiiiiight... Shorten the length of songs maybe ?
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#4 08-26-2008 10:56:05 AM
Re: Idol Adds 4th Judge
loub555 wrote:
Why don't they just add Kara and dump Paula?
That's what I was hoping for. Perhaps they'll seat her between Paula and Simon, at least.
Does anyone have an opinion as to whether she's a blithering idiot like Paula? I've never seen her.
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#5 08-26-2008 11:26:48 AM
Re: Idol Adds 4th Judge
ghoofie wrote:
I wonder what will be cut out with the added time a 4th judge is going to take up.
Less Commercials ? Riiiiiight... Shorten the length of songs maybe ?
If they make the songs any shorter, they might as well just tell you the title of what they intended to sing and then move straight to the judging.
I can't guarantee that she's not an idiot, but she does have a pretty impressive songwriting resume.
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