American Idol judge Kara DioGuardi has admitted that she is behind the decision to hire Ellen DeGeneres as the show’s fourth judge.
“I’m a huge Ellen DeGeneres fan,” the songwriter admitted during an interview on Sirius XM’s The Morning Jolt with Larry Flick. “I think she’s going to bring so much to the show.”
“She’s somebody who loves music, she’s positive, she loves kids…She is somebody who has watched the show from the beginning, knows everything there is to know about American Idol and I think ultimately it’s going to be a great new energy.”
Kara DioGuardi has insisted that she was not drafted onto the American Idol panel last year to replace Paula Abdul.
“The way I’m understanding it is that it was her choice to leave,” she told show host Ryan Seacrest’s radio show. “I never was here to replace her. It would be impossible to replace Paula Abdul.
American Idol bosses are delighted that Kara DioGuardi is to return as a judge for the 2010 series.
Her return to the show was confirmed this week, though Paula Abdul’s position is still said to be hanging in the balance.
Idol executive producer Simon Fuller told The Live Feed: “We are so happy to welcome back Kara for her second season with Idol – she is a breath of fresh air and her passion for music and her understanding of talent is invaluable.”
There has been much speculation on which judges will be returning for this year’s American Idol, but reports have suggested that Kara DioGuardi WILL be back.
A show insider told Eonline:
“Her deal is done. There are no ifs, ands or buts,” a source said. “Done. She will be back.”
“American Idol” judge Kara DioGuardi has married her Fiancé Mike Cuddy in Maine.
A spokeswoman for DioGuardi told People magazine that the ceremony took place on July 5 at Prospect Harbor United Methodist Church.
People revealed that the gorgeous Kara wore a Vera Wang dress, as well as a 30-carat diamond-and-platinum bracelet and chandelier earrings with 20 carats of diamonds. Bling bling!
Last night’s American Idol threw up a lot of surprises, but for me the biggest was seeing Kara DioGuardi perform a duet with bikini girl in her very own skimpy swimwear.
Check out the video above and hear Kara belting out Mariah’s Vision Of Love. I have to say with a voice like that she could have won American Idol herself. It beats Paula Abdul’s recent performance hands down.
Kara DioGuardi joined the American Idol judging panel this series and says she didn’t realise what a huge undertaking the show would be.
“I probably in my own way didn’t really take in what a huge thing it was,” she told The AP.
“Until I kind of showed up and was like, ‘Oh my God! What am I doing here? This is, like, huge!’ And then it really hit me when we went live that, wow, ‘I’ve got to speak live in front of 30 million people?’”
American Idol judge, Kara DioGuardi has expressed her disappointment with fellow judge Paula Abdul after she stated that the show didn’t work with Kara on the panel.
Paula revealed in an interview with American OK magazine that she felt Kara’s presence slowed the pace of the show, but Kara hit back in an interview with Access Hollywood saying:
“Paula has a right to her opinions, but I was disappointed by her comments, and hurt that she did not address them to me in person,” she said.
The Sun newspaper is today reporting that X Factor and American Idol boss, Simon Cowell, seems more than a little fond of new American Idol judge, 37 year old Kara DioGuardi, despite the fact he’s done a fair bit of whining about her.
Kara will judge this year’s acts alongside Simon, Paula Abdul and Randy Jackson but according to the paper, she’s already upstaging Simon. Read more & comment »
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