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American Idol 2011: Randy Jackson confirms he, Steven Tyler and Jennifer Lopez will be back in 2012!

Randy Jackson has confirmed that all three American Idol judges will return for the 2012 series of the show.

The former Journey star, who has been a panellist on the reality TV series since it’s inception in 2002, has claimed that he, Steven Tyler and Jennifer Lopez will be back for the next run of the singing show and during an interview on “Lopez Tonight” on Thursday, May 26, he said:

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American Idol 2011: Randy Jackson thinks Scotty McCreery has a ‘slight edge’ over Lauren Alaina!

We thought the American Idol judges were supposed to stay impartial at this point in the competition, but old favourite Randy Jackson has told viewers who he thinks will win the tenth season of the reality TV show this week.

As teenage singers Scotty McCreery and Lauren Alaina prepare themselves for the finale shows on Wednesday and Thursday night and decide whether or not they feel like shaving their heads for the occasion, Randy told Chelsea Lately that he thinks the male contestant has the best chance of winning the series….what’s new there? Read more & comment »

American Idol 2011: Randy Jackson thinks the public ‘believe in’ Haley Reinhart

Randy Jackson has revealed that he thinks Haley Reinhart has made it through to this year’s American Idol top three, because the public believe in her.

The 20 year old jazz singer from Chicago has been in the bottom three on four different occasions, but has always avoided being eliminated. She is currently waiting to hear tonight’s result, to find out if she has made it through to next week’s final and in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, show judge Randy Jackson offered his opinion on how she has survived in the competition for so long. He said:

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Randy Jackson says Simon Cowell is happy American Idol is doing well

Randy Jackson has claimed that his old pal Simon Cowell is happy American idol is doing well without him.

The music producer is the only original judge left on the show’s panel, after Cowell left last year to concentrate on his new X Factor series. He told Access Hollywood that he will always stay in touch with his friend and that he has previously admitted to missing the cast and crew of the show.

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American Idol 2011: Randy Jackson not impressed by Tim Halperin (VIDEO)

Tim Halpern may have tried his best to impress Jennifer Lopez on last night’s American Idol but the singer failed to win over music producer Randy Jackson with his audition.

Before singing for the judging panel, the 23 year old singer from Fort Worth admitted that he has had a life long crush on J-Lo (who hasn’t?), but he was a bit cringeworthy when he claimed that his love for the star ‘don’t cost a thing.’

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American Idol 2011: Randy Jackson ‘Simon Cowell’s replacement should be modern day Houdini’

American Idol judge Randy Jackson has been chatting about who he would like to see replacing Simon Cowell on next year’s Idol panel and he wants to see a touch of magic on the show.

Cowell has previously revealed that he won’t return to Idol in 2011, as he will be concentrating on his new American X Factor show.

So who is Randy hoping will join him on the panel? He told Zap2it:

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American Idol: Randy Jackson signs Kimberley Locke

American Idol judge Randy Jackson has launched a new record label. He’s obviously venturing into new career areas in case Idol dies after Simon Cowell’s departure next year.

The producer has founded DreamMerchant21, a dance label and his first signing is American Idol Season 2 star Kimberley Locke.

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American Idol 2010: Mary J. Blige & Randy Jackson perform ‘Stairway To Heaven’ on Idol Gives Back (video)

Singing superstar Mary J. Blige took to the American Idol stage last night and gave an amazing (though definitely abridged) rendition of the Led Zeppelin classic ‘Stairway To Heaven.’ She was joined by her all-star band composed of Orianthi, Travis Barker, Steve Vai and Idol judge Randy Jackson.

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American Idol 2010: Randy Jackson will miss ‘best friend’ Simon Cowell

American Idol judge Randy Jackson has admitted that he will miss his ‘best friend’ Simon Cowell, when he leaves the show next year.

Simon has previously revealed that this will be his final Idol season, as he prepares to launch an American version of his X Factor show stateside in 2011.

Admitting that he will miss his pal, Jackson told MTV:

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American Idol 2010: Randy Jackson says Adam Lambert will be ‘one of the best mentors’

American Idol judge Randy Jackson has admitted that he is excited about seeing former runner up Adam Lambert mentoring the final nine singers this week.

Lambert will appear on tonight’s Elvis themed show as a mentor (watch it tomorrow in the UK) and will perform his hit single “Whataya Want From Me” on Wednesday night’s results show.

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