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At the start of season 8, the group of judges expanded with Kara DioGuardi, who kept her seat for two seasons. The changes continued with Abdul’s exit before season 9, Cowell’s departure ahead ...
American Idol did not *ahem* go easy on viewers during the first half of this season’s Final Judgment on Sunday, ending on yet another cliffhanger. With 11 contestants already sent through to ...
In 2009, she joined the hit Fox television show American Idol as a fourth judge for the show's eighth season alongside judges Simon Cowell, Randy Jackson, and Paula Abdul. [13] DioGuardi returned to Idol for its ninth season alongside Cowell, Jackson, and new judge Ellen DeGeneres who replaced Paula Abdul after she quit the show in contract ...
American Idol faced criticism for implications of gender and ethnic bias in its finalists; for five consecutive seasons—seven through eleven—the winner of American Idol was a guitar-playing, Caucasian male. The string of winners led to complaints by critics, who classified them as being a "white guy with guitar" (WGWG), and felt that the ...
The ninth season of American Idol premiered on Fox on Tuesday, January 12, 2010, and concluded on Wednesday, May 26, 2010. [1] Simon Cowell, Kara DioGuardi, and Randy Jackson returned as judges and were joined by Ellen DeGeneres, who was brought on as a replacement for Paula Abdul after a series of guest judges filled in during the auditions.
Sunday brought the American Idol Showstoppers round — aka “Final Judgment,” or as old-school viewers called it back in the day, the “Green Mile” — as the judges selected the “magic ...
After his success at "Idol," Cowell went on to help create shows like Fox's "The X Factor," NBC's "America's Got Talent," and ITV's "Britain's Got Talent," where he appeared as a judge as well.In ...
In the fifteenth season, the top 24 performed at Cathedral of Saint Vibiana in Los Angeles and were split into two groups of twelve and performed twice, one being a solo performance and one being a duet with a former Idol contestant. In each group, the judges chose 7 contestants to advance to the top 14 where the judges chose 4 to advance to ...