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New Judge Joins American Idol Panel | ||||||||||||
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| Wendy Aron, 08.26.2008, 09:30 AM | ||||||||||||
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| (EZ-Tracks) - Kara DioGuardi, a Grammy-nominated songwriter who has written hits for Kelly Clarkson, Gwen Stefani and Christina Aguilera, will join Simon Cowell, Randy Jackson and Paula Abdul as a judge for American Idol’s eighth season, which starts in January, according to a report in USA Today. DioGuardi's arrival on Fox’s singing competition 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 was quoted as saying. Despite the fact that it has aged, 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%, according to the newspaper report. It's not yet clear how ties will be broken in the audition process — in past seasons, two out of three judges had to agree to advance aspiring pop stars to the Hollywood round. In addition, no word on how they are going squeeze critiques by all four judges into the telecast. | ||||||||||||
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