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American Idol judge, Paula Abdul, has been invited to stay on the show. According to People.com, Abdul said: “I’ve been invited to stay the duration of the show, however long it lasts.”
She described their little group as a “dysfunctional family of sorts” and added that she is “the nurturing mom, Simon [Cowell]’s the disapproving dad, and Randy [Jackson]’s the cool brother. It’s been an interesting journey. It’s something that I’ll always would want to be a part of.”
While details about an actually renewed contract have yet to emerge, I do think this is a positive sign that the judging panel will not be too different from last year. I think that Paula should remain with this show until it’s pulled off the air. I don’t know if I would watch it if the judges were different.
You might have noticed that in her statement, Paula didn’t mention the newest judge, Kara DioGuardi. I don’t know if that is just because Kara is so new or if Paula doesn’t think the other woman on the panel belongs in their “dysfunctional family.” Either way, I hope Kara gets to come back. One season wasn’t enough and I’m sure it was tough for her to be the “new kid.” Hopefully, she will have more confidence and will feel more comfortable coming up with her own critiques.
Then again, maybe it’s better with three since there’s a good, bad and middle? It’s hard to say because I also have watched the Canadian, British and French versions and they all work just fine with four judges. It’s lame that these four couldn’t find a way to make it work.
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I actually thought the 4 judges this year worked just fine. The directors maybe need to bone up, but the judges did fine. I thought Kara offered some of the most insightful and useful input for the contestants. It wasn’t so much about what she likes or doesn’t, but about what works and what doesn’t. Randy has nothing of use to offer, IMO. He could be gone and I’d be fine. The others are an asset to the show. And if Simon could just grow up and stop acting like a child picking and poking on Paula all the time, he might increase his stock too.