American Idol has a new judge!
The people behind American Idol called a press conference yesterday to introduce its newest addition. American Idol has added a new judge to their panel. She will join Paula Abdul, Randy Jackson and Simon Cowell.
Who is she? And what will happen if their votes are split 2 to 2?
Kara DioGuardi is not new to the music business. She is a Grammy nominated songwriter who has written hits for Gwen Stefani, Christina Aguilera and former Idol winners Carrie Underwood and Kelly Clarkson. She also has worked together with Paula Abdul by writing a song for Kylie Minogue before. Her addition to the judging panel should been seen as something that would favor Paula, since they now have equally two men and two ladies. But it sounds like DioGuardia has more in common with Simon Cowell when it comes to judging. She says to the press, “I’m going to be a straight shooter and say it like I see it. I’m just going to speak to Simon the way I speak to everybody. “I think Simon’s pretty spot-on most of the time.”
Meantime, how is Paula taking all of this? According to USMagazine, she has “mixed feelings”.
“I am concerned about the audience and acceptance. Time will tell. We’ll see. They always tried for a fourth judge because it followed the format of the original show, Pop Idol. We haven’t had much luck with that working, but we’re gonna give it another try.”
American Idol has already started shooting. The judges are going to see people auditioning in New York this week.
