New ‘American Idol’ judges
Wednesday, on the stage of the Forum in Los Angeles, amid intense speculation – OK, not that intense. Everyone knew it for awhile now – the final two American Idol judges were announced! ‘Rolled out,’ as they say. They are Steven Tyler, lunatic wide-mouth tenor of Aerosmith, and impossibly gorgeous Jennifer Lopez. They’ll join Randy Jackson, still there after all these years. Host Ryan Seacrest introduced the trio in a fired-up, thumping, pointless rally. See, they’re ‘auditioning.’ OK, this has to be the craziest, most random assortment of three people ever, in the show’s grand tradition of unexplainedly wacky combos of jaggedly divergent personalities. Everyone’s hoping J-Lo and Stevie T can recapture the magic of former Idol arbiters Paula Abdul and Simon ‘Me Make Money’ Cowell. So, are J-Lo and Stevie supposed to fight? She would so clock the little dude.
By law, soon as you get to be a judge on Idol, the snarks start. Rumor: J-Lo’s getting $12 million for her Idolness. Rumor: She’s such a diva she nearly botched the deal – and is already busting chops on the set. (‘Gimme them yellow M&Ms!!!!’) Stevie T, now resembling a weird mix of Whoopi Goldberg and Topo Gigio, says his Aerosmith mates are all, like, ‘jealous.’
- J-Lo and Steven Tyler.
American Idol Judges 2011 – Steven Tyler & Jennifer Lopez. The rumors have been spreading for several weeks but today it became official, that Jennifer Lopez will indeed be among the judges of the next edition of American Idol!
The diva known as Jennifer Lopez is part of the trio of jurors for the next season of American Idol, which begins January 10th. The other two are Randy Jackson (let us be clear he is no where related to Micheal Jackson) and Aerosmith’s lead singer Steven Tyler.
This came as a surprise to no one, given that their names had been the only ones left on the shortlist for weeks and weeks, as it shortened and shortened.
A f’realsers surprise was someone else you’re going to see often on the show when it enters its 10th season in January. This new arrival is hellbent on knocking the cobwebs out of this semi-stale franchise – and he is someone Seabiscuit did not trot out during Wednesday’s Judge Unveiling Lollapalooza at the Forum.
That person is Interscope Geffen A&M Records Chairman Jimmy Iovine, who has been named the show’s permanent in-house mentor.
As part of ‘Idol’s’ deal with Universal Music Group, Interscope Geffen A&M will market, promote and distribute albums globally, when Idolette finalists and winners prove worthy of a broad array of retail and new media platforms.