After some worrisome moments for Randy Jackson – to paraphrase the song, ‘Is he is, or is he ain’t?’ – the four judges for this season of American Idol are: Mariah Carey, Randy Jackson, Nicki Minaj and Keith Urban. The official press release follows the jump.
Tag: Randy Jackson
American Idol: Randy Jackson On Ratings, Sterner Judging, And Golden Tickets!
Late last week, the affable and very busy Randy Jackson took a bit of time to talk to a group of journalists/bloggers about this season of American Idol [Fox, Wednesdays/Thursdays, 8/7C]: ratings, tweaking the format, the contestants and even the rumor that one of his acts might become a judge for a singing competition on, […]
Randy Jackson does Pants on the Ground and talks Idol
To this very day I still get confused as to whether or not Jackson is related to the Jacksons. He’s not, but I recently watched all of the Jackson’s reality show on A & E. Anyway Randy being the shill he is did a cover of Pants on the Ground with the Roots on Late […]
TELEVISION NEWS: Paula Abdul leaving Idol? I say No Way.
Say it isn’t so! Word going around the web today is that Paula Abdul isn’t returning to American Idol this season. She is, rightfully so, a little ticked off that the Producers are screwing her over on contract negotiations. If Ryan Seacrest can get a $45 million contract, certainly Paula should be getting at least […]
TELEVISION NEWS: American Idol Top 3 Recap
I can’t help myself. I wasn’t going to do an Idol Recap until Adam butchered U2s “One,” one of my favorite U2 songs. His version of One was an utter mess, it was slow, screechy, cabaret and what was with the tongue? It was AWFUL. I mean really who would actually buy this crap? Gokey […]
TELEVISION NEWS: The Idol Fix is in for Gokey and Danny Finale and Spoiler for Tonight
I’ve whined and complained all season about how obviously Idol is fixed and every since the top 13 it’s been clear that the judges wanted a Adam vs. Gokey final. Now the folks at EW have a quote from Simon Cowell that proves my point, the Fix is in, there’s no point in even bothering […]
TELEVISION NEWS: American Idol Top 4 Rocks the House
American Idol was hot tonight. This is all I’ve been asking for the last ten weeks – fun! And it took Rock night to give it to us. It started with really liked the duet with Kris Allen and Danny Gokey – for the first time Kris Allen showed a lot of personality and Danny […]
TELEVISION: Michelle’s American Idol Recap
Ah, it’s Tuesday night and time for the train wreck known as American Idol. As I said in a previous post, I watch Idol in the hopes that there will be that one special moment that wows me. I’m not holding my breath for it, but I’m hope springs eternal. They really are desperate for […]
TELEVISION REVIEW: American Idol Season Eight So Far… Ish.. Michelle’s Take
It’s official, being a critic requires you to be a closet masochist or is it sadist? I always get confused. Whatever the correct word is, I apparently love to punish myself by watching crap that I know is, um… Crap, that I really hate, but can’t seem to turn my eyes away from, especially if […]