Is Howard Stern replacing Simon Cowell on American Idol as a judge? Well according to Page Six if the producers had their way he would be.
A source connected to “Idol” said, “It’s one of the few shows that could compete with Stern’s $100 million-a-year Sirius contract, and ‘Idol’ bosses think he’d be even nastier than Simon.
“They know he would be great TV and would clash with the other judges such as Ellen DeGeneres and the contestants. ‘Idol’ will do what it takes to sign him.”
While yes he would be meaner than Simon, it is a different type of meaness and I don’t think the fans of American Idol are going to want to see it. I know I would give up Idol if he became the new judge.
Now when it comes to Howard, it would just be like his radio show with the other three judges. Because Kara DioGuardi has already worn a bikini on the show, Ellen DeGeneres is a lesbian and Randy Jackson looks like Robin Quivers.
Simon Cowell announced he is working on a charity song for the people of Haiti like Bob Geldof did with Band-Aid back in the ’80s and now we know what song they are going to cover…REM’s Everybody Hurts according to SkyNews. Out of all the songs ever recorded, why this one? I am not saying I don’t love this song, but I have personally always associated this song with death because I remember hearing it when my friend’s brother died and it sounds like a suicide prevention song to me. According to Wikipedia Peter Buck wrote this in the linear notes for their greatest hits, “the reason the lyrics are so atypically straightforward is because it was aimed at teenagers,” and he added, “I’ve never watched Buffy the Vampire Slayer, but the idea that high school is a portal to hell seems pretty realistic to me.” Does that sound like the right song to raise money for Haiti with? I mean if you read the lyrics it can work, but it is just such a depressing song. I am sure I am not the only person who associates this song with suicide prevention?
BTW here is who is going to be part of the cover, Mika, Leona Lewis, Michael Buble, JLS, Rod Stewart, Will Young, Joe McElderry, N-Dubz, Robbie Williams, Coldplay, Take That and Sir Paul McCartney.
Finally I really hope that Simon Cowell throws a lot of money Haiti’s way and doesn’t just work on this song. If anyone has money to give it is him.
So far the big news about this season of American Idol is that Paula Abdul is out and Ellen DeGeneres is in and also that is Simon Cowell’s last season on the show. That was until last week when 62 year old General Larry Platt auditioned and sang his own song called Pants on the Ground. Since American Idol ended the show with that song, it has been performed by Neil Young on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, Brett Favre and now Jimmy Fallon with AI judge Randy Jackson. The last time I remember a sensation coming from the audition phase of Idol, it was William Hung and he was the biggest thing about that season. Even bigger than Fantasia’s…well you can fill in the blank there. So I wonder if we should just consider this season a wash because this biggest thing that could come from it already has with Pants on the Ground? Granted I might be saying that because my DVR didn’t record yesterday’s audition episode and I don’t even care. I have watched every episode since season 1 and now I missed one and I am not even upset about it. Is anyone else just not feeling this season?
Today is painfully slow almost as painful as it is to watch American Idol this season. I say almost because watching General Larry Platt sing his song Pants on the Ground helped to ease the pain. I wonder if he will be this season’s William Hung? How cool would it be if the 62 year old to become the star of season 9 for American Idol?
BTW who is else is missing Paula Abdul? The guest judges, Randy Jackson and Kara DioGuardi are not enough to keep me interested.
UPDATE: Neil Young sang Pants on the Ground on Late Night on Jimmy Fallon and it is definitely different than Platt’s! I wonder who will redo it next???
Simon Cowell announced today at the Fox Winter TCA press tour day that this will be his last season on American Idol because he will be back on Fox in 2011 with his hit UK show The X-Factor according to The Live Feed. I think that Fox is making a huge mistake by letting Simon leave American Idol because without him I am not sure I will want to watch. It will kind of be like how I have been watching So You Think You Can Dance, DVR the show and fast forward through whatever the Judges have to say. I mean when was the last time Randy Jackson and/or Kara DioGuardi said anything that was useful or interesting? And when it comes to Ellen DeGeneres she better do a sh!tload better job than she did when she was on SYTYCD because if I want to hear cheesey one-liners I will go to a bar in a tight low cut shirt with my cleavage showing and let the guys do that. Wow just writing that last paragraph, I am not sure I even want to watch American Idol this season and it starts up tomorrow.
When it comes to X-Factor, I am not sure I will want to watch another competition show where we have to pick a winner. I am seriously thinking of cleaning out my DVR and getting rid of a few them when they come back on and I am sure I am not the only one. I mean in a year and half from now won’t most of us be talent showed out?
The one positive thing is at least Simon Cowell won’t be getting the rumored $40 million a year to do AI if he stayed because in these times no one is worth that amount of money. Do you know how many families could live off of that amount of money?
The first episode of Ellen Degeneres as a Judge on American Idol hasn’t even aired and there are already rumors that she is looking for a way out after this season. According to Gossip Cop Ellen didn’t realize the time commitment she needed to make to do the show and they says she is not sure she wants to make it. They also said that she doesn’t want to stay on the show without Simon Cowell, who is rumored to be leaving at the end of the season. Fox was reportedly very close to ordering a few more years of Idol without Simon, but will they still be singing the same tune without their next biggest name Ellen as a Judge? Would you watch it if Kara DioGuardi and Randy Jackson were the only 2 Judges left on the show?
Now back to Ellen how could she not realize it would be such a time commitment? It is the biggest show on American television, how could she think that they wouldn’t need her for hours before the live shows and on off days? I have a feeling we will be back down to 3 Judges for American Idol 10 and two of them will not be named Ellen or Simon.
Fox has released this promo picture of the American Idol Judges and Simon Cowell is still front and center. I wonder whose idea it was to place him there and Ellen Degeneres and Ryan Seacrest behind him and those other two Judges at the ends where our eyes will not focus on them. I really thought they would make Ellen the center of attention, so it is nice to see that didn’t. Even though she is a big name, the show is still Simon’s…at least for this season.
So are you ready for the show to start up again on the 12th?
Fox announced the schedule for the 9th season of American Idol and even though the show starts on January 12th, we will have to wait 2 months to find out who will make it to the important Top 12. That means for 2 months we have to sit through one month of Paula Abdul-less auditions with a several musicians and actors filling in for her until Ellen DeGeneres steps in to fill her shoes on February 9th.
Gone this season from the last one is gender mixed semifinalist from the Top 24, it will once again be boys one night and girls the next. (I wonder since the results show airs on Thursdays if that means Bones will be off the schedule for those 3 weeks, so that Idol can help give a stronger (no offense Bones) lead-in to the must watch Past Lives?) Also missing this season is the Wild Card round, which I am kind of happy about because the Judges have too much say so as it is why should they each get their pick?
So now that you know what to expect for the first the two months of American Idol 9, are you getting excited for the season or are you still bummed that Paula Abdul is no longer on the show.
Here is the schedule:
Tuesday, Jan. 12 (8:00-10:00 PM) Boston Auditions Episode
Wednesday, Jan. 13 (8:00-9:15 PM) Atlanta Auditions Episode
Tuesday, Jan. 19 (8:00-9:00 PM) Chicago Auditions Episode
Wednesday, Jan. 20 (8:00-9:00 PM) Orlando Auditions Episode
Tuesday, Jan. 26 (8:00-9:00 PM) Dallas Auditions Episode
Wednesday, Jan. 27 (9:00-10:00 PM) Los Angeles Auditions Episode
Tuesday, Feb. 2 (8:00-9:00 PM) Denver Auditions Episode
Wednesday, Feb. 3 (9:00-10:00 PM) “The Road to Hollywood ” Auditions
Tuesday, Feb. 9 (8:00-9:00 PM) Hollywood Round, Part 1 (Ellen joins)
Wednesday, Feb. 10 (9:00-10:00 PM) Hollywood Round, Part 2
Tuesday, Feb. 16 (8:00-9:00 PM) Hollywood Round, Part 3
Wednesday, Feb. 17 (9:00-10:00 PM) Hollywood Round, Part 4
Tuesday, Feb. 23 (8:00-10:00 PM) Top 12 Female Semifinalists Perform
Wednesday, Feb. 24 (8:00-10:00 PM) Top 12 Male Semifinalists Perform
Thursday, Feb. 25 (8:00-9:00 PM) First Results Show
Tuesday, March 2 (8:00-10:00 PM) Top 10 Female Semifinalists Perform
Wednesday, March 3 (8:00-10:00 PM) Top 10 Male Semifinalists Perform
Thursday, March 4 (8:00-9:00 PM) Results Show
Tuesday, March 9 (8:00-9:00 PM) Top 8 Female Semifinalists Perform
Wednesday, March 10 (9:00-10:00 PM) Top 8 Male Semifinalists Perform
Thursday, March 11 (8:00-9:00 PM) Results Show
Tuesday, March 16 (8:00-10:00 PM) Finalists Perform
Wednesday, March 17 (9:00-10:00 PM) Results Show
The American Music Awards had Janet Jackson and Whitney Houston making comeback performances, but all everyone can talk about is J-Lo falling on her (2:40 in) a$$ and Adam Lambert’s sh!tty performance. And if it weren’t for YouTube the West Coast would not be seeing what all the talk is about because the AMAs are going to edit out the best stuff. Jennifer Lopez was singing her song Louboutins when she jumped off of some of the male dancers she climbed on and she landed on her fat a$$. Lucky for her, her bum is so big because she didn’t feel a thing, but I felt a 4.1 on the Richter Scale. Now what is saving her from being the butt of all jokes is Adam Lambert’s crappy performance of For Your Entertainment. The only positive thing you can say about that career ending finale is…well there isn’t anything nice you can say about. People are in uproar over the fact that he grabbed a female’s crotch, had a guy’s head in his crotch and making out with male keyboardist, but I am in frenzy because my ears are still ringing from all that screeching. Dang that song was f*cking awful. I think a big reason he did all that stuff with the people on the stage is to distract people’s attention from how crappy that song was. If that was For our Entertainment, I want those 4 minutes back because that was SH!T. I predict his album will be in the discounted bin before the next American Idol is crowned…you know the title he didn’t win.
Simon Cowell is in talks with Fox to bring his show X-Factor to the US according to The Hollywood Reporter. Simon’s American Idol contract is up this year and part of what they say he is negoitiating with Fox is not only that he would stay on Idol for 2 years, but that they would also add X-Factor to the lineup. The reality show mogul would make a rumored $50 million a season each for both shows. (I’m sorry, but WTF does someone need to earn $100 million a season for? And I do mean him too. No one in the world is worth that amount of money.) Now back to X-Factor, THR is also reporting that Paula Abdul is a candidate to Judge the show if Fox picks it up. Oh wait dealing with Paula again might be the reason why he is asking for that much money!
