After weeks of rumors that Mariah Carey would be joining American Idol, Fox Entertainment President Kevin Reilly confirmed she is at Fox’s Press Tour Day. I have to admit her addition is enough for me to watch the show. Unlike the other three judges, she knows actually her stuff and she can be quite articulate. Plus she was married Tommy Mottala, one of the greatest producers in the music business and he had to teach her something during their marriage. Oh and she most importantly she can sing and sell albums, something J-LO could only do one of.
Thank you to Mark Burnett for coming up with The Voice and casting Christina Aguilera, Blake Shelton, Cee Lo Green and Adam Levine as coaches and because of that it made Fox step up their game. The X Factor added Britney Spears and Idol brought on Carey. I am sure the people who are audition for these shows are happy about that changes because people they grew up with and idolized are not the people mentoring them on these reality shows.
Congrats to Fox on a good hire, let’s just hope they do an equally as good filling the other two seats. It is time for the Dawg to go even if he is Carey’s manager.
