The X Factor announced its two new judges today for next season and they are Kelly Rowland and Paulina Rubio. Who? Rowland was in Destiny’s Child and Rubio is a Latina pop star. There really isn’t much to say about them because there hasn’t been much said about them in general.
I just don’t think Simon Cowell has his finger on the American pulse. He doesn’t get what Mark Burnett gets. He keeps picking hasbeens and/or the other person that no one cares about. While The Voice picks current stars that we care about. It’s almost like Cowell is just copying The Voice with the lesser version of the NBC show’s mentors, Voice got Xtina he got Britney, Voice got Shakira he got Paulina.
If he is thinking these two new hires will get him the big ratings he thought he could get with the show, he is sadly mistaken. How long will Fox let this show go on? If Fox were smart, they would cancel The X Factor and bring Simon back to Idol. But that is just me.
Nicki Minaj is following Randy Jackson out American Idol’s door according to Us Weekly. A source told the mag, “She’s okay with it. She had a great time but was only going to do one season anyway.” Can’t say I will miss her because she is the reason why I opted not to watch the show show this year.
It will be interesting to see what American Idol does to redeem themselves next year after this disastrous season. Maybe Fox will consider doing a Dancing with the Stars and a So You Think You Can Dance and cancel the results show.
Next week the networks will announce their fall lineups, but today they are already saying which shows will be back and which ones won’t. CBS picked up it’s 20th show (which is about as many as NBC cancelled) for next season and that show is Criminal Minds. The CW still feels that Nikita has a fighting chance and The Carrie Diaries is still fashionable for them. NBC voted for another season of Parks and Recreation, but they impeached 1600 Penn, put Up All Night to sleep permanently, decided we don’t want to see any Guys with Kids and finally put Whitney out of our misery. When it comes to Fox, Randy Jackson told E! News that he voted himself off of American Idol after 12 seasons. Fox also decided that Kiefer Sutherland no longer has the Touch for them.
I always hate this time of year, my shows always get the bad news…:(
The newly Ryan Seacrest Tweeted this picture of himself getting kissed by Harry Connick Jr and I wonder if they have something to tell us? Well here’s what the American Idol host said about it, “#idol is getting a little cheeky tonight”. Does that help to clear things up?
American Idol is down big time in the ratings and The Hollywood Reporter is reporting that the show was prepared to have Jennifer Lopez replace Mariah Carey midseason to get people watching again. Then the mag added that when Mimi heard about the plot, she threatened legal action and as you know she is still on the show. A Fox rep, Nigel Lythgoe and Freemantle North America all denied the story, but the source says that Fox reality chief Mike Darnell and Fremantle’s Cecile Frot-Coutaz were behind the plan.
If those two people really thought that that was the solution to their ratings woes, then they obviously are so out of touch with what the problem is. Viewers are suffering from singing competition fatigue. Plus the show is not about the judges, it’s supposed to be about the contestants. Fox gets more press over who will be sitting at the judging table leading up to the show, that by the time it airs you just don’t care any more. Plus didn’t they learn already with Kara DioGuardi that 4 judges is too many for the show. When you spend more time on the judges’ comments than the contestant’s singing, then it’s not working.
If Fox wants to save Idol, they need to announce next year’s judges in June and spend the time leading up to the show on the contestants who will be on it. They also need to go back to three judges. And the one thing that would really really help them is cancel The X Factor. The network was their own worst enemy by picking up and continuing with that show. There are just too many singing shows and after awhile they all just seem the same. I mean that is why I gave up all of those variety competition shows. Been there, done that!
Now when it comes to J-Lo, I wouldn’t be surprised that she started the rumor because she has probably realized she needs Idol, more than Idol needs her! It helps you career when you are on it, but when you are off of it it doesn’t do anything for you.
