728huey said:

It pretty much looks like Mariah Carey is on the short list as a replacement for one of the judges on American Idol.

http://www.boston.com/ae/...ey_to.html

Others being considered as replacements are Celine Dion, Mary J. Blige, Miley Cyrus, will.i.am, Fergie, Adam Lambert, Carrie Underwood, and Jennifer Hudson. Katy Perry has already announced she is not interested in becoming a replacement judge.

It also appears that Randy Jackson may be booted out of the active judging role he has been on during the entire run of Idol in favor of a mentoring role.

Now I think they could bring in some new blood on the judges panel, but they should consider Ryan Tedder of OneRepublic as a possible replacement or bring in a country music superstar as a replacement, like Trace Adkins or Dierks Bentley, as long as Mariah and someone like will.i.am are also on the panel. Or as possible dark horse candidate, Bret Michaels.

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I think it should be Aretha, Mariah, and Celine. All 3 of them have or had amazing voices aand are all icons in their own right. Also I could see some Mariah and Celine beef possibly happening

SoulAlive said:

aardvark15 said:

YES!!! This is what this show needs!

Yes,indeed!

Remember the guy on youtube who does all those mock-ups of the Patti-Aretha reality show with all those other singers chiming in? Can you imagine what his next batch of videos could look like with these two on the judging panel of A.I. ??? I'm telling you that's just comedy gold just waiting to happen

[Edited 7/15/12 1:41am]

kitbradley said:

MidniteMagnet said:

The show would be much faster without all the blathering of the judges. Just let people sing and have the public vote. None of the judges can form an intelligent sentence, especially that halfwit Randy. They should dump them all.

And what the fuck does pitchy mean? Having pitch? I prefer the term off key myself.

Just put on ANY Rhianna record. The meaning of both "pitchy" and "off-key" will become quite clear to you.

aardvark15 said:

SoulAlive said:

And as the Queen of Soul would do, she's already thinking about bringing along a sidekick: songstress Patti LaBelle.

YES!!! This is what this show needs!

omg that would kill Got 2 B Real in ratings!

Ottensen said:

SoulAlive said:

Yes,indeed!

Remember the guy on youtube who does all those mock-ups of the Patti-Aretha reality show with all those other singers chiming in? Can you imagine what his next batch of videos could look like with these two on the judging panel of A.I. ??? I'm telling you that's just comedy gold just waiting to happen

[Edited 7/15/12 1:41am]

exactly!

Shard said:

Personally, I'd LOVE to have Fantasia as the next judge

on Idol That shit I'd tune in to watch She would give both credibility as a singer and the crazy factor that people enjoy as entertainment.

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I'm a fan of Fantasia, but have never really paid much attention to Idol. Still I think she certainly would give Paula Adbul a run for her money in the emotional rollercoaster-could be slightly cray cray department that people seem to like for that show. Goodness, then there's that powder puff baby voice .

honestly i think its nuts to even want to save this show at this point, there are enough of these shows, and honestly in a dead industry, do we really need more "talent" out there doing the same music that the rest of industry is doing? cause that is all that this show turns out. So to have a legend like aretha, or mariah or celine sit down and actually BS these contestants is really pathetic, and to have someone like Fantasia up there, would be like a reality show gone wild, trainwreck speaking to trainwrecks

Ottensen said:

SoulAlive said:

Yes,indeed!

Remember the guy on youtube who does all those mock-ups of the Patti-Aretha reality show with all those other singers chiming in? Can you imagine what his next batch of videos could look like with these two on the judging panel of A.I. ??? I'm telling you that's just comedy gold just waiting to happen

[Edited 7/15/12 1:41am]

LaBelleOfTheBall2 I believe is her YT name. Got2BReal is the name of the series. I would attempt to put the YT vid up but that shit never works for me LOL!

[Edited 7/15/12 7:38am]

nammie said:

Ottensen said:

Remember the guy on youtube who does all those mock-ups of the Patti-Aretha reality show with all those other singers chiming in? Can you imagine what his next batch of videos could look like with these two on the judging panel of A.I. ??? I'm telling you that's just comedy gold just waiting to happen

[Edited 7/15/12 1:41am]

LaBelleOfTheBall2 I believe is her YT name. Got2BReal is the name of the series. I would attempt to put the YT vid up but that shit never works for me LOL!

[Edited 7/15/12 7:38am]

Allow me

TD3 said:

Exit? They were kicked to the curb, one can only hope that show will be too.

Nobody should be watching FOX anyways... unless you are one of them "ditto" lightweights.

lazycrockett said:

The show needs to go.

The show should have never been created.

vainandy said:

lazycrockett said:

The show needs to go.

The show should have never been created.

Really! Letting the audience vote for the one with the most talent, who's stupid idea was this?

aardvark15 said:

vainandy said:

The show should have never been created.

Really! Letting the audience vote for the one with the most talent, who's stupid idea was this?

It was already done in the 1980s with "Star Search" and it was just as boring.

vainandy said:

aardvark15 said:

Really! Letting the audience vote for the one with the most talent, who's stupid idea was this?

It was already done in the 1980s with "Star Search" and it was just as boring.

Oh lord, that's a blast from the past

Remember this?

Didn't he win, like, every week for 5 years in a row? Him and that model, "Tracy Ross"

Ottensen said:

Fury said:

Ottensen said:

Oh lord, that's a blast from the past

Remember this?

Didn't he win, like, every week for 5 years in a row? Him and that model, "Tracy Ross"

Lol. His first two albums on Motown were actually pretty good. I just copped them On cassettes-- the cheapest cd's are like $16 used Dude had some pipes on him. He does broadway now [Edited 7/16/12 7:22am]

You know we're really showing our age up in here

After Star Search, I just mainly remember his video and him singing,

"SU-GAH DON'T BITE.... !"

all powerful and full throttle, like he was mad at somebody.

You know he also became a daddy too, & he and his partner managed to adopt a newborn (it's damned tough, the adoption demand for infants!). Mr. Sam has definitely made a very nice life for himself

Ottensen said:

vainandy said:

It was already done in the 1980s with "Star Search" and it was just as boring.

Oh lord, that's a blast from the past

Remember this?

Didn't he win, like, every week for 5 years in a row? Him and that model, "Tracy Ross"

I remember that. But at least with "Star Search", they had a variety of competitions besides just some singer standing up there singing a boring slow song. They even had a band competition, even though the bands were always boring and most of the time they were doing country. The audience was always filled with either old people or families. It was definitely geared towards older people. It certainly wasn't a "Soul Train" or "American Bandstand" by no means. That's why it trips me out when I see shows such as "American Idol" being so successful with young people. Hell, back in the day, we used to laugh at "Star Search" because it was dull but young people in the 2000s went absolutely crazy over a similar show like "American Idol". Like I've said many times before, when the 1990s began, folks' tastes started going backwards instead of forwards.

Ottensen said:

Ottensen said:

vainandy said:

It was already done in the 1980s with "Star Search" and it was just as boring.

Oh lord, that's a blast from the past

Remember this?

Didn't he win, like, every week for 5 years in a row? Him and that model, "Tracy Ross"

http://www.youtube.com/wa...mp;t=1m30s