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Mariah Carey wasted no time proving what we told you 2 weeks ago -- there's only room for one diva on "American Idol."
Carey and Nicki Minaj went at it during the first "A.I." taping Sunday in NYC. When Nicki started critiquing a contestant, Mariah would interrupt -- not once, but many times. Each time Mariah interrupted, Nicki fought back by loudly talking over Mariah.
One "A.I." spy said Mariah and Nicki tried to cover their disdain for each other but everyone saw through it, adding, "These girls just don't like each other."
You may recall, we reported when producers called Mariah to tell her that Nicki would probably be joining her as a judge, she hung up the phone.
once Mariah found out that Nicki was being considered,she went on Twitter and started her own "campaign" to get Lenny Kravitz on board.Mariah wanted to be the only woman judge on that show because she feels threatened by a woman like Nicki.Lenny is a washed-up *male* artist who poses no threat to Mariah,and she knows this.Nicki,on the other hand,is a "hot",sexy,attention-stealing artist who is also younger than Mariah.
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What happened to the days when aspiring artists paid their dues....playing at small local nightclubs,recording demos,gaining a small loyal audience,and submitting demos to record companies?
Kelly Clarkson is still making her albums and doing pretty well; and, Carrie Underwood is quite big in the Country music world. AI has produced some good artitsts in its run but once the season ends that's it for that person. Between the gimmicky aspect of the show, the lack of committment given to the winners by the labels that sign them, and the current state of music followers in this day in age, it's not hard to understand why none of these new age talent shows aren't making many long lasting artists. I stopped watching AI years ago and refuse to watch anything else that Simon Cowell puts his name on. I do, however, watch 'The Voice' religiously because it's the only one in the talent show genre that is actually worth a damn and makes sense from the get go. The idea that the judges on 'The Voice' start the show by doing blind auditions is the best idea I've seen in the lot of these shows. Why should a singer have to be visually stunning to be talented? Most of the best singers in history were not gorgeous people. You don't see the singer when you listen to the album anyway. Take note Simon, you can throw all the big name artists you want on a judging panel and try to sell your little shows, but it won't matter until you 1) get a full panel of legit artists with real talent and 2) turn those damn chairs around so that celebrity panel can judge what really matters....and that's why 'The Voice' is kicking major ass right now compared to their 'competitors'. I'd rather have Christina judging singers than Britney. Seriously, it's a joke to me to have this chick judging singers when she has barely ever sang a live song herself in her entire career...I'm just sayin.