
There’s been a lot of buzz lately that Kara DioGuardi will leave her post as American Idol judge after this season, but Simon Cowell says otherwise. In an interview with Ellen DeGeneres, to air today, Cowell assures that “everyone’s going to be back” next year.
Simon Cowell tells Ellen in the interview, “All these contestants have signed up for our show and it’s the most important thing in their life and all we’re talking about is whether we’re (the judges are) going to be on the show or not. It’s all a bit out of kilter here. I think certainly next year everyone’s going to be back.”
Shaheen Jafargholi’s Britain’s Got Talent audition video is the latest Internet phenomenon – creating a buzz like fellow Britain’s Got Talent competitor Susan Boyle. Watch Shaheen Jafargholi sing the Jackson 5′s “Who’s Loving You” in this video clip.
Who will win? Shaheen Jafargholi or Susan Boyle? Read the rest of this entry »
The Today show did a piece this morning about Susan Boyle’s Britain’s Got Talent video – spreading like wildfire on the internet. Check out the Today show background information on Susan Boyle, who sang a memorable “I Dreamed a Dream,” shocking the audience and the Britain’s Got Talent judges.
The Susan Boyle video is taking the internet by storm. Check out the Susan Boyle video above – her performance of “I Dreamed a Dream” from Les Miserables on Britain’s Got Talent shows a blown away crowd and panel of judges.
Susan Boyle is 47, unemployed and proclaims she’s “never been kissed.” Looks like her luck may be changing. Read the rest of this entry »
We found out just how old Simon Cowell was last night on American Idol when Frankie Avalon popped in for a surprise appearance, singing “Venus” in this video clip. Frankie Avalon said it was a hit in 1959.

Here we go again… American Idol 8 will return with its season premiere on January 13 and 14, 2009. That’s right – a two night, four hour premiere (8 p.m. ET/PT on Fox) will kick off American Idol’s eighth season.

We announced the other day that songwriter Kara DioGuardi has joined the judges panel at American Idol, but here’s the first picture of the new judge with “old-timers” Simon Cowell, Paula Abdul and Randy Jackson.
Simon Cowell said of new judge Kara DioGuardi joining American Idol, “It’s like, you know, having dinner with three people for seven years, and getting quite bored of each other. So it’s having a fourth person, new opinion, I think it’s gonna be interesting.” …

American Idol is about to get a shake up for its eighth season – Grammy-nominated songwriter Kara DioGuardi will join American Idol as a fourth judge! What? Someone’s joining Paula, Randy and Simon at the American Idol judges’ table?
Kara DioGuardi will bring her songwriting talent to American Idol, as well as balance the boy/girl ratio on the panel. Read the rest of this entry »