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If Jennifer Lopez does end up as a judge one thing will be certain - she won't mix her words. She is known to tell you as it is and I can see that being a plus for the show with Cowell gone.

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The show will never be the same with all the judges but one being replaced. I think the fact that they are going back to just three judges is a good idea.

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Kara DioGuardi out at American Idol

American TV network Fox has announced what media reports have speculated for weeks: Kara DioGuardi is leaving American Idol. Ref. Source 6

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Are they running for the hills, or what? I think I knew Ellen Degeneres wouldn't last long because she doesn't like telling people hard truths - and with some of those really bad singers, you really have to spell it out for them. Trying to soften the words just gives them hope.

But I didn't think Kara DioGuardi would leave so soon. I felt she was successful at giving honest appraisals of talent - good or bad - with tact and compassion.

JLo is a good choice - spicy Latina who has no trouble speaking truth, and I think she is quite talented. She would draw an audience in her own right.

It will be interesting to see how it all shakes out.

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I think that American Idol is becoming a show of the past. I do not think it will stand up as well as it has in the past with most of the judges being replaced so often. I do not look for this show to last a season or two more.

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While I hate to say it, they need Howard Stern to replace Simon. I am wondering if Simon and Kara have left because of the level of talent that they have been seeing over the last season or two?

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I don't think American Idol is about the judges. They do add to it but they are not it. American Idol is all about the contestants and the host. Ryan is still there so there will still be a familiar face.

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Actually, I do think it is also quite a bit about the judges. We have historically had show of talent. Ed McMahon used to host a show for a few years that was purely a talent show with a overall winner of each catagory at the end of the year, but it died out way earlier than Idol. The format of the show is a success but it requires the four legs: Host, Contestant, Judges and Viewers/Voters. Without someone as critical and charasmatic as Simon (and a foil..Paula was a great foil...for at least one of the other judges and the host) a crucial element of the show will be lacking. It will basically turn into a love-fest. I actually found myself more bored with the show this year because of Ellen's refusal to upset anyone or more to the point judge anyone. Basically, after the first few of shows...I quit watching until the final 6. Randy isnt a really critical judge, Ellen refused to judge, Kara actually wasnt bad but agreed a LOT with Simon but was way nicer in doing it and of course you had Simon.

In my opinion, if you don't get a fairly charasmatic judge or two in the front seats...you basically packed them with glorified fans and the show formula will have been broken. Half of Ryan's job was soothing the feelings of the contestants after Simon lit into them.

The one thing that I really remember hearing early on this last year, from Simon, was how many of the female contestants were doing the same style of singing and how many of the contestants in general sounded like "lounge singers or street musicians" and nothing really special. The record industry didn't spit out a new superstar every year for a decade and just wondering if perhaps the talent level has decreased?