Paula Abdul On Kara DioGuardi Joining ‘American Idol’

Paula Abdul hardly sounded welcoming with news Grammy-nominated songwriter Kara DioGuardi has been added as a fourth judge for the eighth season of 'American Idol'. "I am concerned about the audience and acceptance," Abdul told Johnjay and Rich of 104.7 KISS FM in Phoenix. "Time will tell. We'll see."

Paula said the decision was made because they "wanted to try a change. They always tried for a fourth judge because it followed the format of the original show, 'Pop Idol'. We haven't had much luck with that working, but we're gonna give it another try."

DioGuardi has a long history of writing songs for 'Idol' contestants and many other top pop acts this decade. She was heavily involved with Hilary Duff's 'Dignity' album, Christina Aguilera's 'Back to Basics', and Ashlee Simpson's 'I Am Me' and 'Autobiography'.

Listen to Paula's interview below.



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| Posted on August 26, 2008 at 2:20 am in Multimedia

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One Response to “Paula Abdul On Kara DioGuardi Joining ‘American Idol’”

  1. Lacy Says:
    August 26th, 2008 at 3:05 am

    well another interview made it almost sound like adding Kara was Paulas idea. so I dont know. Im just confused about it all. I dont think the show needs another judge, it works fine the way it is

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