RIP Steven Tyler's American Idol career

Read the link, shottie. Even TMZ said "We think he's kidding."

 

Shouldn't he be vice-president by now?

 

Pauly Shore? Hells yeah!

 

Randy would be insane to leave. He needs to milk this for everything he can and I'm guessing the show probably only has a few more seasons left.

Lambert would be a good get, in part because he'd be relatively cheap, at least compared to the $15-$20 mil a year that JLo and Tyler were reportedly getting. I like the idea of past contestants being judges. If Duets (which to be fair, I've never seen) can get Clarkson, I would think Idol could as well.

 

I do not care for Mary J. Blige as a performer ... but I believe she'd be a great judge on this show.

 

I haven't watched the show in maybe four seasons. The season where Lambert finished second was the last one I watched. I can't keep track of how many seasons there have been since then. I never saw Ellen as a judge. I never saw Tyler or J-Lo.

I know the ratings are still good, but it's not the juggernaut that it used to be. NCIS, DWTS and Big Bang Theory all beat it at times last season.

 

Ellen was a joke. She'd crack some. That was her contribution...two if she had to lead off the critiques, one if she followed another judge, then it was simply one joke, repeat someone else.

That they'd be going after Lambert (on the cheap at that) is a hell of an indication this show is on its last legs. Simon, having dumped Paula and preventing his new show from becoming a train wreck out of the chute, is in a position to sweep in and pick up the crumbs, becoming the top show of its kind. That's a good thing in that it's one less singing contest. There's too damn many of them now.

 

I don't know, but I'll write the SportsJournalists.com letter of condolence for your spelling skills.

Back on topic, I would call Steven Tyler's time with AI a dalliance, not a career.

 

JLo too.

http://www.tmz.com/2012/07/13/jennifer-lopez-quits-american-idol/

 

I thought that was old news, but maybe it's now official... I wonder if they're tightening the belts at Idol and they aren't willing to give out the ungodly amounts of money they paid for JLo and Tyler.

 

Rumors also include Phil Lesh and Alannah Myles as new judges.

 

I know nobody had heard of Cowell when the show started, but at this point wouldn't you think they would need some big names?

I would think at least one of the three would have to be a pretty big name, and I don't think Jackson or Lambert would qualify.