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Let’s pause for a moment and appreciate American Idol’s two performance episodes this week: no clip packages, no time overruns, and a lot of weirdness. The singing, overall: meh. But especially because tonight is the final Thursday results show, it’s been ..

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American Idol’s semi-finals end as men improve and Kara devolves into Paula (source: Realityblurred.com)

Paula Abdul has done everything but say she’ll be a judge on The X Factor, dropping hints in a radio interview that are very, very Paula–which is to say they lack subtlety, and she might as well have just come out and said it.

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Paula Abdul hints she’ll judge the X-Factor (source: Realityblurred.com)

After losing viewers every year, American Idol returned last night with about the same number of viewers who tuned in to the first episode last season. The episode averaged 29.7985 million viewers over its two hours, starting around 25 million and peaking with 32.3 million in the 9:00 half-hour

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American Idol keeps its audience without Paula Abdul, adds viewers 18 to 34

After losing viewers every year, American Idol returned last night with about the same number of viewers who tuned in to the first episode last season.

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American Idol keeps its audience without Paula Abdul, adds viewers 18 to 34 (source: Realityblurred.com)

American Idol 9 began its four-month run last night with an episode that was very, very familiar, that sometimes worked but sometimes showed its age and staleness. For the most part, no one really stood out, at least not like someone who already had the combination of personality and chops that the show requires.

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American Idol 9′s debut falls kind of flat with no real standouts; Paula who?

American Idol 9 began its four-month run last night with an episode that was very, very familiar, that sometimes worked but sometimes showed its age and staleness. For the most part, no one really stood out, at least not like someone who already had the co..

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American Idol 9′s debut falls kind of flat with no real standouts; Paula who? (source: Realityblurred.com)

Last night’s surprising news that Ellen DeGeneres would replace Paula Abdul as the fourth judge on American Idol was in the works for ”the last couple of weeks,” Ellen told the studio audience of her daytime talk show for the episode that airs today. El..

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Ellen DeGeneres has a five-year deal to judge American Idol, but reaction is mixed (source: Realityblurred.com)

Last night’s surprising news that Ellen DeGeneres would replace Paula Abdul as the fourth judge on American Idol was in the works for “the last couple of weeks,” Ellen told the studio audience of her daytime talk show for the episode that airs today. Ellen broke the news to them shortly before Fox broke it on Twitter and sent out a press release, according to the Los Angeles Times, which reports that Ellen “signed a… keep reading » » read the full story and comment , or find the latest news about American Idol 9 » follow reality blurred on Twitter and on Facebook .

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Ellen DeGeneres has a five-year deal to judge American Idol, but reaction is mixed

Anonymously sourced/fake gossip reports be damned: Paula Abdul is not in talks about returning to American Idol. That’s according to her new manager, David Sonenberg, who, if anything, is too honest; he revealed Paula wouldn’t return almost three weeks bef… (source: Realityblurred.com) – News widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com

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Paula Abdul having ”no discussions whatsoever” about American Idol, ”feels free” (source: Realityblurred.com)