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Originally posted: August 25, 2008
'Idol' gets girl power boost
Posted at 9:30 a.m. Monday, Aug. 25
Songwriter and producer Kara DioGuardi joins "American Idol" next season.
Paula Abdul won’t be suffering in the boy’s club that is the judges’ table on “American Idol.”
Move over, Simon Cowell and Randy Jackson, the show’s girl power gets a boost when it returns in January. Songwriter and producer Kara DioGuardi has been hired as a fourth judge, Fox announced Monday.
“For the past seven seasons, Paula has had to endure the experience of being the only woman at the judges’ table. She’s been as an island of consideration and gentle criticism between Randy and Simon,” Mike Darnell, fox’s president of alternative programming said in a press release. “With Kara by her side, Paula finally has some back-up.”
According to Fox, DioGuardi’s songs have been recorded by Kelly Clarkson, Christina Aguilera, Gwen Stefani, Britney Spears, Avril Lavigne, The Jonas Brothers, Carrie Underwood, Santana and Pink.
DioGuardi said she's excited to be on the show, and that it will be different not to be front and center now, as opposed to in the back of a studio giving her opinions. And she will have opinions, she said in a Fox interview.
"Well I think I’ll have my own take on things and I kind of bring a unique experience in the sense that I sing and was a singer and I write and I produce and I sign talent and I'm very involved in the day to day of the music industry, like Simon," she said. "So I think I’ll bring that perspective, but I’m also very opinionated and pretty feisty and not afraid of a good confrontation, so I’m looking forward to it. Bring it on."
Executive producer Simon Fuller said he is thrilled to have DioGuardi on the show in Season 8.
“She is a smart, sassy lady, and one of America's most successful songwriters. We know she will bring a new level of energy and excitement to the show.”
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