Oh boy. You know how you always have one friend at the party who’s like, “Woooo hoooo! I’m so wasted!” before falling down the basement steps, and then later you find out she was actually drinking your grandma’s O’Douls? Former American Idol judge Kara DioGuardi’s pot brownie story makes her that friend for Paula Abdul. [...]
Kara DioGuardi Unloads A Lifetime of Bad Things In Her New Memoir
We’ve always been hard on former American Idol judge Kara DioGuardi because we never found her particularly likable or insightful on the show. DioGuardi is about to make us feel terrible for every bad thing we’ve ever said about her though what with the release of her memoir A Helluva High Note, which comes out [...]
Kara DioGuardi Is Writing A Memoir For Some Reason
America’s fifth-favorite American Idol judge, Kara DioGuardi, is writing a memoir. Why? Who knows! We’ve given up trying to understand anything Kara does or says. Radar Online reports that the songwriter/judge/fan of sparkle makeup in her cleavage has written a memoir called A Helluva High Note: Surviving Life, Love, And American Idol which will be [...]
Yodel-y, Condescending Songwriting Show In The Works
It’s hard for us to hear any news about Kara DioGuardi without frowning. That’s because news about Kara DioGuardi means she, as a public figure, has not yet become obsolete. She was eaaaasily our least favorite American Idol judge, there was just something so smug about her comments and her be-glittered decolletáge that rubbed us [...]
Kara DioGuardi Tries To Save Face, Is All “I Was Gonna Quit Idol Anyway!”
It’s no secret that Kara DioGuardi is our least favorite person American Idol judge, and we weren’t sad to see her get canned from the series. But DioGuardi, whose father says she found out she was fired after reading it in the paper, is now claiming that she intended to leave the show anyway and [...]
Major American Idol Shake Ups: DeGeneres and DioGuardi Out, Jennifer Lopez and Steven Tyler In!
rnrnWe knew that Simon Cowell’s departure as the face of American Idol would cause some serious waves, but not even seasoned industry insiders predicted this would get this crazy! Things began sliding downhill quickly for the fading franchise last night when Ellen DeGeneres unexpectedly quit as a judge on the show, a message that she [...]
Your Next American Idol Is…
It’s pretty awesome that a bunch of kids who auditioned for a reality show eight months ago got to share the stage with people like Janet Jackson (Miss Jackson if you’re nasty!), Chicago, Joe Cocker, and Hall and Oates tonight. Janet Jackson! I mean! In addition to all the special guests on the American Idol [...]
American Idol: Lee And Crystal Face Off
The final performance show of American Idol was solid, making it even more difficult to foresee who will be the winner of season nine. The sadness of Lee DeWyze’s first two performances were only matched by the sadness of his puppy-dog eyes, while Crystal Bowersox showed a range of emotion, all while negotiating the glossy [...]
American Idol: Why This Season Wasn’t About Finding An “Artist”
This season of American Idol had a lot to prove, and funnily enough, none of it was about finding the next great singer. Over the past five months, we’ve scrutinized America’s second favorite show (yeah, somehow (and this is the woman who wore a tearaway dress last year, revealing a bikini under it). The dialogue [...]
American Idol: Judges’ Choice
So guys, Lee DeWyze is probably gonna win this, huh? After last night, that’s kinda what we’re thinking now. The contestants each got to sing a song of their choosing and a song that a judge chose for them on American Idol. This proved two things, the first being that the judges are objective and [...]
