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American Idol adds fourth judge, a woman

by Stacy Kravitz

American Idol returns in January for its eighth season and Paula Abdul won’t be the only estrogen-based body on the judges panel anymore. Randy Jackson, Simon Cowell and Paula Abdul will be joined by Grammy-nominated songwriter Kara DioGuardi.

Dio Guardi is a songwriter who has written songs for Kelly Clarkson, Celine Dion, Pink, Gwen Stefani and Faith Hill.

American Idol was originally intended to have four judges so don’t expect the dynamic to be too different, just expect a larger table.

Dio Guardi was born in Scarsdale, New York in 1970. She has been a contributor to many international-hit songs since 1999. She also co-owns the publishing company Arthouse Entertainment.

She will undoubtedly provide a great new dynamic of music-industry advice, not to mention shake up the stale dynamic of Randy-Paula-Simon and refocus their energies back on the contestants rather than their own drama.

American Idol was created in 2002 by Simon Fuller and has become a national phenomena. The show is hosted by an even larger Idol-built-icon, 34-year oldRyan Seacrest.


Posted in Announcements, Her Daily News, News, Women in the Media on August 25th, 2008

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One Response to “American Idol adds fourth judge, a woman”

  1. noo Says:
    August 25th, 2008 at 5:51 pm

    I love the current panel! I dont want a 4th judge!

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