American Idol” judges Simon Cowell, Kara DioGuardi, Paula Abdul, and Randy Jackson attend auditions on Tuesday in New York City.
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After weeks of negotiations with the producers of “American Idol,” Paula Abdul said Tuesday evening that she was leaving the top-rated singing competition.
“With sadness in my heart, I’ve decided not to return to #IDOL,” Ms. Adbul wrote on Twitter.
“I’ll miss nurturing all the new talent,” she wrote, “but most of all being a part of a show that I helped from day 1 become an international phenomenon.”
Fox had no immediate comment.
Her apparent decision came one day after Fox said Kara DioGuardi would return as a judge next season. The show is preparing for the first appearance, later this month, of potential contestants for the show’s ninth season before the judging panel.
Ms. Abdul’s contract expired at the end of last season, and she had been negotiating for a substantial raise from the estimated $2 million that she earned last year.
Ms. Abdul had said that she wanted to return to the show, and Fox Broadcasting and the show’s producers had said they wanted her back. Last week on Twitter she wrote, “I hope you can understand I can only return to Idol if the deal is fair.”
This summer, Ryan Seacrest, the show’s host, signed a deal that promises him $45 million over the next three seasons. Simon Cowell, who earns an estimated $30 million a year as a judge and has the right to sign management contracts with “Idol” contestants, and another judge, Randy Jackson, are under contract through next season.
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-Show judge Paula Abdul hasn't been given a new contract for the 9th season of American Idol..
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1 comments:
i can hardly believe Paula is leaving the show; it had to be about the money
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