Though it had been widely assumed that American Idol’s revamped judging panel would feature Randy Jackson and new judges Jennifer Lopez and Steven Tyler, People is reporting that Lopez’s “demands got out of hand,” and now she’s out of the mix. Might this actually be a good thing? After all, while Lopez and Tyler represented a casting coup for the on-the-ropes series, there’s ample reason to believe that those big names may have actually worked against them — though if producers are dead-set on picking an A-lister, I have just the icon in mind.
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Why Jennifer Lopez Was All Wrong for American Idol, and Courtney Love is Just Right