Idol's Randy Jackson on Abdul Leaving: Don't Believe What You Hear
realitytvsoup.com 12/1/2008 — Randy Jackson stopped by The View to promote his new book and dished some about the new season of American Idol coming up in January 2009

Randy: Ellen Joining Idol Will Be a “Whole New World”
okmagazine.com 9/10/2009 — On the heels of the news that Ellen DeGeneres will be filling the fourth judge spot left empty on American Idol by Paula Abdul ’s exit, OK ! caught up with Randy Jackson to hear what he thinks about his new castmate. First of all, does ...

My Name is Earl 4.22: Pinky
tvverdict.com 3/27/2009 — There are some episodes that are undone by continuity errors, predictable writing, and rather convenient plot twists. Then there’s this week’s episode, where even though some of the writing was a bit dicey, it doesn’t matter because the emotion and humor is so strong that it’s ultimately easy ...

My Name is Earl 4.23: Bullies
tvverdict.com 4/17/2009 — It was interesting seeing the full opening credits for this week’s episode, since they’ve only been seen one other time this season, and apart from that not once since the first season. In many ways, this actually was like an episode from the first season, meaning it was a funny self-contained ...

Auditions: Salt Lake City
televisionwithoutpity.com 1/29/2009 — Salt Lake City, home of David Archuleta and the clean-cut enemies of equal rights. And, I'm sure, a ton of super-nice folks. The crowds are full of that eerie Utah sameness; the music over the crowd montage is "Shiny Happy People," a song that has ...

American Idol: the top 11 peform songs from Grand Ole Opry artists
reality-tv-online.com 3/18/2009 — It’s country week on American Idol. This season the contestants were mentored by Randy Travis as they performed songs made famous at the Grand Ole Opry. Here’s what I thought about the show tonight. Michael Sarver. Michael is from Texas so you would think that this genre would be right up his ...

American Idol Rundown: The Top 11 Go Country
buzzsugar.com 3/18/2009 — Country night is often a cringe-worthy evening on American Idol , but this year, the top 11 did a pretty decent job turning songs from the Grand Ole Opry artists into relatively contemporary songs. There were several strong performances and not too many trainwrecks — though there's also at ...

Survivor Gabon: Randy Blindboozled
realitytvsoup.com 11/21/2008 — Blindboozled, not blindsided; in one of the more entertaining tribal councils to date.

Randy Jackson Predicts *Gasp* That A Girl Will Win American Idol Season 9
mjsbigblog.com 23 days ago — Randy Jackson prediction shocker! Nah, I’m just playing. Wind Randy up, and he’ll begin spouting the usual predictable pre-Idol spin. Randy tells People magazine: Male contestants have dominated American Idol for the past two ...

Bikini Girl got game! Simon (and Randy, I guess) got it right
popwatch.ew.com 2/4/2009 — Is Katrina Darrell the best singer on this year's American Idol? Hell no. Is she the prettiest girl in the competition? Hell no. Did she bring the game to deserve getting through las night? Hell yes! Listen, I saw Simon...

'American Idol' Judge Kara DioGuardi Hits Her Stride In Season Premiere — VH1 News 1/14/2009
New "American Idol" judge Kara DioGuardi seemed to hit her stride in the premiere episode, easily finding her place among Paula, Randy and Simon.

'American Idol' Judge Kara DioGuardi Hits Her Stride In Season Premiere — MTV News 1/14/2009
The fourth judge bonds with Paula and Randy, and even gets along with Simon. Kara Dioguardi Photo: Frederick M. Brown/ Getty Images Imagine being the newbie when the rest of the class has spent eight years getting thisclose ...

A Text Arrives. Oh, It’s Just an ‘Idol’ Ad. — NYT > Television 1/14/2009
AT&T; sent out text messages to 75 million customers — urging subscribers to tune into the season premier of “American Idol.” >

American Idol: Will Paula Stay With the Show? — E! Online (US) - TV News 1/14/2009
It ain't easy being Paula Abdul. When bombarded with questions at the winter TV press tour about Paula Goodspeed (an Abdul superfan and American Idol wannabe who later killed herself outside...

American Idol : Kansas City Auditions — The A.V. Club - TV Club 1/14/2009
We've arrived in Kansas City, David Cook's hometown, for day two of auditions. Jason Castro looks high as ever. Go!   We start with Chelsea Marquardt (any relation to Girl Next Door Bridget?) She's one of my favorite types of people on this ...