According to reports, none of the current American Idol judges are being asked back. AI ratings have dropped by almost 25% from last year. By far the lowest ratings the show has ever had.
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The Wrap reports:
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"All four are gone," the insider told TheWrap. . "They feel they've lost their core audience and they want it back."
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E! News reports:
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"Yes, we want to do a whole new panel - but, just like last time around, it depends on who we get," a Fox source confirmed to E! News in response to a report that all four judges will be leaving after this season because the now 12-year-old show is in need of a massive jolt of new energy.
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The longest serving Idol judge Randy Jackson has released a statement confirming his exit from the show.
There must be an massive reason behind the decision to drop all judges, which might not be known to the public.
They are not in any way consistent with that reality TV show at all. Too bad they all had to go. It came as a shock.