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American Idol's new voice speaks out
American Idol's new voice speaks out
Even though she just got the call about the gig a few days ago, new American Idol judge Kara DioGuardi took some time this afternoon to sit down and chat with the media via a massive conference call. As we were going along, I found myself listening as much to how she carried herself conversationally as I was to what she had to say. After all, this is going to be one of the four most listened ...
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Kara DioGuardio Speaks to the Press
mjsbigblog — ... contestants, “I don’t look at it as criticism, I think that people are on the show as part of their journey. Whether they’re going to be huge artists or not, they’re there to learn something and no matter what, the experience is going to help them learn, so criticism can also be constructive. I’m not going to be on the show to just nail people. I’m also going to be on there to also help them.” Sources: Associated Press, TV Squad, Zap2it, Los Angeles Times More after the ...

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