Minaj and Urban are joining American Idol.

The revolving door of American Idol judges continues to churn on.  Steven Tyler is out, and Jennifer Lopez has followed him despite making a crazy amount of money to judge a karaoke contest.  Seems like the two hadn’t been on the show that long, but they’ve already been replaced and as American Idol hits its 12th season, the star power in the judges chairs keeps getting cranked up.  Nicki Minaj and Keith Urban are joining fellow new judge Mariah Carey and last remaining original judge Randy Jackson on American Idol.

Minaj and Urban will bring their respective demographics to the show:  hip hop Republicans and country music fans/New Zealanders to the show.  As for Carey, will she find her diva status challenged by Minaj?  While Carey has been rumored to be upset by the fact that she’s not the only woman on the panel, she’s still the highest-paid reality show judge on television with a staggering $18 million dollar payday for a one-year hosting gig.

Tags: american idol, fox, reality television, reality contests, randy jackson, mariah carek, nicki minaj, keith urban, nicki minaj and keith urban join american idol, american idol new judges, keith urban and nicki minaj join randy jackson and mariah carey on american idol, hollywood, television, reality tv, singing competitions

I’ve never had a problem eating food from a gas station.  Just two weeks ago, I ate a couple of hot dogs purchased from a gas station.  They were delicious.  That’s not the first time I’ve eaten gas station food, and I doubt it will be the last.  There’s nothing like a fun food novelty. […]

Commissioner Roger Goodell gathered 32 NFL owners for one big question.  One of the league’s most wanderlust-stricken franchises is looking to move again.  The Oakland-Los Angeles-Oakland Raiders, tired of gutting it out in a run-down stadium, were once again looking for greener pastures.  Only the Miami Dolphins refused to cooperate.  With a vote of 31-1, […]

In 2006, an injury to Dallas Cowboys starting quarterback Drew Bledsoe opened the door for an undrafted free agent by the name of Tony Romo to take the helm of America’s Team and lead the Dallas Cowboys to an early playoff exit.  Bledsoe went from starter to afterthought in a season.  Now, the circle continues […]

For 89 years, Oscars has never had a major mistake.  The last few Oscars might have had a few flubs, but at least they never got the most important category of the night wrong.  Well, that’s now changed, all thanks to OG Bonnie and Clyde legends Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway.  When Faye Dunaway called […]

Tom Brady has been wildly successful, if controversial.  He’s the first quarterback ever to win five Super Bowls and only the second player to do so after Charles Haley.  Unlike Haley, Brady won all his Super Bowls with the same team, the New England Patriots.  The only thing that seems to be able to stop […]

Ben Affleck, no matter what you might think of him, is a talented actor and director.  He’s got the goods, but he’s smart enough to know when he’s in over his head.  All along, since he took on the mantle of Batman, he’s had his eyes on writing, directing, and starring as the Caped Crusader. […]

In May, students for the for-profit American College of Education were running into some problems.  Their access to email accounts and course information was locked down by Google, who had disabled their accounts.  The reason why?  A fired IT worker for the American College of Education locked the school out of their Google cloud account. […]