Who Will Be the New Judges in Season 12?

[Fanny Mare]

So the newest rumor is that Enrique Iglesias will be the 4th judge. According to article on tvguide.com, the judges will be Mariah Carey, Keith Urban, Nicki Minaj and Enrique Iglesias.

Its all about the judges now, not about the talent that might show up.

[norealityhere]

THe only one I like is Keith Urban.
I can't stomach the other 3 at all.
Didn't watch last season, so I guess I won't watch next season, either.

[razorbacker]

THe only one I like is Keith Urban.
I can't stomach the other 3 at all.
Didn't watch last season, so I guess I won't watch next season, either.

The only "official" announcement so far has been Mariah. All the rest is rumors & speculation.

[ibot2much]

Well you couldn't find a panel more different in ages and style, so maybe that is what they were looking for.....Never thought Keith had much of a personality. Mariah and Nicki could be adversarial in who is the biggest diva. Should be interesting, but I really hate it that the attentioin yet again is on the judges and not the kids

[Fanny Mare]

Focus on the frigging talent .I watched AGT- I don't tune in to see Howie and Stern bickering so off it went

[BuckeyeAddict]

Just speculation, but this article quoting Nicki does not sound like she will be a judge for AI (hope hope hope). Surely the AI producers would not want one of their judges to say they would not be cut out for it.
Nicki Minaj Addresses American Idol Judging Job Rumors

[Arielflies]

Who is judging the audition rounds? Surely those rounds must be close to happening. They've already had the producer rounds and the call backs are in October, aren't they?

[Lucynda]

I never though Keith had much of a personality either but he was a judge on the Australian version of The Voice and he was the only one who was worth watching
Seal was just painful, Benji Madden was trying to be too cool and well I have never liked the female judge they had whose name escapes me at this moment
So I think he will do a great job on Idol but I struggled to watch last season because of my dislike for JLo and all the positive feedback even when someone sucked, that I think this season will be worse as I actually dislike Mariah even more, so I actually feel sorry for Keith because I don't think he can save it
Perhaps if they had some relatively unknown music exec like Simon was originally who is not scared or does not care what his fans think that will be honest with the contestants and when they suck tell them so

[Doug123]

Simon neglected to tell Lee he sucked every performance but one.

[razorbacker]

Simon neglected to tell Lee he sucked every performance but one.

Have you been reading the whining & moaning coming from Cowell in protest to XFactor having to compete with The Voice? Funny stuff! I hope The Voice hands Cowell his shirt.