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Tuesday, August 4, 2009

The Verdict is In! Paula Abdul will NOT be Returning to this Season of American Idol!


This just in! According to perezhilton.com, Paula Abdul will NOT be returning to this season of American Idol! The reason being failed financial negotiations. Simon Cowell was recently offered approximately $144 million per year of Idol and Ryan Seacrest was also granted a pay increase of $45 million per year, whereas Paula Abdul made less than $15 million dollars per year.

It's pretty sad, yet also incredible, that they would offer Cowell over 100 million dollars more than Abdul, but with the addition of last year's Kara Diogaurdi, I guess they don't need Paula anymore. Simon is much more valuable for the show. I don't think the show would be nearly as successful without him. Paula is a bit of an airhead, but she has a craziness and compassion that the contestants and the show needs and DioGuardi lacks. Most viewers are not fans of DioGuardi, anyway.

Do you think the show will do OK with the absence of Abdul?

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