Any one who did not see it coming was either not paying enough attention or is not versed in the ways of women, - they just don't get along! As soon as a second female, Kara DioGuardi was incorporated as the fourth judge in American Idol, Icheoku predicted that the days of the show is probably numbered? Better still, that the quest for attention between these two women will tear the show apart; and that they are even likely to engage in a public cat-fight on national television? However the tension did not boil over on the grand scale predicted; as the face-off is now over with a vanquished Paula Abdul gone! In the battle of 'American Idol' female judges, Paula Abdul has lost out! Our tearful Paula Abdul whose penchants for theatrics and random tearful outbursts has led many to insinuate that she is perpetually under the influence? The petite lady can no longer take it or continue to stomach sharing the American Idol's limelight with a rival female. The attention hitherto exclusively enjoyed by the diva herself, as the America Idol female judge, sandwiched between two men of substance and watched by millions all over the world is not for sharing with anyone, including DioGuardi? So her gauntlet was either she goes or I go, and the honchos at Fox Network called her bluff and the rest is now history! Paula Abdul is first of all a woman and women wants it all for themselves and only for themselves! This is the underlying reason there are usually cat fights and families tear apart as soon as a woman steps therein either as a wife or a girl-friend to any one of the boys of the house. It is in their nature and nobody can do anything about it but just learn to deal with it. So next year, when you tune to your popular American Idol, you will be watching a panel of judges without the tearful and sometimes rambling Paula Abdul, judging the musical stars wanna-be's! Shall we we miss her, you bet as her incoherent all over the map assessment of the contestants adds some theatre to the whole American Idol experience. Will DioGuardi be loathed, probably, as she will be seen as the woman who forced Paula Abdul off the show and Paula's fans including Icheoku will take a very very long time taking to her or an American Idol without the Paula Abdul flavor. We think that Fox made a huge mistake by letting Paula go for an unknown quantum DioGuardi whose contribution to the show is yet to be seen and has so far, defied every attempt at grasping. Will Simon Cowell stay on or equally throw the towel in support of Paula? What about the fans' doug, Randy Jackson? Icheoku says American Idol is Simon Cowell, Paula Abdul and Randy Jackson plus the wanna-bes and not a million DioGuardis will adequately fill the gap or supply the now missing link of our dear Paula. We may no longer be watching, as American Idol will not be the same without the ever hallucinatory Paula Abdul, to talk about the day after the epochal Tuesdays. According to a release, Fox Television said "American Idol judge Paula Abdul has decided to quit the hit talent show"? Icheoku asks was she pushed or did she jump on her own because of DioGuardi? Icheoku believes that she was forced as her twitter message suggests when she twittered that it is "with sadness in my heart," that I decided not to return to the show"? Who leaves a show with such rating with sadness if voluntarily? Further, not only will Fox be 'saddened' by their decision to let Paula go, but their bottom line will be affected as many fans will tune off by reason of this fatal mistake. What happens when fans tune off, advertisers will pull their money and the unravelling goes from there.
We love Paula and seeing her go because of DioGuardia breaks our heart. So please Fox, fire a thousand DioGuardi and bring our Paula back as she makes Simon Cowell human and brings out the man in Randy; but as for DioGuardi, except for her stripping on stage to flaunt her very smoking hot body, she has not bonded with the other judges nor the watching audience. Please, please, Fox Network, Icheoku says, please bring Paula Abdul back, as American Idol cannot be the same without her ever shimmering face; and she helped the show run a terrific eight seasons!
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Christy 'Apena' Essien-Igbokwe , the wife of Jegede Shokoya of the New Masquerade and Nigeria's lady of songs is dead; she was 51years old. Although her family claimed that "brief Illness" killed her like so many Nigerians; Icheoku retorts that it was most likely AKwa Ibom voodoo and remote control that was used to arrest her. It is on record that she had fallen out with the governor of her native Akwa Ibiom State and have been having a relentless war for political turf with the governor? So who knows whether she was sacrificed to Ekpe cult or even Alusi-Okija as an offal; afterall African science is still very much alive and portent. May her soul rest in peace.
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Paula Abdul: "I've Decided Not to Return to Idol"
ReplyDeleteTue., Aug. 4, 2009 10:15 PM PDT by Natalie Finn
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Paula Abdul's American Idol journey has ended.
Less than a week after E! News confirmed that Kara DioGuardi will be returning to the judges' table, Abdul wrote on Twitter Tuesday that she will not be back for the show's ninth season.
"With sadness in my heart, I've decided not to return to #IDOL. I'll miss nurturing all the new talent, but most of all...being a part of a show that I helped from day1become an international phenomenon," read two tweets posted shortly after 7:30 p.m.
Fox confirmed the news shortly afterward.
"What I want to say most, is how much I appreciate the undying support and enormous love that you have showered upon me," Abdul continued. "It truly has been breathtaking, especially over the past month.
"I do without any doubt have the BEST fans in the entire world and I love you all."
"Paula Abdul has been an important part of the American Idol family over the last eight seasons and we are saddened that she has decided not to return to the show," Fox and producer FremantleMedia North America said in a statement. "While Paula will not be continuing with us, she's a tremendous talent and we wish her the best."
Abdul's rep didn't immediately return a request for comment, but her manager, David Sonenberg, was rather blunt recently when asked about Abdul's prospects in the wake of the $45 million deal inked by Ryan Seacrest and the even more mindboggling sum reportedly being negotiated by Simon Cowell.
Sonenberg told the Los Angeles Times a couple weeks ago that producers hadn't even approached Abdul with a number, a lack of action he called "kind of unconscionable and certainly rude and disrespectful."
Reps for Fremantle, 19 and Fox had remained quiet amid the rumblings that Abdul was getting ready to walk (or being given her walking papers).
An Idol source tells E! News that the invested parties made Abdul what they considered to be a "fair offer," but that she turned them down. And "Kara made her expendable," the source said.
Seacrest twittered his reaction upon hearing the news tonight.
"About to go to sleep when I started seeing my blackberry blow up. I have read what u have read and I am shocked and saddened about paula," he wrote.
"Idol and the cast have grown with each other over the last 8 seasons..I can't imagine the panel without puala. She's a star @ a great friend," he added, followed by, "Spoke to randy..hope to speak with paula privately overnight."
On the set of So You Think You Can Dance, former Idol executive producer Nigel Lythgoe quipped, "I didn't know twitters were official statements, but if they are I'm going to be very careful what I twitter from now on."
But in all seriousness, "Of course I'm sad about it," he told E! News following tonight's taping for part one of SYTYCD's season finale. "I think it's a loss for both of them. It isn't just a question of a loss for Fox. I think Paula was an important part of American Idol.
"I've always said the show is more important than any individual and it's dependent upon the talent that comes on it, the young singing talent. The chemistry of Randy, Paula and Simon is going to be historic. When you talk about television programs, whatever happens now, they will be the three judges that everybody else has got to come up to that standard."
Well, we believe that until they literally remove that fourth chair from the table, anything's possible—especially if the news of Abdul's doneness promotes a strong enough reaction from fans who prefer her compliment-laden brand of criticism.
Because, without Abdul, how are any of the contestants going to know where their magic