{"id":1932,"date":"2012-08-25T17:01:44","date_gmt":"2012-08-25T21:01:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/changingchannels\/?p=1932"},"modified":"2012-08-25T17:03:31","modified_gmt":"2012-08-25T21:03:31","slug":"urban-development-keith-american-idol-judge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/changingchannels\/2012\/08\/urban-development-keith-american-idol-judge.html","title":{"rendered":"Urban Drawl: Keith—American Idol Judge?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Keith Urban<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A FOX insider has\u00a0 told Hollywood Reporter that Nicki Minaj will be tapped as a judge on the next season of American Idol.<\/p>\n

Apparently Keith Urban isn’t far behind signing up as a judge on the reality competition show, either.<\/p>\n

From a recent blog post in which I ripped her male dancers for flaunting a bit too much of their ahem, anatomy, I think you know how I feel about Minaj … her impressive rags to riches story aside.<\/p>\n

While country music has its flaws, as well,\u00a0 too often being about drinking and sex, I can see what AI is doing here.<\/p>\n

In potentially bringing in Urban and Minaj, at $3 million and $8 million respectively, not only is the show cutting costs considerably (consider Simon Cowell used to earn $35 million per season) AI is also bringing in talent from two of music’s most popular genres.<\/p>\n

I have already been burned out on AI for several years, so I probably won’t be watching.<\/p>\n

Fans of Urban and Minaj probably will be, however.<\/p>\n

Will you keep watching American Idol?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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