{"id":17453,"date":"2013-05-06T19:10:20","date_gmt":"2013-05-06T23:10:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/?p=17453"},"modified":"2013-05-06T19:10:20","modified_gmt":"2013-05-06T23:10:20","slug":"report-american-idol-considering-justin-bieber-diddy-selena-gomez-as-judges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2013\/05\/06\/report-american-idol-considering-justin-bieber-diddy-selena-gomez-as-judges\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: &#8220;American Idol&#8221; Considering Justin Bieber, Diddy, Selena Gomez as Judges"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last month, a bizarre report broke that &#8220;American Idol&#8221; considered bringing back Jennifer Lopez as a midseason replacement for judge Mariah Carey.<\/p>\n<p>That never panned out, but the story&#8217;s central thesis&#8211;that FOX and &#8220;Idol&#8221; are unhappy with declining ratings and a chemistry-free judging panel&#8211;is irrefutably true. \u00a0And so comes a new rumor, that &#8220;American Idol&#8221; is looking into a pop dream team for next season&#8217;s judging panel.<\/p>\n<p>With all four current judges facing the ax, Radar Online reports that &#8220;Idol&#8221; is considering names like Justin Bieber, Selena Gomez, Diddy and P!nk as judges for the thirteenth season.<\/p>\n<p>According to Radar, &#8220;It\u2019s been a lackluster season for\u00a0<em>Idol<\/em>\u00a0and everyone involved with the show is well aware of it so that\u2019s why producers are frantically working on lining up big name stars for season [13]&#8230;There\u2019s more drama going on behind the scenes of the show than on the stage, and that\u2019s why there\u2019s a major overhaul in the works.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Names like P!nk and Diddy have reportedly declined overtures in the past, but those involved with the show truly want a star-studded panel for next season and are hoping to make this sort of lineup work.<\/p>\n<p>The cost will be significant, but according to Radar, FOX sees the investment as worthwhile in the effort to get &#8220;Idol&#8221; back on top.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[3],"tags":[19,33,201,203,202,132],"adace-sponsor":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Report: &quot;American Idol&quot; Considering Justin Bieber, Diddy, Selena Gomez as Judges<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"We heard about American Idol considering Jennifer Lopez as a midseason judge replacement. 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