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Nicki Minaj & Mariah Carey Put On Their Best Faces For New Idol Promo! |
Ryan Seacrest is promising in the new American Idol season 12 promo that this is going to be the show’s BEST season yet!
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Fox winter premiere dates announced |
Wednesday, Jan. 16:
7:00-9:00 PM AMERICAN IDOL (Season Premiere, Part One)
Thursday, Jan. 17:
7:00-8:00 PM AMERICAN IDOL (Season Premiere, Part Two) |
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Tournament of TV Fanatic: Lea Michele vs. Ryan Seacrest! |
Today, it's Glee's Lea Michele against Idol host Ryan Seacrest! Vote!
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Ryan Seacrest: Idol’s Still the ‘Gold Standard’ |
The argument may actually spike ratings, as viewers may want to see if Carey and Minaj can actually work together. Ryan Seacrest believes American Idol is still the “gold standard” of singing shows. |
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Ryan Seacrest Discusses Nicki Minaj & Mariah Carey’s “Heated” Fight: New Details |
Notably, Idol‘s host Ryan Seacrest spoke out about the incident on his radio show, where he explained that things might have gone too far.
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| 03 |
Ryan Seacrest On American Idol Blow Up: It Was Intense |
These are all very different individuals with different perspective and different opinion that provide for different conversation and dialogue and feedback for the contestants… There is nothing wrong with disagreeing and that’s gonna happen and that’s OK.” |
| 03 |
TV Roundup: Ryan Seacrest Says Nicki Minaj and Mariah Carey Fight 'Went a Little Far' |
Seacrest greased the American Idol spin machine when he also tried to explain why the blowout between the two singers was actually a good thing. |
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Ryan Seacrest Comments on Nicki Minaj Blow Up During 'Idol' Auditions: "It Did Go Too Far" |
Ryan Seacrest commented on his radio show this morning: "It was heated. It did go too far to the point where the producers said, ‘Let’s call it a day.’" |
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NEWS/Nicki Minaj-Mariah Carey Blowup: Ryan Seacrest Weighs In on American Idol Divas' "Heated" Exchange |
But the ever-affable host, who noted that he was outside the judging room when the spat erupted, made sure to keep a fair and level-headed perspective on the verbal scuffle.
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Ryan Seacrest says American Idol doesn't mind quarrelling judges |
Feuding divas on "American Idol"? Ryan Seacrest says that's just great.
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Nicki Minaj curses out Mariah Carey during 'American Idol' auditions |
It was so overboard that Seacrest said producers decided to call it a day despite the fact that there were still several contestants who were supposed to perform. |
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Ryan Seacrest Explains "Intense" Nicki Minaj, Mariah Carey Fight |
But Seacrest argued that passionate debate is exactly what Idol needs. "We want that! We want them to be on this panel together. This is a good team, a great team, to go out and look for the next American Idol . . . the feedback that they give is very good."
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Derek James' One-on-One Interview with Ryan Seacrest |
Ryan talked with Derek about his connection with the young talent, their determination, the history of our area producing great talent and also, the new Idol judges. |
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I'm No Dummy Fighting's Great for Ratings! |
"We want them to be on this panel together. This is a good team, a great team, to go out and look for the next American Idol."
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Ryan Seacrest on Nicki Minaj/Mariah Carey fight: It 'went a little too far' |
Though Seacrest was not present when the dispute broke out, he admitted that both Minaj and Carey “went a little far” during their argument: “And, so, yeah, it was heated. It did go too far, to the point where the producers said with just a few more contestants left, ‘Let’s call it a day.’ And, [they] called a ‘wrap’.” |
