Kara DioGuardi has finished participating in four sets of American Idol 8 auditions; New York, Jacksonville, Louisville and San Francisco and Kara says she is beginning to feel more comfortable being a part of the judging panel. "I just know I'm getting my groove, loosening up and forgetting abou...

'American Idol' Crowns a Fourth JudgeSimon Cowell, Paula Abdul and Randy Jackson will be joined by Kara DioGuardiThere will be a new judge joining Simon Cowell, Paula Abdul and Randy Jackson when " American Idol" returns this January.FOX announced on Monday (Aug. 25) morning that Grammy-nominated so...

While it's still unclear how the audiences will react to American Idol's new casting addition, one important question was recently answered. Prior to this season, contestants hoping to move on through the audition phase simply needed to get two out of three votes. But now that we have four judges, w...

 Is this a sign that "American Idol" is trying to get rid of Paula? "American Idol" has added a fourth judge to join Paula Abdul, Simon Cowell and Randy Jackson.  Grammy-nominated songwriter Kara DioGuardi will join the three judges for the eighth season of "Idol."...

American Idol winner David Cook has announced an official release date for his debut album. In order to get the album out in time for the holidays, Cook moved up the release date to Tuesday, November 18. There is no official name for the album just yet (though I suspect it might be self-titled), but...