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Fox recently announced the ninth season of America Idol will premiere on Tuesday January 12 at 8pm ET PT The season will premiere for two consecutive nights with a two hour broadcast on Tuesday and a one hour broadcast on Wednesday January 13 at 8PM ET PT The new season will feature the addition of Ellen DeGeneres as a replacement for Paula Abdul Paula served as AI judge since the show began in 2002 and reportedly rejected a 5 million per year income and later announced her exit from Idol in August Simon Cowell Randy Jackson and Kara DioGuardi will be returning as judges while Ryan Seacrest will continue as host The aud
tions for American Idol took place over the summer and featured several guest judges in Paula acirc euro trade s spot including Victoria Beckham in Denver and Boston Mary J Blige in Atlanta Joe Jonas and Neil Patrick Harris in Dallas Kristin Chenoweth in Orlando Shania Twain in Chicago and Katy Perry and Avril Lavigne in Los Angeles In other Idol news Kris Allen acirc euro trade s self titled album dropped at No 11 on The Billboard 200 album sales chart after selling only 80 000 copies during its week of release according to Nielsen Soundscan data This is the lowest of any idol winner ever recorded Before Kris Jordin Sparks sixth season winner previously held the record for lowest album sales and sold 119 000 copies in first week release in November 2007 Those figures are especially low compared to the 198 000 albums sold by runner up Adam Lambert who has remained in the headlines due to his recent raunchy performance at the American Music Awards
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