kara dioguardi

Kara DioGuardi Parties with Paula, Talks Bikini Girl

With the new season of “American Idol” underway, audiences are getting to know new judge Kara DioGuardi.  And at last night’s FOX TV Winter All-Star Party last night, she was spotted getting along just fine with her new colleague Paula Abdul.

As for the fracas between DioGuardi and “Bikini Girl” Katrina Darrell on the premiere episode (they got into a heated spat after Darrell sang Mariah Carey’s Vision of Love and Kara re-sang it to show her how it should’ve been done) , Kara told Ryan Seacrest’s radio show that she has no regrets.

American Idol Kicks Off Season 8

It’s one of the world’s most widespread guilty pleasures, and last night “American Idol” returned to the airwaves with its eighth season.

Simon Cowell, Randy Jackson, Paula Abdul, Ryan Seacrest, and new Judge Kara DioGuardi found themselves in a sweltering hot Phoenix, Arizona auditioning all kinds of contestants from all over the talent spectrum.

American Idol Officially Introduces Kara DioGuardi

It’s been the buzz surrounding American Idol all week, and yesterday (August 26) Simon Cowell, Randy Jackson, and Paula Abdul officially welcomed Kara DioGuardi to their judges team.

The American Idol peeps all convened at Chelsea Piers in New York City for a red carpet press event where they posed for pictures and answered questions.

American Idol Adds Kara DioGuardi as a Judge

It looks like the time-honored trio of Simon Cowell, Randy Jackson, and Paula Abdul is about to augmented to include an additional female judge.

In a statement released earlier today, American Idol creator Simon Fuller announced that the uber-popular singing competition judges panel will include Kara DioGuardi when Season 8 begins in January of 2009.