With Simon Cowell gone, just who owns the title of "the mean one" on American Idol this season ? Covering the latest issue of Entertainment Weekly, Randy Jackson, Jennifer Lopez and Steven Tyler answer the golden question.
"We definitely miss [Simon], but it’s a different kind of vibe. It’s a different kind of energy now. And I think in season 10 the show actually really needed it….It’s not about replacing him or any of the others: Paula, Ellen, Kara, anybody else," says Jackson.
So who's mean according to the lone veteran, who outlasted both Paula and Cowell ?
"People have been saying to us, ‘Who’s mean?’ We’ve all traded off on that because I think you have to always give people the truth, no matter what," Randy Jackson tells EW.
Jennifer Lopez seems to agree, considering her uplifting promotional video for Idol released weeks ago.
“We’re more of a collaborative judging group,” adds Lopez. “We’re always leaning over to each other and saying, ‘Oh my God, I think she’s good.’ ‘Oof, I don’t get it.’ ‘You don’t like it?’ I mean, not in a way where it becomes disrespectful to [the contestant’s] moment, but we discuss things. We just have a totally different style than any of the past judging tables.”
American Idol premieres January 19, 2011 on FOX.
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