Can American Idol Survive As It Kicks Off Its 10th Season Without Simon Cowell

January 19, 2011 by Bonnie divider image

American Idol is set to turn 10-years old tonight (crazy, right?), but will do it without the man who gave it birth. The Idol season premier begins tonight at 8 with two new judges, who will together step in to replace the irreplaceable Simon Cowell. Two other judges from last season are gone, too, but don’t get confused. This year is all about the absence of Cowell.

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For many, the show may seem unrecognizable at the outset. There will still be the charm of the weeks-long saga of auditions in major cities. Outbursts and bloopers with the occasional awkward Ryan Seacrest interview sprinkled in between. But the meat of the show, the judges, will be vastly different from seasons of yore. One thing that feels right is the panel will be back down to three after what seemed to be an unnecessarily long bench in 2010. Ellen DeGeneres is out after one season and Kara DioGuardi is off as well. But the biggest void will be the one left by creator, Cowell, who left preemtively before the show lost even more viewers.

Cowell said he wanted to focus on a new singing show, “X-Factor”, which he is producing and judging, but some believe he is hoping to get out before Idol goes too far south.

Whether it becomes a self-fulfilling prophesy is yet to be seen, but Idol executives spared no cost in hopes to keep the show alive. Without the quirky characters that thrived in the early years, Idol will instead pin its hopes on star power.

Jennifer Lopez and Steven Tyler are in as the new judges, paired with Randy Jackson to round out the group.

Tyler said he wants “to give everybody a little love before I decide who goes home heartbroken.”

“If you don’t like what I say, don’t get mad, get better,” Tyler said, via The Daily News. “I’ve been on tour most of my life in a band with four guys who judge me everyday. Sometimes it hurt, but it only made me stronger.”

It’s true, both Tyler and Lopez bring a bit more street cred in the music industry than DeGeneres, but it’s hard to tell if music fans turned off by today’s “divas” will appreciate their personalities.

Idol has seen a decline in viewership, but remains the most-watched primetime series on television for the past six years.

The show will begin Wednesday night, Jan. 19, and continue Thursday. The show will run in that order weekly after going Tuesdays and Wednesdays for the past nine years.

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