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Idol judges give insight on upcoming season
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Jackson, however, acknowledged some friction, but in a positive light. "We often disagree. But, you know, it's kind of funny that we laugh at it," he said. "I think this is one of my favorite judging panels thus far. We're having a good time. It's a fun time, it's a funny time. We crack a lot of jokes."
Nicki the entertainer: "[I'm] kooky. Never a dull moment with my judging style. That's for sure," Minaj said. "I try to never plan what I'm going to say or how I'm going to feel. I just try to stay in the moment and allow some craziness to come ... It's the entertainment business. We're artists. If we don't have some craziness and kookiness, then it wouldn't really be real. You know what I mean? We can't really sit there and be stiff and say the same things. So I try to get the contestants out of their comfort zones of hearing the same things over and over."
Mariah the un-sugar-coated fairy? "I like to think of myself more as a fairy godmother," Carey said. "I've learned a lot. I want to continue to be the best I can be in order to help. ... I try to speak as frankly as possible, as kindly as possible -- not like sugar-coating the whole thing because that does nobody any good. And I think it would be boring for people to watch. But I feel like my experience as a recording artist and a producer and a writer has helped me get to a point where I can sit there and say, 'I'm not sure if you hit this part correctly because maybe the modulation took you by surprise,' or 'You weren't quite prepared to blend that harmony with this person who was singing way louder than you.'"
Keith the empathizer: "[I'm] fair and authentic, I hope. When I was 9 and 10, I [competed in] one of these shows in Australia," Urban revealed. "I was really, really crucified by one of the judges, and it was devastating. So I try to not absolutely destroy somebody in front of millions of people, but at the same time, if someone's not really on, and everyone at home knows it, that's the difficult part too. ... And for me, if any of the emotions are present -- the joy, the vulnerability, the insecurity, the uncertainty, the anger, whatever it is -- if I can feel that in them, I'm interested. Even if they're a little bit out of tune."
Randy the linguist: Carey offered the following observation about Idol's impact, and ultimately, her fellow judge Jackson: "It changed the way we looked at music. It changed people's vocabularies," she said. "Thank you, Randy for 'pitchy.' No one really knows what it means, do we?" Jackson, however, likes to think of himself as "The O.G."
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