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BB ranks singing competition judges
It remains to be seen where Gwen and Pharrell will fall in the history of singing-contest judges, but before their debut, let's rank all 26 personalities who have come before them.
26. Ellen DeGeneres (American Idol)
25. Nicole Scherzinger (The X Factor)
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Look no further than the video below to see why the former Pussycat Doll is so low on this list. She mugged for the cameras while the contestants performed and she was never paying attention to what she was supposed to be doing. In retrospect, Simon should have given Cheryl more of a shot.
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24. Britney Spears (The X Factor)
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A lot of money was thrown at Britney to be a judge on The X Factor, but she never delivered on the promise of her star power. At least we have countless GIFs to show for her single season on the show, and this beautiful moment where she feared thunder:
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23. Kara DioGuardi (American Idol)
22. L.A. Reid (The X Factor)
21. Paulina Rubio (The X Factor)
20. Cheryl Cole (The X Factor)
19. Paula Abdul (The X Factor)
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Paula's second team-up with Simon didn't fare quite as well as the first. For Cowell's big U.S. X Factor debut, he thought he could reclaim the magic of his first Stateside mega-hit by getting the old band back together. Instead, the addition of Abdul just made the whole thing feel stale before it even started. Her one saving grace: She was still the contestants' No. 1 fan:
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18. Christina Aguilera (The Voice)
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A lot of good things have come out of The Voice for Aguilera, including her hit collaboration with fellow judge Adam Levine on Maroon 5's "Moves Like Jagger." But the show hasn't done much to help her reputation as a diva. Exhibit A: The way she threw her former Mickey Mouse Club co-star Tony Lucca under the bus for no apparent reason ... Exhibit B: The way she always seems to turn her coaching sessions into a showcase for her voice and not for her contestants:
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17. Demi Lovato (The X Factor)
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The Disney alum was a spunky presence during her two seasons on the show, often calling out Cowell and speaking her mind to unruly contestants. But while she was set up to be Simon's new Paula, the dynamic just never worked out that way.
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15 and 16. Nicki Minaj and Mariah Carey (American Idol)
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Let's just call this one a draw and try to forget season 12 altogether. If you love the trainwrecky early audition episodes of Idol, then this was probably your favorite season yet, because every episode was a trainwreck, with the constant bickering between the superstar ladies.
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14. Randy Jackson (American Idol)
13. CeeLo Green (The Voice)
12. Kelly Rowland (The X Factor)
11. Shakira (The Voice)
10. Steven Tyler (American Idol)
9. Usher (The Voice)
8. Keith Urban (American Idol)
7. Simon Cowell (The X Factor)
6. Jennifer Lopez (American Idol)
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Speaking of reputations in need of rehab, Lopez was often thought of as a demanding diva before her first season, but the J.Lo we see on the show is sweet and very generous with all the Idol hopefuls. Case in point: She obliges a fan's request for a slow dance below (would Mariah have allowed that?). Also demonstrated in the clip is the great rapport she has with the latest panelists -- Connick and Keith Urban -- who back up the young Romeo as he serenades Ms. Lopez. She really is still Jenny From the Block!
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5. Adam Levine (The Voice)
4. Paula Abdul (American Idol)
3. Harry Connick Jr. (American Idol)
2. Blake Shelton (The Voice)
Before The Voice, most people either knew of Blake as a country singer or didn't know him at all. Now, they know him as the guy who has stacked up the most wins on The Voice (he's coached three champs, not to mention three runners-up), and they also know about his charming sense of humor (just watch his lip-sync battle with Stefani from last week). Also check out the clip below where Tonight Show host Jimmy Fallon begrudgingly calls Shelton the best Voice coach ever -- and he doesn't disagree.
1. Simon Cowell (American Idol)
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Was there ever any doubt? There are so many reasons for putting Cowell up top, but the two biggest are illustrated in the videos below. First, no one dropped a better insult than he did -- and they were almost always deserved. But more importantly, he knew when someone was great almost instantly and was able to sway viewers to vote his way. He called Carrie Underwood's success from her first audition and even made the bold (and 100 percent accurate) statement that she would go on to outsell every American Idol winner.
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I agree with Legend X, I mean it was entertaining to watch her every week but her coaching was just bad 
