Confirmed. Randy Jackson, Jennifer Lopez, & Steven Tyler.

- Contestants will get to perform in their own genres every week! No more county singers singing rock and vice versa. Themes will focus on decades rather than genres.

- There will be big changes that seem very X-Factor like. Jimmy Iovine, from Interscope/UMG will mentor the kids every week. Big producers like Timbaland will be brought in to coach the kids. It’ll be the best of the best. The kids will be pushed to improve.

- There will be NO guest mentors. Producer Jimmy Iovine will work with the kids every week.

- It’s possible there will be guest judges if appropriate. Nigel says they would not turn down an Elton John.

- The middle rounds are going to be re-vamped. Didn’t go into a lot of detail about how. But Nigel says, “A whole new set of rules” are coming in.

SOURCE: NY Daily News

Source?

There was a live UStream on AmericanIdol.com with Ryan announcing the judges.

God, I love Aerosmith and all... But Steven looks like he's dead but hasn't realized that yet.

J.Lo

Randy.

Steven Tyler judging talent. I say YES.

Steven Tyler?

TBH, I was hoping Randy was the one to leave.

Has beens is the last thing American Idol needed


Oh well, paves the way for the X-Factor

One might ask themselves "How did Randy Jackson get to stay?"

Jennifer is the only on im interested in. This show is gonna fall apart without simon though. He's the only one who ever really mattered.

I like that all of the judges are people who have actually had careers in performing.

YALL Underestimating Steven Tyler

I'm only here for Steven

I'm worried that these celebrity judges will be afraid to tell it how it is because they don't want to upset their fans by being "mean". J.Lo is fine but I wish the third judge wasn't a performer.

Flop.

I might, only might, catch on the auditions.

^ Same here

FLOP. without Simon, Paula or even Kara... Randy? seriously?

this is terrible. i hate jlo and steven tyler doesnt even look like a human being