Nicki Minaj on American Idol “I don’t want to be a part of a show that’s cheesy and corny”

By On 01/08/2013 · 39 Comments · In American Idol, Keith Urban, Mariah Carey, Nicki Minaj, Randy Jackson

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From TV Guide’s report from the American Idol Hollywood Week press day, a little insight into the kind of judge Nicki Minaj will be:

TV Guide Magazine: What’s your style of judging?
Minaj: I try to use comic relief. Everybody wants to come in there talking about “inspiration.” Ugh! That’s not real to me. Maybe I want to know what color socks you have on ­because that’s going to spark something in you. Nobody says, “I want to inspire the world and I am going to stand on the mountaintop!”
Jackson: Ryan says that every day.
Minaj: Hell-o! It’s the real world! I don’t want to be a part of a show that’s cheesy and corny. My role is to bring some sort of a twist so that [singers] don’t come in here with these cliché answers all the time. Today when we were judging, there was this one little boy that everyone thinks is really cute — and he is — but that cuteness started irritating me.
Carey: When he suddenly became Mr. Showbiz! He became that kid who took his raw talent and turned it into an Off-Off-Off-Broadway play.

Nicki sure knows how to pull focus. No wonder Mariah is bitchy! The press is just going to eat her up.

Keith Urban was a coach on The Voice Australia. Why he thinks American Idol is a better fit for him.

TV Guide Magazine: Keith, you left a judging gig on Australia’s The Voice to join Idol. Why is Idol the better fit?
Urban: The fact that it’s given birth to legitimate artists, not just people that were popular that season and then faded away. In a lot of cases, those who didn’t win — the Daughtrys, the Adam Lamberts — have gone on to sell ­records and have real careers. There was the credibility factor I really loved.

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  • http://profile.yahoo.com/5HGXDY5SA4QJRME7OQJXRJYE4M James M.

    “I don’t want to be a part of a show that’s cheesy and corny.”

    lol Too bad Nicki didn’t watch Idol before she signed up to be a judge.

    How do you do the cross-out words thing? I swore it was . Oh well.

    Anyway, agree with this sentiment! But I’m kind of interested to see how Nicki Minaj tries to make it not cheesy and corny.

  • Larc

    I agree with Nicki.  I definitely don’t want her on a “cheesy and corny” show either.  Most especially since Idol is one.

  • Larc

    How do you do the cross-out words thing?

    Not del, but strike.

  • http://twitter.com/cara_lee pj

    Oh, Nicki.  Part of the Idol’s charm is the cheese.  

  • BonnieDee

    Don’t like her.  Probably won’t watch this year.  

  • blackberryharvest

    Shouldn’t it be about the contestants and not the judges? I don’t watch for the judges. Besides, regardless of what you think of her in real life, she may end up being a good judge. I would give her a chance before judging her. See you in a week! :)

  • BonnieDee

    That’s exactly it.  It should be about the contestants and they have decided to focus it on Minaj insted.  I’ve seen two promos so far, both focused on Minaj.  Then there’s all the BS with her and Mariah.  I have no interest in watching all of that.  

  • Karen C

    I think I’m going to like Keith Urban as a judge.   He seems to understand it is all about the contestants.
    Using comic relief like Nicki Minaj says could possibly become making fund of contestants.  Hopefully for the contestant’s sake it doesn’t turn into this.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_A7ONFIPRVLCRMCWWSYTZW7O7J4 IvanG

    They can’t really make anything about the contestants yet, can they? 

  • blackberryharvest

    They want to promote their shiny new panel. Their format makes it about the contestants.

  • http://twitter.com/HighTensions Jake Williams

    Nicki Speaks the truth.

  • BonnieDee

    Yes they can.  They can show clips of the contestants.  They don’t have to make it about Minaj.  One of the promotional clips shows Minaj disrespecting Mariah Carey.  That is not what I want to see.  

  • standtotheright

    Part of the Idol’s charm is the cheese. 

    I am willing to bet that the vast majority of viewers who really love the cheese are the viewers that Fox is willing to sacrifice to get more of the demo. I am also willing to bet that most of the viewers who don’t love the cheese are the viewers who are actively looking for recording artists most seasons (not just a speshul snowflake tv paramour to stan over) and show up for album number two.

    Personally, I’ve always found the cheese cringeworthy and it’s led me to always tubing performances instead of watching real time or event DVRing. If Minaj can cut through Lythgoe’s Lawrence Welk-ian mawkishness, then I upgrade to DVR. If she can convince the network suits to excise the goofiest variety show stunts, then I might even go to watching live occasionally.

  • http://twitter.com/KariannHart Kariann Hart

    Well, after tonight I don’t think Idol will be the least boring.  They will probably focus on the judges the first week or two, but the contestants need to be more of a focus as the season goes on.  I am excited about the premiere!

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