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Kara Dioguardi – The Tonight Show – VIDEO

03/16/2010 mj santilli 19

Kara Dioguardi didn’t exactly say that a boy would win, as some websites are reporting, on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno last night. When Jay tried to get her to pin down who she

Katharine McPhee Performs ‘Terrified’ On the Bonnie Hunt Show

02/25/2010 mj santilli 20

Katharine McPhee sang the Kara Dioguardi-penned tune, “Terrified” from her album Broken on the the Bonnie Hunt Show today. “Terrified” got a lift when American Idol 9 contestant, Didi Benami sang the tune, beautifully, during

Kara DioGuardi On The Season 9 Hopefuls “It’s like Susan Boyle.”

01/05/2010 mj santilli 33

This week’s Billboard magazine features Idol judge, Kara DioGuardi on the cover and a lengthy interview inside. Kara talks about her songwriting, A&R work and how she broke into the business. And of course, she

Idol Bits And Pieces: Carrie Underwood, Kara DioGuardi, Ruben Studdard, Bucky Covington

09/17/2009 mj santilli 11

Kara DioGuardi is shopping around a new reality show. Called Dropped, Kara says it “…takes the best acts that have been dropped and gives them a second chance… I was dropped. Think about how

Simon Cowell on Ellen Degeneres. Oh Wait…

09/12/2009 mj santilli 43

Anybody else find it strange that while Randy Jackson and Kara DioGuardi have offered their enthusiastic thumbs up, Simon Cowell has yet to publicly welcome his new panel-mate Ellen Degeneres to the judges table? He

Katy Perry Joins the American Idol Season 9 Judges Panel Thursday In LA, Avril Lavigne Set for Friday

09/03/2009 mj santilli 10

Third Round auditions are taking place right now in Los Angeles for Season 9 of American Idol. Katy Perry sat on the judges panel with Randy Jackson, Kara DioGuardi and Simon Cowell on Thursday, Avril

Kara DioGuardi Sings “No Boundaries”: Yep, it Still Sucks

08/29/2009 mj santilli 129

Y’all know Kara DioGuardi wrote the crap-fest coronation song, “No Boundaries”, for the Season 8 American Idol winner. A song so bad, Kris Allen dropped it from his American Idol tour set list after only

American Idol Bits and Pieces – 08/20/09

08/20/2009 mj santilli 62

Idol news in a nutshell, ya’ll David Cook took the plunge. He’s finally joined twitterville with the rest of us! Follow David on twitter HERE. A newly blonde Katharine McPhee twitters excitedly about