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American Idol: Here’s How the Final Weeks Will Play Out

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It’s too bad the Wall Street Journal didn’t interview Nigel “loose lips” Lythgoe about what we can expect from the final two weeks of Idol shows. They were stuck with executive producer, Ken Warwick instead, who nevertheless spilled a couple of pertinent details:

Click on the jump for deets about the Top 3 and Finale week Idol shows.

American Idol Reporters Conference Call with Ken Warwick

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Some interesting stuff in today’s conference call with Idol executive producer Ken Warwick. He talked about possibly limiting text votes next year (though I’m not holding my breath on that one) and maybe allowing the

Change is Coming to American Idol Say Producers: No More Genre Themes, Timbaland To Work with Contestants

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There was a press conference with newly-announced judges, Randy Jackson, Jennifer Lopez, Steven Tyler and new in-house mentor, Universal Music Group’s, Jimmy Iovine. Also there were producers Nigel Lythgoe, Ken Warwick, and Fox chief Mike

Jessica Simpson Approached by American Idol? And More on Nigel Lythgoe’s Return

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The latest Idol rumor comes from Courtney Hazlett of MSNBC, whose gossip isn’t always reliable, so I would keep this item firmly in the RUMOR column. She reports that Jessica Simpson has been approached by

Lythgoe Will Return To Idol, But Only As CKx Rep, According to Report

07/27/2010 mj santilli 10

The Wrap is reporting that Nigel Lythoe will return to Idol, but not as Executive Producer. Lythgoe’s childhood friend and frequent producing partner Ken Warwick told TheWrap late Monday evening that Lythgoe is in talks

Hall and Oats, Chicago and Bee Gees to Perform on Finale?

05/22/2010 mj santilli 114

There’s a rumor on twitter that Hall and Oats, Chicago and the Bee Gees will be performing on the finale. Of course, I went on a little search to find out the source of the

TV Week Interview with Ken Warwick

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This week’s TV Week backlot talk interview with Ken Warwick. Ken on the contestant’s performances:

Idol Bits and Pieces

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Ken and Nigel pull out of Emmy Telecast Ken Warwick and Nigel Lythgoe will not be producing this year’s Emmy telecast as previously announced. Here’s the official statement, “After we wrapped the enormous effort

Top 8 Results

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J Lo sings a cut from her new Spanish Language album…. And a whole bunch of lame filler stuff, as tonight’s show expands to 1 hour. Bottom 3: Phil Stacey Haley Scarnato Chris Richardson Going

TV Week Interview: The Top 8

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Chuck Ross from TV Week interviews American Idol producer Ken Warwick for the magazine’s weekly Backlot Talk interview. Ken mentions that tonight, Ryan will be announcing more celebrities guests slated for the big