Season 19 of American Idol premieres on Feb. Pop star, dancer and choreographer Paula Abdul took to the stage to perform a medley of her hits during the 2019 Billboard Music Awards. For the record, the three winners of the reboot have been: Maddie Poppe, Laine Hardy and Just Sam. They stayed as judges through season 15 in 2015, which was the last of the show’s original run.Īmerican Idol was only off the air for three years, though, before it returned in 2018 after being picked up by ABC. J.Lo returned for season 13, along with Keith and Harry Connick Jr. For season 12, Randy’s final season, he sat alongside Mariah Carey, Nicki Minaj and Keith Urban on the judges’ panel. Randy was joined by Jennifer Lopez and Steven Tyler for seasons 10 and 11. Her perspective was just as a fan, or a regular person in the audience watching, and I thought she did a good job.” Paula Abdul alongside Randy Jackson and Simon Cowell on ‘American Idol.’ (©20thCentFox/Courtesy Everett Collection)Īfter Paula’s departure, Simon wound up leaving the show one season later. “I was ready to leave, so I had already made peace with that,” Paula explained. Paula Abdul - There are only of few artists who have been equally recognized, awarded and celebrated in front of the camera as well as behind the camera and surely Paula Abdul is worthy to be placed among them. For season 9, Paula was replaced by Ellen DeGeneres, and said on WWHL that she was totally fine with that casting decision. She left the show in 2009 after eight seasons. Meanwhile, Paula was one of the original American Idol judges alongside Simon Cowell and Randy Jackson. Paula Abdul looks stunning on the red carpet. Do call it a comeback: Paula Abdul closed out the 2019 Billboard Music Awards on Wednesday with a medley of her greatest hits, marking her first live performance at an award show in 29 years. ” Katy, Luke and Lionel have been judges on all three seasons of the reboot, and will return for a fourth when American Idol comes back in Feb. But I love Katy, I love Luke and I love Lionel. “It was such an incredible show and changed the trajectory of everyone’s life and careers and television. “There was nothing like the original cast,” Paula admitted.
However, she had nothing but great things to say about the judges and the series in general. Admittedly, Paula hasn’t been watching the revamped series, and wasn’t able to name one person who’s won the show in the past three seasons that its been on. 13 episode of Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen and was asked about the rebooted American Idol series on ABC. Despite previously serving as a judge on ‘American Idol,’ Paula Abdul hasn’t been keeping up with the show’s reboot - and has NO clue who’s won the competition in recent years.