"American Idol" to Add Fourth Judge! Susan Lucci to Appear on "Dancing With the Stars"!

Fox this morning announced the addition of a fourth judge on the upcoming eighth season of American Idol while ABC revealed the names of the 13 celebrities who will appear on Season 7 of Dancing with the Stars Here are the details from Foxamp8220Grammynominated songwriter Kara DioGuardi has joined American Idol as a fourth judge She will sit alongside Paula Abdul Simon Cowell and Randy Jackson at the judgesamp8217 table and use her background as an awardwinning songwriter and producer to praise or critique the wannabe hopefuls throughout the competition The eighth season of American Idol premieres January 2009amp8216We had originally intended for American Idol to have four judgesamp8217 said executive producer Cecile FrotCoutaz amp8216Weamp8217ve seen from our international series that having a fourth judge creates a dynamic that benefits both the contestants and the viewersamp8217 One of the industryamp8217s most sought after songwriters and producers DioGuardiamp8217s songs have appeared on more than 100 million records Her songs have been recorded by Grammy Awardwinning artists including Kelly Clarkson Christina Aguilera Gwen Stefani Celine Dion Faith Hill Carrie Underwood Santana and Pink Scores of major recording artists including Britney Spears Avril Lavigne Pussycat Dolls Miley Cyrus The Jonas Brothers Natasha Bedingfield Jewel Ashley Tisdale Katharine McPhee Taylor Hicks Bo Bice Clay Aiken Ashlee Simpson Hilary Duff Jessica Simpson Kylie Minogue Enrique Iglesias Nick Lachey and Marc Anthony have also released DioGuardiamp8217s songsOver the last four years she has been awarded 10 BMI Pop Awards for having written the most performed songs on radio From her catalog of several hundred songs over 264 have been released on major labels worldwide and over 165 have appeared on multiplatinum selling albums DioGuardi coowns Arthouse Entertainment where she develops and mentors fellow hit writers producers and artistsamp8221 And here are the celebs youamp8217ll see on Dancing with the Stars beginning with a fourhour season premiere September 2224 All My Children star and daytime television legend Susan Lucci Lance Bass of NSYNC singer and actress Toni Braxton actress and reality television host Brooke Burke chef Rocco DiSpirito track star and twotime Olympic goldmedal winner Maurice Greene reality television personality and tabloid princess Kim Kardashian Oscar and multiple Emmy winner Cloris Leachman at 82 the oldest competitor in Dancing history Hannah Montana costar Cody Linley at 18 the youngest beachvolleyball champion and newly minted goldmedal Olympian Misty MayTreanor actor Ted McGinley comedian Jeffrey Ross and Super Bowl champion and recently retired defensive tackle Warren Sapp

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