The Dawg is putting his "American Idol" career to sleep -- Randy Jackson just announced he's leaving the show for good at the end of the season. Jackson -- who's been with the show from the very beginning -- just released a statement saying, "Yo!…
Right before Jason Aldean filed for divorce ... the country star called the "American Idol" hottie he kissed behind his wife's back and warned her about the media firestorm to come ... TMZ has learned.Sources connected to Brittany Kerr tell us ...…
Fantasia Barrino didn't get any bites on her North Carolina mansion, so now she's willing to walk away for zero dollars ... by signing it over to the bank.Barrino has had long-standing troubles with the home. In 2009, the former "American Idol"…
Mariah Carey's judge chair has become the hot seat -- "American Idol" ratings are sliding and we've learned producers want Jennifer Lopez ... badly. Would a switch make you watch more?Plus, someone wants to put Justin Bieber's neighborhood on the…
Jennifer Lopez has been approached by Fox execs to return to "American Idol" for the balance of the season ... to replace Mariah Carey ... sources connected with the network confirm to TMZ.Lopez will appear on the now ratings-challenged show on May…
Justin Bieber's recent wave of d-bag shenanigans has not gone unnoticed in the music world ... so when we asked "American Idol" honcho Nigel Lythgoe if the Biebs was "Idol" mentor material, his response was ... mixed. Nigel was out in Malibu and our…