Report: Jennifer Hudson Becomes ‘American Idol’ Judge

Published: Friday 24th May 2013 by David

Jennifer Hudson has signed onto serve as a judge on ‘American Idol’s 13th season. That is- according to E! News.

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According to the publication, the ‘Spotlight‘ beauty has inked a deal with the show’s producer to return to the show as a judge- after rising to fame as a contestant on its third season.

They report:

“Multiple sources confirm exclusively to E! News that the Oscar-winning singer has signed a deal to sit at the judges’ table this fall for season 13. The other two spots are also intended for former Idol contestants:Kelly Clarkson and either Adam Lambertor Clay Aiken. 

We’re told that Clarkson is also close to signing on. No word yet on whether Lambert or Aiken will fill the final spot, but producers are expected to keep the panel to three members.”

With ‘Idol’s audience already familiar (and in love) with Hudson, we hope this report is true. For, with reports also indicating she is hard at work on her third studio album, the show’s platform is just the tool she needs to force feed her material to the masses.
Sure, while we doubt the sound she served on album #2 would have fared any better commercially with ‘Idol’ behind it, Hudson could easily reap Adam Levine esque rewards if her role on the show is supported by wide reaching Adult Contemporary material designed for Middle America.



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  1. Bey Fan May 24, 2013

    Really??? Well damn. I really liked Nicki as a judge. But congrats to Jhud…I guess.

    • veo May 24, 2013

      And icki was laughing at Mariah saying JHo got a call!!! Ha!!! See how her flop movie does with ugly ass Diaz.

    • mariah carey mothered you h***… May 24, 2013

      Mariah left the show on her own accord where as nicki was fired. lol

      • Toohot4tv May 24, 2013

        Lol u tried but Mariah got fired too!

      • Toohot4tv May 24, 2013

        Ha u tried but Mariah got fired like everybody else!

      • EXCUSE ME… May 24, 2013

        ACTUALLY, Mariah was fired. Nicki chose not to come back because when you’re relevant today, you have other things to do such as world tours, album promotions, album recordings and other things that Mariah could NEVER do now simply because nobody cares about her.

      • FAF May 24, 2013

        Thank U @Excuse me

        someone finally READS.. lol

        mariah was fired bc of her annoying,vapid critiques Nicki LEFT to pursue her other ventures (movie, etc.)

      • truth(icki’s B**** ASS STANS can EAT ME honey!! Yall b**** is a STANK P**** FLOP chile! (puckers lips like Drake)) May 24, 2013

        umm @excuse me HO STFU!!! ICKI WAS FIRED AND EVERYONE KNOWS IT U DUMB B****!!!

      • truth(icki’s B**** ASS STANS can EAT ME honey!! Yall b**** is a STANK P**** FLOP chile! (puckers lips like Drake)) May 24, 2013

        AND NO ONE CARES AOUT ICKI…OR YOU!!!! @EXCUSE ME

    • mariah carey mothered you h***… May 24, 2013

      Nicki got wnational exposure and publicity. She got 12$ mil for a season . That’s more than what she makes doing music I’m sure and she only had to work two days a week. Do you really think she would leave this opportunity and easy money? She was fired boo boo. But Yall b****** tried it

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  2. nobitchassness May 24, 2013

    Hmm didn’t see this coming…

    • Thorne May 24, 2013

      Yes… That would definitely make an interesting season.. Seeing past winners/contestants sitting on the judges panel…
      They will be able to give a different side of they story…
      They know what the new seasons singers will be/are going through… The will also be able to utilize what they themselves have learnt on and after their respective seasons to improve the talent and development of the singers themselves…

      THIS WOULD BE AN AWESOME SEASON….

  3. geno May 24, 2013

    ANYTHING is better than that plastic talentless h** nicki. ugh GO JENNIFER!!

    • truth(icki’s B**** ASS STANS can EAT ME honey!! Yall b**** is a STANK P**** FLOP chile! (puckers lips like Drake)) May 24, 2013

      COSIGN HONEY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  4. BeyWhoUWanna May 24, 2013

    Mariah must be seething.

    • JOHNVIDAL May 24, 2013

      Hmm did you really think Mariah was going to be there again? Do u think she wants it at all? lol you tried it though

  5. Yeah I Said it May 24, 2013

    She needs to learn to control her own damn voice first.

    • truth(icki’s B**** ASS STANS can EAT ME honey!! Yall b**** is a STANK P**** FLOP chile! (puckers lips like Drake)) May 24, 2013

      goup!!!

  6. jamie May 24, 2013

    ha!! they need to get patti and aretha together ….fvck j hud! why not get old school legends like dionne or chaka or anita??

    • realtalk May 24, 2013

      Yes I think that they should have tried to get maybe Aretha/Smoky Robinson/Dionne/Chaka/Patti Labelle/Prince someone from the school of music. Good look for JHud anyway but she really needs to learn control of her voice. Maybe what Idol is doing is trying to give former Idol a chance in judging others. Good luck but I think the voice is the best because they actually listen to the voice first before the person is chosen.

  7. Lana Del Shade May 24, 2013

    Poor Mariah, we know how insecure she gets.

    • veo May 24, 2013

      Mariah just wanted to add $18 Million to her $500 Million but wait it seems icki was desperate for money but was told no more GHETTO H** – Ha!!! Like Mariah said no one would sign up for that!!

  8. ItsCheryl2bh May 24, 2013

    This woman would be such a boss if she controlled her voice.

  9. JHUD May 24, 2013

    YAS YAS YAS MY QUEEN!!! THE VOCALIST OF OUR GENERATION!!!

    YOU KNOW SCARED-TO-RELEASE-A-SINGLE-YONCE COULD NEVER!!!

    • truth(icki’s B**** ASS STANS can EAT ME honey!! Yall b**** is a STANK P**** FLOP chile! (puckers lips like Drake)) May 24, 2013

      girl just shut up

  10. . : : h 2 o : : . May 24, 2013

    IDK about her but good for her anyway!

  11. 1D>>>>>YourLife May 24, 2013

    Good choice Ryan.

  12. Bey Fan May 24, 2013

    But wait…wasn’t Jhud saying that AI needed to end???

    • jamie May 24, 2013

      that was until she got a phone call….so now she has an excuse to get away from her down low husband…..

      • Pon_De May 24, 2013

        Right! B****’s tone changed real quick. Funny how a flop music career does that….

    • k May 24, 2013

      yup money make people change real quick quick back track.

  13. nobitchassness May 24, 2013

    Nicki was a GREAT judge. She was completely honest and real with her feedback.

    • Bey Fan May 24, 2013

      i agree…. i think she a good judge. Very entertaining to say the least

    • truth(icki’s B**** ASS STANS can EAT ME honey!! Yall b**** is a STANK P**** FLOP chile! (puckers lips like Drake)) May 24, 2013

      both of yall hoez stupid

  14. Jay Jay May 24, 2013

    I actually support this decision. She’s not only a great singer but she became famous from American idol so there will be a genuine connection between her and the contestants.

  15. Yolanda May 24, 2013

    Congratulations to Jennifer Hudson but this is so sad. Fantasia won American Idol but as long as she is too stubborn to “refine” her mannerism, opportunites will always elude her.

    • truth(icki’s B**** ASS STANS can EAT ME honey!! Yall b**** is a STANK P**** FLOP chile! (puckers lips like Drake)) May 24, 2013

      i hhhhATE that you said that …but it’s true. Sadly i c know lies here.

    • Pon_de May 24, 2013

      I agree to an extent. But, I love that Fantasia is comfortable being herself, ratchet tattoos and all. She’s seems like really soft hearted soul and has a certain gritty spirit that she doesn’t want to “refine” just to be more marketable. I think that’s great.

  16. NNee May 24, 2013

    AMERICAN IDOL NEEDS TO JUST STOP! NO MORE SEASONS, ALL THESE SHOWS R PLAYED!!!! but it is good for the new artists to be seen, just sucks, cause the people on the shows r OK, I know people in church who would SLAY that stage, BUT will never make it, cause of looks alone….sad, the Voice is supposed to be opposite, BUT its all about looks over there too!

    • jamie May 24, 2013

      so your church is full of ugly singers……glad i dont go there.

      • speakinthetruth May 24, 2013

        lol oh wow…

  17. JER May 24, 2013

    I’m here for J.Hud, Kelly, and Adam Lambert

  18. LSZ May 24, 2013

    I love Paloma Faith, but what is her video doing on this post?

    Congrats to JHud, but I don’t really care who gets selected as a judge because I don’t watch American Idol. Though does anyone know if MC is continuing for a 2nd season?

    • Toohot4tv May 24, 2013

      No all the judges got fired

  19. TheHive May 24, 2013

    YESSSSSSSSSSS JHUD!!!. I am Deff gone watch American Idol now!. Love me some Jennifer Hudson!

    • truth(icki’s B**** ASS STANS can EAT ME honey!! Yall b**** is a STANK P**** FLOP chile! (puckers lips like Drake)) May 24, 2013

      now i think she would be a simon…i KNOW adam would b so i’ll b watching!!

  20. just sayin’ May 24, 2013

    Fact: Mariah only did this show because Randy Jackson was in her ear. when he said he was leaving, do think she was going to come back?
    There are countless videos of Mariah saying that she doesn’t even watch the show, even though Randy was on it. She thought less of it. So, for people to say Mariah is insecure and upset, well, they are just foolish.
    I think those folks are Nikki fans and are upset because they wanted her back.
    Here is the thing….mc doesn’t and will never need to be known as a good idol judge.
    Where they do that at?

    • veo May 24, 2013

      I agree!!! Nicki is the most insecure BLACK I WANNA BLEACH MYSELF WHITE woman on the planet!!! How could she say Mariah is insecure when she got b*** shots, breast and hip implants plus bleached the hell out of her out skin. Mariah does not have to constantly wear a f****** wig or lighten her skin. Nicki is an insecure IDIOT!!!

    • BITCHPLEASEEEEEEE May 24, 2013

      F****** CO-SIGN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! BITCHPLEASEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

    • truth(icki’s B**** ASS STANS can EAT ME honey!! Yall b**** is a STANK P**** FLOP chile! (puckers lips like Drake)) May 24, 2013

      nicki is the worst s*** on the face of god’s green earth chile

  21. BITCHPLEASEEEEEEE May 24, 2013

    BUT I THOUGHT JHUD WAS THE SAME PERSON THAT SAID IDOL SHOULD HUNG IT UP ALREADY, RIGHT?????????? BITCHPLEASEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

  22. BrunoMartian May 24, 2013

    Lipsynchriah won’t know how to handle being that close to another female singer so I can’t see this happening.

  23. Lovebird May 24, 2013

    Good for her but this show is dated and tired. This show is past its shelf life and should have been cancelled some 2 years ago.

  24. k May 24, 2013

    Isn’t J-Hud the one who was knocking Idol,talking about it should end,now she is a judge,at the end of the day it not about it,s all about that check and who people feels deserve it,if the show is on it,s way out as most be claiming and her her self why is she there..it,s all about the money deny it are not.

  25. Super Cisus May 24, 2013

    Might as well. She isn’t selling any records of her own. Cute.

  26. MariahIsMusic1 May 24, 2013

    She’s has a great person. With a great personality

  27. Kitty May 24, 2013

    honestly anyone is better then that has been mooriah.

  28. Wentzlover21 May 24, 2013

    Why haven’t they had an idol winner be the judge any way? if anybody should be a judge it should be kelly clarkson

    • SLAYLENA GOMEZ May 24, 2013

      Kelly Clarkson is still charting. She has better things to do.

      • princeldarion May 24, 2013

        Like be a judge on that horrible “Duets” show?

  29. HoneychildPlease May 24, 2013

    @Nahjee

    Is a fcking hood bugger looking project b****…..I see why IT is always mad..SMH B**** be in the ghetto ass club like J.R Smith stocking it’s prey hoping some b**** will get tipsy enough to be able to deal with that fcking unfortunate face of hers! That h** is scary Movie 1,2, and 3 looking like a Louisiana Field rat….Face look like she was at the billboard awards when miguel pulled a street fighter….Ugly ass rubber band in the hair, $ 1 cherry lip gloss wearing, tumble weave in the p****, pony tail hanging to a patch in the back of the buck shoots ratchet h**….OH yeah Congrats J-hud!!!!!

    • . : : h 2 o : : . May 24, 2013

      I don’t see Nahjee on the thread lol

      • HoneychildPlease May 24, 2013

        LOL i just picked the first thread i saw, and went off ahahahahahahaha… That hood bugger though..

      • truth(icki’s B**** ASS STANS can EAT ME honey!! Yall b**** is a STANK P**** FLOP chile! (puckers lips like Drake)) May 24, 2013

        READ HONEY!!!!!

  30. Stfu May 24, 2013

    Y’all are special needs or something.
    I’m sure every judge signed a one season contract, and either they didn’t want to come back or weren’t asked to come back. They weren’t fired.

    • truth(icki’s B**** ASS STANS can EAT ME honey!! Yall b**** is a STANK P**** FLOP chile! (puckers lips like Drake)) May 24, 2013

      NICKI WAS FIRED U B****!

  31. Stfu May 24, 2013

    Y’all are special needs or something.
    I’m sure every judge signed a one season contract, and either they didn’t want to come back or weren’t asked to come back. They weren’t fired.

  32. DOSSOME May 24, 2013

    So MC is somewhere in her mansion after cashing in the $18,000,000 cheque playing with her puppies while awaiting her annual $20,000,000 royalty paycheque as #BEAUTIFUL continues to slay Itunes…while Nicki runs back to her label,her 123466544420 endorsements haven’t grossed s***,her boss is still having seizures and they’ve just signed Paris Hilton to that silly label.nobody aside from mario,ciara and that call-me-maybe-chick are asking for her verses (everyone’s working with future and kendrick lamar now)…everyone in her label is selling peanuts aside from herself,drake and wayne.This trend could see YMCMB pull a MURDER INC. in a few months…her touring receipts are non-existent,the last person to take her to the top 10 (bieber) is getting booed and losing credibility as well…

    AND YOU THINK MC IS THE ONE FEELING BAD HERE…LMAO…

    • k May 24, 2013

      you are so giddy by mariah millions,d-mn grow a back bone and stop acting like a hair head none of it is yours,anyways hilton is already rich,so she signing to YM isn’t like the label is going to go in there pocket to promote her and the reason she signed,because hilton.

      • DOSSOME May 24, 2013

        Hey,just indicating who need IDOL more than the other here…anyone calling Mariah a has-been flop better not be an icki stan

  33. the voice May 24, 2013

    I think Jhud will be GREAT b/c she is a REAL person… she actually has a personality… just needs to be herself.

    Also, she need to improve clothing line.. maybe start off with dresses first…. and releauch with AI publicity behind her

    She needs better songwriters too … maybe Emile Sande

  34. ratedxxx(tic toc) May 24, 2013

    her voice annoys the f*** out of me…and since she lost the weight the bish thinks she’s somebody…

    you are not somebody if you losing weight makes you more relevant than being a singer/actress..

    but congrats on your new job…

  35. ratedxxx(tic toc) May 24, 2013

    let me get this straight…nicki is more relevant than mariah?

    who the hell said that b******* with a straight face..

    do you basic h*** know how much mariah is worth? that 18 million that she got was just for wiping her ass..

    nicki is more relevant that mariah.ahahahahahahahahahahaha

    yea nick quit a job that was paying her 12 million..because nicki can afford to pass up another 12 million because her net worth is more than mariah…

    mariah can spend nicki’s whole net worth in under 1 minute…

    • truth(icki’s B**** ASS STANS can EAT ME honey!! Yall b**** is a STANK P**** FLOP chile! (puckers lips like Drake)) May 24, 2013

      SL-SLAYED!!!!

  36. My Forehead Tho May 24, 2013

    “Multiple sources confirm exclusively to E! News”

    Like Beyonce “exclusively” confirmed her pregnancy to them? When somebody else confirms it then it might be true, ain’t nobody got time for liars -__-

  37. S****** Blonde May 24, 2013

    I like her song Spotlight, well, that’s the only song i know of her.

    • Steph May 25, 2013

      WHO IS THE S*** IS THAT IN AVI??? ITS LOOKS LIKE SOMETHING FROM THE MOVIE “HILLS HAVE EYES” EWWWWWWWW

  38. danny b May 24, 2013

    E! News lost ALL credibility with that Beyonce pregnancy b*******. “Sources confirmed” my ass.

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  40. Steve May 25, 2013

    Jlo is going to be p*** that she didn’t get this full time gig. she needed this gig after buying a new home, and now with no full time job, her career and her new home dream have crumble? And that other Verizon joint venture, that’s already scrap just after the first day of bad publicity?

  41. LittleJohnny May 25, 2013

    In all honesty, as one of the best singers on the planet, I think Nicki was the best judge to happen to America Idol ever. I’m one of the toughest critics when it comes to singing talent and I love when people are brutally honest if it’s coming from an authentic place and not a place of malice or jealousy. Mariah could’ve been a great judge , but was too afraid to bruise her brand and be honest and thoroughly critical to contestants. Nicki said mostly what I would have to contestants, although I’m alot tougher than she. But, I would love to see her for another season and the producers probably would too, but America is not that in love with Nicki which is probably why she won’t return.

  42. Santiago May 25, 2013

    i Think if we are going for the Urban Judge it should be Toni Braxton… She’s been in Business for 20 years (Veteran), No the Ups and Down, Grammy Winner and Can Sing….or Brandy (Who has also been in the Business 20 years, has a Youthful Appeal, broke into business young and was successful as an Adult Stars, She too knows the Struggle and Triumph for music….I would go with Brandy over Toni because Brandy presently has the Passion for Music, She is Currently Musically Active, and has Unique-Voice in which she can Teach….It needs to be about people who have a Passion for music but non-dramatic….because it needs to be about the TALENT not the Judges the Judges already have their Fame and Reputation….The Talent is who needs the Exposure!

  43. Unknown May 25, 2013

    that is nice that Jennifer Hudson becomes a judge on american idol. But i think this show should go off air by now. Nobody cares too much of this show anymore that is why they have low ratings.

  44. number1k9 May 25, 2013

    She should.

    In her career, she is known for everything BUT her music and even acting. More for the terrible things that happened to her family (so sad), and especially for her weight loss and Weight Watchers. : /

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