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American Idol Season 9 Begins

The much awaited Ninth season of American Idol is ready to rock your television sets Tuesday on Fox. Judges will be Simon Cowell, Kara DioGuardi and Randy Jackson.

The big news is that the place of Paula Abdul will be permanently replaced by Ellen DeGeneres. The format of the show will be the same as was in the 4^th to the 7^th season – the top 24 semi finals! News is that this will be the last judging season for Simon Cowell’s on American Idol.

Each week each episode, Jon Caramanica will be asking 9 questions. Make a quick note on that the timings have been shifted from 8 p.m to 9 p.m. This is done by Fox to trick the viewers so that they also can catch the new shows on Fox while they are waiting for American Idol.

The schedule of American Idol is that in the first 3 weeks of fun auditions, the guest judges will be Mary J. Blige, Neil Patrick Harris, Victoria Beckham, Katy Perry, Kristin Chenoweth, Shania Twain and Avril Lavigne.