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"Remember the glory days of American Idol? There was something about the way that the original triumvirate played off each other that really worked. Simon Cowell&amp;#039;s scathing commentary, Paula Abdul&amp;#039;s loopy yet endearing interjections and Randy&amp;#039;s laid-back remarks made for almost endless entertainment.   But then Kara DioGuardi joined and Paula jumped ship. Then Simon announced that Season 9 would be his last. We all thought that when Ellen DeGeneres joined in this past season that she&amp;#039;d add some of her humor and wit to the program. But it wasn&amp;#039;t for her. She reportedly didn&amp;#039;t like having to hurt the contestants&amp;#039; feelings, and recently announced that her first season would also be her last. And now there are reports that Kara DioGuardi has been let go. So now there&amp;#039;s just one lone dawg left standing.   Plans for a reconfigured Idol are still in the works, but I have to wonder, are they just pushing it now? Has the show run its course? It might be wise to just let this one fade away. Does it really want to turn into an America&amp;#039;s Funniest Home Videos (once a hilarious TV staple, now people are shocked to learn that it&amp;#039;s still on the air)? Maybe we&amp;#039;ve moved past discovering new talent in reality competitions and instead would prefer that our next uber-stars come straight from YouTube (ala Justin Beiber and others).  What do you think? Do you still want the show to go on? Who would you like to be the new judges? \u2013\u2013Amanda Greene "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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