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"Randy Jackson has clarified a recent comment he made about The Voice, saying that he was misunderstood.  The American Idol judge had appeared to suggest that The Voice is a place for &amp;quot;second-chance people&amp;quot;, pointing out that season one winner Javier Colon had previously held a record contract.  His comments prompted The Voice coach Adam Levine to respond, calling Jackson &amp;quot;irresponsible&amp;quot; for making the remark and saying he should know the importance of having multiple chances in such a tough industry.   &amp;gt; American Idol names first 14 singers in Top 24 During an appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Jackson said: &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s all love. Adam is a friend of mine. He and I and Ryan [Seacrest] have hung out a zillion times, there is no disrespect.  &amp;quot;I think The Voice is a great show and what they do is great. I was just saying that I&amp;#039;d actually worked with [Javier]. Nobody knew Kelly Clarkson before, nobody knew Carrie Underwood before. What I was trying to say was the premise of our show is about finding the next undiscovered talent, the great undiscovered talent in America.&amp;quot; Jackson went on to point out American Idol&amp;#039;s season ten winner Scotty McCreery now has a platinum record, adding: &amp;quot;I think there is something to be said about that.&amp;quot; &amp;quot;Everybody should have 25 shots, you can have as many as you want, I&amp;#039;m just saying the difference is our show is new people. We try to find those,&amp;quot; he concluded. &amp;quot;The first thing that goes into my mind is that if you&amp;#039;ve had three or four shots there is something you are missing that you might not know yet. People tried to discover you but it didn&amp;#039;t happen.&amp;quot; &amp;gt; Read Digital Spy&amp;#039;s full American Idol headlines Watch Randy Jackson talking to Ellen DeGeneres below:       The Ellen DeGeneres Show airs in the UK weekdays at 4pm on Really (Sky 248, Virgin 267, Freeview 20). "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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