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"American Idol&amp;#039;s new in-house mentor Jimmy Iovine has said that he is ultimately looking for an &amp;quot;original voice&amp;quot; among the new season&amp;#039;s contestants.  The head of Interscope Geffen A&amp;amp;M Records told reporters at the TCA tour on Tuesday that he was looking for a unique talent among season ten&amp;#039;s hopefuls.  &amp;quot;My job is to help find someone with an original voice rather than someone who\u2019s singing like someone else which is not particularly attractive to the record company,\u201D he said, according to the Los Angeles Times. The music executive also revealed that the show had &amp;quot;four or five great producers&amp;quot; who would be working with contestants on their vocals, adding that the hopefuls hadn&amp;#039;t been getting &amp;quot;the proper help&amp;quot; they needed to progress in that area in the past. According to TV Guide, judge Randy Jackson added that Iovine&amp;#039;s expertise would give contestants &amp;quot;a better chance of being successful after the show&amp;quot;.  The AP reports that Nigel Lythgoe has also played down the chances of celebrities appearing as guest mentors on season ten, saying: &amp;quot;As far as I&amp;#039;m concerned, the producers and Jimmy Iovine do that.&amp;quot; It has also been confirmed that contestants will be allowed to perform original songs this season, although executive producer Ken Warwick said specific details about when this could happen are still being finalised. American Idol premieres January 19 at 8/7c on Fox.  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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