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"American Idol&amp;#039;s executive producer Nigel Lythgoe has admitted that he is fed up of hearing that contestants are &amp;quot;pitchy&amp;quot;. Lythgoe suggested to reporters that he wants the judges this season to focus on all aspects of a performance, instead of just whether or not the contestants are in tune.  &amp;quot;Any information that they can feed into helping the kid in that short period of time they&amp;#039;ve got to judge, I think is great,&amp;quot; he said. &amp;quot;The different angles that they can come from, knowing that it isn&amp;#039;t just about the voice and really, does it matter if they sing out of tune a little bit? &amp;quot;Everybody I&amp;#039;ve ever seen live sings out of tune, even the greatest singers in the world. And of course if you make a single nowadays, they&amp;#039;ll autotune it anyway. So is there more we should be discussing rather than, &amp;#039;You&amp;#039;re pitchy&amp;#039;? I&amp;#039;m so sick of that remark.&amp;quot;  Lythgoe also revealed that Randy Jackson - who is known for describing contestants as &amp;quot;pitchy&amp;quot; - is the harshest judge this season, beating new additions Nicki Minaj, Mariah Carey and Keith Urban. &amp;quot;When other people coach they&amp;#039;re, &amp;#039;No, you were crap&amp;#039;; Randy says, &amp;#039;Give up singing, you&amp;#039;re never going to be a singer, give it up&amp;#039;,&amp;quot; he explained. &amp;quot;And you can see the other three judges wince, because although they may agree with that outright sentiment, they certainly feel like they&amp;#039;re not there to hurt anybody.&amp;quot;  Lythgoe also said during his interview with reporters that the feud between Minaj and Carey is not the sort of publicity he wants, explaining that American Idol should be &amp;quot;about the contestants&amp;quot;. The new season of American Idol starts with a two-night premiere on Wednesday and Thursday (January 16 and 17) on Fox. UK viewers will be able to watch the new season on 5* when the first episode debuts at 8pm on Thursday, January 17. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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