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"Crooner Harry Connick Jr. will be American Idol's 11th judge when season 13 airs in January, Fox Broadcasting confirmed Tuesday morning. Fox's singing competition also will bring back former judge Jennifer Lopez, who was on the panel for seasons 10 and 11, to join the only returning judge from season 12's panel, Keith Urban. \nVeteran judge Randy Jackson, who has been on the judges panel for every season since the show launched in 2002, will return as an \"in-house,\" off-panel mentor. \nSee also: 3 Ways to Watch the iTunes Festival\nLast season judges Mariah Carey and Nicki Minaj aren't returning in any capacity. Idol has had 10 judges in its previous 12 seasons, including the original trio of Simon Cowell, Paula Abdul and Jackson. Ellen DeGeneres, Kara DioGuardi, Steven Tyler, Lopez and Urban also have had judging stints. Connick Jr. has served as a guest mentor in the past. \nUrban already knew he'd be on the panel, expressing in August his anticipation on Twitter for Fox to announce the other judges who will sit alongside him:\n\nThrilled to be back on @AmericanIdol with my pal @RyanSeacrest and dying to know who the other judges will be!!!! -KU\n\u2014 Keith Urban (@KeithUrban) August 1, 2013\n\nConnick Jr. and Lopez also used tweets Tuesday morning to show their excitement:\n\nso excited to be on @AmericanIdol!!! i've already judged my wife and daughters like three times this morning. do they sell gavels on amazon?\n\u2014 Harry Connick, Jr. (@HarryConnickJR) September 3, 2013\n\n\n#IDOL2014TheRemix ...see ya soon\n\u2014 Jennifer Lopez (@JLo) September 3, 2013\n\nThe trio will judge Idol contestants during auditions in Atlanta, Austin, Boston, Detroit, Omaha, Salt Lake City and San Francisco. The new season will broadcast on Fox in 2014.\nFox Broadcasting notes that past Idol finalists \"have released more than 200 albums, scored 396 No.1 billboard hits, garnered more than 250 million iTunes downloads and have been certified with 88 Gold and 71 Platinum records.\"\nDo you think this trio can attract and retain viewers? Let us know in the comments, below. \nImages: Andrew H. Walker/Getty Images; Ethan Miller/Getty Images for Hyde Bellagio; Frazer Harrison/Getty Images\n      window._msla=window.loadScriptAsync||function(src,id){if(document.getElementById(id))return;var js=document.createElement('script');js.id=id;js.src=src;document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0].parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);};\n_msla(\"//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\",\"twitter_jssdk\");"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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