Per TMZ.com:
Jennifer Lopez is in the final stages of negotiations with “American Idol” — and we’re told it’s all but a done deal and Jennifer will be the last critical link in the chain.
Sources connected to the negotiations tell TMZ … contrary to some news reports … there has been no drama and no diva demands. As one source puts it, “It’s been typical negotiating.”
We’re told … absent a last-minute snag (which is highly unlikely) … the deal could be inked as early as next week.
“Idol” sources say producers believe Jennifer is the key to re-energizing the show.
Read more at: http://www.tmz.com/2010/09/02/jennifer-lopez-jlo-american-idol-deal-negotiations-judge-show-fox/
This is effing great. Jennifer is a performer and she can judge the idols perseverance. When she fell down on live tv a couple of years ago on the Grammys…or Emmys..or Oscars…or whatever award show it was…she just got up and kept performing. She will be a great judge. I love Ellen but it was not her realm to judge the kind of talent Idol presents to America…and she must have felt the same way. I repeat: I love Ellen. I ain’t dissin’!