As rumors abound all over the internet about the possible Simon Cowell replacement in Howard Stern, my husband is jumping for joy while I am absolutely horrified. Surely this is all just a ploy to keep people talking about the situation.
Last week Jamie Foxx was at the top of the list and the week before that it was Tommy Mottola. For a show that should be all about finding the “best” singer in America, this year all the focus is on the judges/guest judges.
In several articles found on the internet, Howard Stern is being courted by Idol executives who would love for him to come on board and replace Cowell. Really? I just don’t see it. How could they possibly want a guy like Stern? We would then have two judges on the panel who know absolutely nothing about the music business. And with Stern, wouldn’t you have to worry about him constantly criticizing contestants on the size of their boobs?
Not to worry, sources close to Stern claim he doesn’t want to travel around the country to the audition cities or live in Los Angeles for the majority of the year. He is hoping Sirius will renew his contract when it comes up January 2011. Stern already makes 100 million dollars a year for his radio show so why would he give that up? I don’t see it happening. Just my opinion.
How would you feel to have Stern sitting at the judges table next season?
Update – More details on the potential of Stern joining the cast of judges:
I think we can dispel the rumors about Howard Stern coming to idol. Today on his radio show he said he would do it for 100 Million which is what he makes annually for his radio show. Simon only made 50 million so I doubt Stern would be paid more than him. His contract is up Jan 2011 so this is all a ploy to get his contract renewed. Here are some other quotes from Stern about AI:
On Kris Allen: “I wouldn’t even put through that good looking kid who won. … He never would have even been through.”
On Adam Lambert: “I would have straightened out that Adam Lambert, number one. That’s why his career tanked — the kid had more publicity than anyone and he f—ed up.”
On Carrie Underwood: I would’ve told her to lose weight. I remember she was chubby.”
On Ellen DeGeneres: “‘Go ahead Ellen, why don’t you do that dumb dance you do on your show? Here’s my taser.’”
On Randy Jackson: “Can you imagine me sitting there with like a little ping-pong paddle, and I smack Randy Jackson’s belly every time he opens his dopey mouth?”
With comments like these I doubt AI producers would ever allow him on the show. Why they feel the need to constantly put someone different out there each week is beyond me. Now they are saying the front runner is Madonna’s manager Guy Oseary. I honestly believe that we will not know until they want us too. Remember Ellen? No one had any idea she would be coming on board until she announced it on her talk show.
What are they thinking? Simon leaving the show is bad enough…why make it worse? I definitely would not watch the show ever again!
gag….I would not watch the show either.
I stopped watching when they put the Degenerate on there. Idol won’t be here next year…It’s really headed for the bottom…
I wouldn’t watch it either. I can’t believe he would bring anything desirable to the show. He belongs where he is for the simple minded people that pay to listen to that demented dialogue. I am so glad he left network TV and Radio.
i would not like stern to be anywere near american idol.He is a sex nut and he wouldn’t be able to handle a job like american idol without being nasty with woman.its just not him and i wont watch it either.as a man who shaved woman on his show and showing it how can you have a man who is naughty on there so i wouldnt watch it if he is on
Of course, I haven’t seen Ellen yet, but I am enjoying the show this year. I would not want to have anything to do with a show that had Howard Stern involved in the broadcast.
i will not watch it with howard stern on the show. it would be a BIG mistake. he has no talent so how would he know what talent is. The only thing he needs on is Dr. Drew’s sex rehab.
I am a long time fan of AI. Every season, my friends and I get together to watch (and discuss) the show. The news of Howard Stern replacing Simon is horrible. We (all of us) will not watch the show if he is hired. I saw his tv show once for 5 minuts and watched him belittle a skinny girl in a bikini who (he said) needed to love 5 pounds. I will not support him or the values he brings to the public table.
Thats lose 5 pounds
I have to say I agree about Howard Stern. I cant say i will not watch AI again, but Howard Stern is too controversial in a really really bad way. I cant stand him at all.
Jamie Foxx will not be a great choice either, he is not a music icon.
I love American Idol and I dont miss an episode when it is on, HOWEVER, should they hire Howard Stern…..SEE YA!!! Way to ruin a great show. Please oh please, do not even consider such a person, not even as a guest judge, because, I will change channels, even if he is only appearing as a guest. Final Answer!!
American Idol would be lowering their standards if they allowed Howard Stern to take Simon’s place. Stern has no class and degrades women by talking about their body parts constantly. Not to mention, Stern is not very easy on the eyes—–he is much better on Radio for those who want to hear his vulgarities.
Horrified!
It would be horrific if Howard Stern were to take Simons spot. Gag would not watch it any more. No one can take Simons place he’s one of a kind
I agree with EVERYONE else, he is a horrible choice……I won’t watch American Idol if Howard Stern is on the show.
I am so glad to see everyone feels the same way I do. Biggest mistake the show could ever make. Watch the ratings plummet. This fan who never misses will turn it off permanently if they choose Howard Stern.
Are you kidding? At least Simon is knowledgeable and has credibility. Howard Stern….can you hear me changing the channel? Death knell for Idol if you hire Stern.
I will never ever watch American Idol again if they put Howard Stern on the show.. It saddens me that a show I really enjoyed watching with my family will no longer be….Please don’t take that away from “American” families across our country. Howard Stern is no worthy of my time or my childrens!!!!!
Howard Stern is paid millions to act like trash on satelite radio. It’s his shock jock persona. His wife divorced him because of the things they do on his show and the constant amount of nude women he was exposed too. He is not like that in real life. He has a seperate private and public personality. He makes millions being an ass to women on his show. He does whatever is required of him to pay the bills. He’s not good at anything else, except this. He realized before shock jocks became popular that millions of people will listen to schlock, and capitalized on it. He’s on satellite radio, and if you don’t like him don’t listen. So give the guy some slack.
Now when it comes to him judging Idol, I only base my assesment of him in regards to his success in the Music Industry, which he clearly has none. That is what would make him an awful judge. Not the fact that his PUBLIC persona would absolutely clash with what Idol tries to bring to America, a family friendly show. He also knows nothing about the music side of the Radio Industry. NOTHING. All he does for Idol is drum up rumor dramas, surrounding who will replace Simon when he leaves. It’s to get people talking about AI again, and getting the audiences to care once more about a show that was top rated 4-5 years in a row. That’s all.
If they hire Stern, then they are clearly trying to kill the show for something else. So we probably won’t see Howard Stern replace Simon, mainly because AI makes way too much money, even when the season is ho-hum like this current one. People are watching irregardless of the severe lack of talent this year. My guess is they will find someone just like Simon, to replace Simon. Someone who’ll be extremely forward with contestants, and sometimes just downright rude. But they will also be very successful in the music biz. Someone like Gene Simmons would fit the bill, because he never jokes around when it comes to music and money. If they pay him to be a judge he’ll be all business. This is just a theory. But yeah, I wouldn’t pay any mind to the Stern rumors floating around. His hire would make absolutely no sense. Come to think about it neither was the hiring of Ellen, but they did that anyway.
All I ask is not to bust Stern’s chops for capitalizing on the world’s obsession with schlock radio. And not use that fact solely for your basis on hiring him on Idol. His credentials in the Biz are nill when it comes to the music industry. That is the fact that you need to look at disqualifying him as a potential replacement for Simon.
I am a 68 year old gentleman. I love American Idol and have watched it for a years – there is a tremendous amount of undiscovered talent across this great nation and it is wonderful to see it come to light. I love all the judges – I miss Paula and I will surly miss Simon……That being said, however, if you replace Simon with Howard Stern I will never watch Idol again – he is a disgusting human being and I am surprised you would even consider such a person to replace Simon…….
I willnot be watching Idol whenSimon leaves. He is the best one on that show and I certainly would not watch it with Howar Stern. He is a complete foul mouthed idiot.
Mikey, I appreciate your comments on judging Howard as to what he brings to the table in terms of music indistry experience. You mention that he is a nice guy who is acting offensive for the sake of money. The actions of a person define character. Howard Stern cannot easily step outside of his persona in the mind’s eye of the public. If he goes to AI, everything that he has chosen to stand for in public (and for the sake of money as its pointed out) will follow him. I do not think it’s possible to seperate shock jock from that private guy. AI deserves to lose their audience if they select him.
He is a PUKE!
I feel that Howard Stern would be the death of American Idol. He is low class and would bring only his low class attitude to the show and it would be a total disaster. I would never watch the show again and I know many of my friends feel the same way. Come on you people who make the decisions to hire the judges GET REAL and find someone who will bring class not his low class attitude and destructive personality to this great show.
Howard Stern would be fantastic! People that have not paid attention to Howard other than what the media says at times is really missing one of the, if not the very best interviewers in media, as well, for the past several years he is very, very good. If you think he is totally degrading to women, then you really haven’t paid attention. Yes, he helps promote women’s careers in fields that are not the norm, and does crazy stunts, etc. but answer me this, if Americans didn’t want this then he wouldn’t get paid for that type of entertainment. I GUARANTEE he could step into the role of judge on American Idol and it would be fantastic, Howard Stern is very intelligent and can adapt to any role. Friends and I discussed this at the Super Bowl party and the vote was 36 to 5 against, and majority of women admitted openly they really do enjoy Howard Stern.
if you put howard stern as a replacement i will never watch again. he would be a terrible replacement for simon. you need someone with a music background. get with the program guys. elmo would be a better choice.
Harold, you are a man and you would never understand how demeaning this man is to woman and I would bet that the majority of the watchers of American Idol are women. If they choose him they will lose most of their viewers. He is a disgrace to the male population and it is really a sad statement for the male race that you even see fit to defend this man. Shame on you. American Idol will only lose if they make him a judge. You are not a female so how dare you speak for us.
Howard Stern would bring me back as a fan. The show jumped the shark by firing Paula… I am refusing to watch it this year but if they bring Howard in, the show will have a dynamic that will keep the viewers on the edge of their seats…Simon has done this and only Howard will keep this show going….because lets face it, the judges make the show and the contestants on the show sucks!
BTW find and hire the houseband from Rock Star…the houseband on Idol is Brutal!
I won’t be watching Idol after Simon is gone.
If Howard Stern replaces Simon, we will not be watching American Idol next year. I haven’t talked with anyone who thinks this is a good idea. It will be hard enough watching Idol without Simon. I don’t think Idol would survive if Howard was part of the team. Ellen already has enough of an attitude.
I too agreewith Harold in regards in Sterns ability to read people and Interview them, he’s one of if not the best. He gets more truthful answers from very famous people than Barbara Walters does. And I too agree that Stern is very adaptable to any situation he’s thrown into. His public persona is completely different from his private persona. His persona in public has made him millions, and we’re talking millions of listeners that tune into his show. It’s his living. Truly listen to his show. 75% of the time he’s either talking about current events happening in the world or he’s interviewing someone famous. The other 25% is the shock jock factor and stunts they do. If he demeans women and it’s so offensive, then why the hell do women still go on his show? You’d think they would’ve had enough of his antics. But they don’t, they just keep going onto the show. My only problem with Stern as a judge was his possible lack of experience in the music industry. But now that I look back on it, before he became a shock jock, he was an extremely successful disc jockey, who knows what the public will like and dislike. And as mentioned before, he is very intelligent. I guarantee you that he would not let his radio persona bleed over into his Idol job, IF he was to get it. Surprisingly enough, Stern is known to be very professional when it comes to business. And look at what this rumor’s doing for the show. No matter what is being said in regards to not watching the show if Stern signs on, we will all tune in to see what will happen on the show. The damage has been done and now the commotion has been started. No will tune away from Idol because of one guy. People said they stop watching because Paula isn’t there, and OMG they’re still watching the show. You can’t pass that excuse off on me.
Mikey, have you noticed that most all the females are saying NO in a big way to Howard Stern and mostly men are defending him. What does that tell you? We do not want this Disgusting individual as a judge. Men are mostly the ones who like him and his shock jock show on the radio. Not women, we don’t want him on American Idol accept it and move on.
@Shannon – I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but his show is liked equally by both genders. It’s not just men that enjoy his show. You can go anywhere and ask any gender in regards to if they like Stern or not, and it’ll produce a 50/50 answer from both genders. His audience DOES NOT exclusively include JUST men. There are millions of women out there that tune into his show as well. The women who are vehemently against Stern are feminists, who don’t see Stern for what he really is. A man cashing in on the Masses need for wild and obsurd entertainment. That’s America for you. That’s all he’s doing. He’s not a thrashy guy and he’s not disgusting. He’s just cashing in on the American publics need for shock value. And the problem is, is that the supposed ‘feminist’ in this country only look at the stunts that he does every so often. They don’t bother to regard the fact that he talks about current events in the world or the fact that he gets answers from celebs that other interviewers don’t. He asks the right questions and is one of the best at it. BUT NOOOOOOOOOO! HE’S JUST A SMUT PEDDLER WHO ONLY PROFITS OFF OF WOMEN! Get off that high horse and take it for wht it is. He panders to the masses. If there wasn’t such a HIGH demand for his ‘brand’ of entertainment. WOMEN AND MEN alike subscribe to his shock value. And it’s not mostly men defending him, women do it as well, they’re just not as outspoken about it. Maybe that’s because it pains them to actually admit to something for a change. Especially liking something as ‘crude’ as Stern’s entertainment product.
If Idol hires Howard Stern to take Simon’s place it will be the worse mistake and possibly the last mistake they ever make….Are they wanting the show to FAIL?!?
I do agree with 1 thing that was said above by Mikey. People will keep watching the show just to see what he does. Thats human nature, you know it’s gonna be bad but ya just got to watch anyway just to see how bad it’s really gonna be. I would probly watch his first show then when he started to judge women on there breast size or comment about anything like that I would be done. It’s a singing competition and I think people forget that. As far as the women that keep going on his show they just want the attention it brings and they don’t care what they have to do because it’s all about the money. They have no respect for themselves and they have no morals and it’s all money to them. Howard Stern may not be the down fall of A.Idol but I think the ratings would go down and it would “white trash” the show. Not to mention he is ugly and not at all good to look at. All this said I really don’t think we have anything to worry about because he don’t want to travel and he don’t want to move. He gets 1 million a year to do what he enjoys on sirius so why change. I’m personally tired of all the hipe on the judges IT’S NOT SUPPOSE TO BE ABOUT THEM!!
Howard Stern is, whether you like him or not, highly controversal. No, I do not beleive that (as the opinions stated above say clearly) that many will continue to watch the show with him. BTW: I do not listen to his show nor did I watch the TV show. It was my choice then not to watch. And it will continue to be my choice not to watch him if he moves to AI. Its that simple.
I think we can dispel the rumors about Howard Stern coming to idol. Today on his radio show he said he would do it for 100 Million which is what he makes annually for his radio show. Simon only made 50 million so I doubt Stern would be paid more than him. His contract is up Jan 2011 so this is all a ploy to get his contract renewed. Here are some other quotes from Stern about AI:
On Kris Allen: “I wouldn’t even put through that good looking kid who won. … He never would have even been through.”
On Adam Lambert: “I would have straightened out that Adam Lambert, number one. That’s why his career tanked — the kid had more publicity than anyone and he f—ed up.”
On Carrie Underwood: I would’ve told her to lose weight. I remember she was chubby.”
On Ellen DeGeneres: “‘Go ahead Ellen, why don’t you do that dumb dance you do on your show? Here’s my taser.'”
On Randy Jackson: “Can you imagine me sitting there with like a little ping-pong paddle, and I smack Randy Jackson’s belly every time he opens his dopey mouth?”
With comments like these I doubt AI producers would ever allow him on the show. Why they feel the need to constantly put someone different out there each week is beyond me. Now they are saying the front runner is Madonna’s manager Guy Oseary. I honestly believe that we will not know until they want us too. Remember Ellen? No one had any idea she would be coming on board until she announced it on her talk show.
Wife and I have been watching for five seasons now, we will not be watching Howard Stern!
Love American Idol and have been watching it since the beginning of time. I’m pleased about Ellen – she rocks. I understand Simon’s desire to venture out and do different things, I don’t blame him. However, if they replace Simon with Howard Stern…bye bye to my Tuesday and Wednesday night entertainment on Fox. Will NEVER stand to watch Stern on AI. I will NEVER watch the show again. Stern is a bigot who doesn’t even deserve a Radio Show, nevermind prime time!!!
Like i had said before, it’s all a marketing ploy to drum up drama in regards to the show’s future. It’s all about talk. Talk amongst the fans (such as this) is what keeps the show going. People literally freaked out about Paula leaving the show. They even went as far as to say they wouldn’t watch the show. But low and behold, Ellen reveals she is the new judge on Idol and suddenly those same people that were lost as viewers are now back in the fold again. They will keep doing this to us the fans. Many names will be mentioned before this season is done, for Simon’s replacement. That’s a guaranteed fact. We won’t know who’ll replace him until the person that is replacing him announces it. Amazing enough we will probably never have to worry about Randy being replaced because he likes the job too much.
And I too must agree with Ashley on this one about Stern using Idol as leverage for his upcoming contract negotiation with Sirius Radio. He may have more than likely started the rumors himself. He’s a big enough name that people would believe it. And he makes absolutely too much money for them to let AI lure him away.
Maybe the reasoning behind replacing Simon after he leaves the show is because Howard Stern is controversial. Controversy sells! Raise the show ratings. I know more men will start watching but you’ll lose the women. Howard Stern is not going to be any different than he is on his own talk show. Who wants to hear his disgusting mouth? Not me!
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i like this show so much
Howard Stern??? Are they crazy??? There is nothing "all American" about Howard Stern and his trash mouth. What a great example to set for our youth? You have got to be kidding me!!!! If they want the whole show to tank, that would do it!
Howard Stern should be required to register as a “pervert”. He is a disease that has been given a license to infect the airways with his trash mouth, and on top of that pay him millions!! wow is this a great country or what? HA!
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