The American Idol 2011 Panel of Judges Will Be Steven Tyler, Jennifer Lopez and Randy Jackson.

this is the part of the story that made me wanna post this. remember Kara DioGuardi? she was one of the judges when Paula Abdul and Simon Cowell were around during the past seasons.

here's the catch. as we all know, Simon Cowell had announced his departure on American Idol publicly. and when Ellen Degenerates left American Idol stating she felt that she was not right for the job, Kara DioGuardi was FIRED. she did not leave the show for any reason whatsoever, she did not quit, SHE GOT FIRED. according to sources, it was according to plan. and it was done in favour of Jennifer Lopez and Steven Tyler.

Said Kara, "No one is safe from change. Except for Ryan Seacreast."

p/s - Jennifer Lopez is paid at $12millions for this job (Paula was paid a fraction of this amount) and Steven Tyler at $18millions. not sure how much Randy was paid.