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Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Seacrest: No problem with feuding judges

New 'American Idol' judges from left Mariah Carey Keith Urban Nicki Minaj during news conference New York. Host Ryan Seacrest

New "American Idol" judges, from left, Mariah Carey, Keith Urban and Nicki Minaj during a news conference in New York. Host Ryan Seacrest said Oct. 3 that things got intense between Minaj and Carey during a tryout taping in Charlotte, N.C. | AP photo

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NEW YORK (AP) — Feuding divas on “American Idol”? Ryan Seacrest says that’s just great.

The show’s host said Wednesday that things got intense between new hosts Nicki Minaj and Mariah Carey during a tryout taping in Charlotte, N.C. the day before.

In the midst of a dispute over a contestant, Minaj announced that she was no longer putting up with “her ... Highness,” in a reference to Carey with a few expletives added in. Another new judge, Keith Urban, was in the unenviable position of sitting between the two of them.

On his radio show, Seacrest said that “Idol” needs some passionate debate.





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