This question/thread/commentary is brought up after every season of Idol, and I reply the same way every season, so I might as well do it again now since season 7 is done.The judges are NOT going to be changed at all. They're here to stay. You can hope and pray all you want, but come January when AI 8 starts, you will see Randy, Paula and Simon back.
Accept it, move on. The producers will tweak the age limits, they will tweak other aspects, hopefully they will tweak the audition rounds and make it a single episode...but they will NOT change the three judges.
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