The highly anticipated American Idol season 10 kicked off Wednesday night with the two new judges joining Randy Jackson. Steven Tyler, 62, the frontman of Aerosmith and Jennifer Lopez.

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I would say they were “NICE.” We expected that from J. Lo as she has said in interviews gearing up to the auditions that she’s more leaning toward compassion saying she’s not in the business of crushing spirits. Tyler has said he wanted to encourage contestants to give it their all.

J Lo found it so hard to say “no,” I think in time she’ll toughen up a bit.  The new trio judge panel certainly seems a lot kinder but then again is that what the audiences want? We shall see from the ratings.

What did you think of the new judges?

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