Turns out, it was him we were looking for
Lionel Richie officially joining Katy Perry and Luke Bryan as the third judge on ABC’s reboot of American Idol
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According to Variety, who broke the story yesterday, the Hello singer had been in talks with Idol for months, but initially walked out due to a lowball offer from ABC.
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Having locked down their three judges and host Ryan Seacrest, Idol is slated to begin live auditions on Tuesday.