Kara DioGuardi only found out she was fired in the newspaper (VIDEO)

Recently ousted American Idol judge Kara DioGuardi only found out she was fired from the show when she read it in the news, her Republican father revealed in an interview on 'Capital Tonight'.

"Would you believe she did not hear, and still has not heard, anything?" Joe DioGuardi tells the interviewer. "She read it the way you did and I did. Her disappointment is that that's the way she's being treated and she feels that's not proper. I think they're trying to create a lot of buzz."


DioGuardi was part of a massive revamp of the show's judging panel after the producers decided that the general format needed a shake up. American Idol has been the subject of much attention within the television industry, with ratings falling and producers struggling to find their footing in the schedule of TV viewers. 


Watch the interview with DioGuardi's father below. We suggest that you watch from 4:15. 

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POLL: 54% say they will not watch American Idol following judge panel shuffle

In the latest in a series of polls conducted by gossip websites and magazines alike, People Magazine ran a poll that shows 53% of respondents would not watch American Idol when it returns with fresh faces on the judging panel.

Of the 15,000 people who did respond to the poll - which is unscientific and being conducted on the website of the magazine - just over 8,000 said that they would not watch the show now that Ellen DeGeneres, Kara Dioguardi and Simon Cowell have left or been fired with Jennifer Lopez taking a spot on the panel. [People]

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