Remember when everyone was wetting themselves over adding a new judge to American Idol. It turns out the producers weren't as excited. Apparently, they hired judge Kara DioGuardi for this season and this season only.

“I’m only here for one season,” Kara DioGuardi told TV Guide Magazine. “That’s what we’ve discussed. So we’ll see what happens. Hopefully they’ll keep me on.”

Turns out that even Simon doesn't care about Kara's fate.

When asked if (Kara) would be back next year, Simon Cowell told TV Guide Magazine, "I would imagine so, but the only say I have is about Ryan, Randy and Paula. I’ve always made it clear that I wouldn’t like to do the show without them. So that’s all I'm really concerned about."

I find it really hard to believe that Simon has control over everyone else on the show, and NOT the add-on-pretty-face that seemed to come out of nowhere. This seems very bad for poor Kara. Also, I like the idea that Simon can wave his hand and then no one would hear from Paula Abdul again... not just on the show, but forever. He can do it, the dude's like a James Bond villain.