It’s Official: Mariah Carey Is Leaving AMERICAN IDOL

It’s official: Mariah Carey won’t be returning to AMERICAN IDOL.

Carey’s publicity team tweeted out the following message: “W/ global success of “#Beautiful” (#1 in 30+ countries so far) @MariahCarey confirms world tour & says goodbye 2 Idol http://mariahcarey.com”

The departure follows the exit of original IDOL judge Randy Jackson. Fellow IDOL newbie Nicki Minaj is expected to not return, but the future of Keith Urban is a little bit more murky — he’s expressed a desire to stay on, but Fox hasn’t publicly committed to keeping him on.

Are you bummed Carey won’t continue on with AMERICAN IDOL?

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