Ryan Seacrest announced this morning that Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler and Jennifer Lopez will join Randy Jackson as judges on American Idol.

The two singers will replace former judges Simon Cowell, Kara DioGuardi and Ellen Degeneres.

Lopez is receiving whopping $12 million for one year! No word on what Tyler’s paycheck will be.

At least not on purpose…

Because Joe Perry did actually push Steven Tyler offstage during an Aersomith concert earlier this week in Toronto.

First lead singer Steven Tyler gives Joe Perry a playful hip bump, and then Perry returns the favor. Except when Perry hip bumps Tyler he goes falling off the stage into the crowd below.

We all know that there has been some recent drama between Tyler and his Aersomith bandmates, but Joe Perry claims that him knocking Steven off the stage was entirely unintentional.

A rep for the band tells TMZ, “Joe wanted his fans to know he would never deliberately push Steven off the stage” … noting that Joe is a “total gentleman.”

Personally I don’t think it was intentional, but check out the video on TMZ and let me know what you think.

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A close source to Steven Tyler has stated that Tyler will indeed be sitting on the American Idol judging panel.

The official statement has confirming Tyler as Simon’s replacement has not yet come from Fox, however the source told The Associated Press on Wednesday, “there is no reason to refute” Tyler’s account.

I am looking forward to seeing what Steven Tyler will bring to the judging table. What do you think?

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There has been a lot of speculation as to who may take Simon Cowell’s judging seat on Amercian Idol. Name such as Bret Michaels, Elton John, Howard Stern, and even Chris Isaac have been thrown out for consideration. And now at the top of the list is Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler.

While no ‘official’ statement has been made from Fox. There is one person who is talking and that’s Steven Tyler himself. This is what he had to say about him being the next judge on American Idol.

Tyler said he’s “probably going to be a judge on ‘American Idol.’”

“I’m doing it,” he added. “What do you think? I’m doing it!”

It may not be official, but it sounds pretty clear. He’s doing it!

What do you think? Will Steven Tyler make addition to the American Idol judging table?

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Looks like American Idol is going through some big changes! According to reports Kara DioGuardi has been fired from American Idol.

Rumors are circulating that now that DioGuardi is out and Ellen is out, the panel will return to three judges. The new judges possibly being Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler and triple treat Jennifer Lopez.

Kara alway seem to give good advice, but never quite connected with the fans like Paula Abdul did. Here’s what she had to say about being on American Idol.

“It was pretty hellish,” she has admitted of her first season on the show. “Yeah, I got slagged. People were … it was difficult for them to accept the change. It was difficult for them to understand why somebody who nobody had ever heard of could kind of come out of nowhere and sit next to these iconic figures. You know, why was I there, what did I do to deserve to be there?”

But her second season was “easier,” she has said, “because I’m not as fearful as I was last year … For someone who’s never been on live television, it’s very, very challenging to go from the back of the studio to the No. 1 TV show, and that kind of visibility. And it was very, very, very scary.”

Will you be sad to see Kara go?

The rumor swirling around is that Steven Tyler and Jennifer Lopez have both been offered judging positions on American Idol.

There may be announcement as to who the new judges are at the Fox’s TCA Press Tour presentation on Monday.

There was no comment from Steven Tyler of Jennifer Lopez’s reps.

What’s your opinion? Do you think they would be good judges? If I can’t have Bret Michaels on that panel, then I’ll take Steven Tyler for sure!

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