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    Source: Producers Nigel Lythgoe and Ken Warwick exit 'American Idol'

    It looks like "American idol" is doing anything and everything to get its mojo back. According to industry trade TheWrap.com , the prominent Fox reality singing competition, produced by FremantleMedia and 19 Entertainment, has now canned its veteran executive producers, Nigel Lythgoe and Ken Warwick, in an effort to boost ratings. Over the last few weeks, it has also been confirmed judges Mariah Carey, Randy Jackson and Nicki Minaj are out – with only Keith Urban's status left in limbo. Just prior to the season finale, an insider told FOX411's Pop Tarts column that Lythgoe's departure was inevitable.  "Both Nigel and [creator Simon Fuller] really clashed," an insider told FOX411's Pop Tarts column. "Ken and Nigel's exit isn't surprising…It's hard for anyone involved in the production to get along with Fuller."Reps for Fox denied there was any tension between Fuller and the producers and insisted that they had always gotten along very well. Once the absolute biggest show on American tel...

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      Paula Abdul is officially out of the next season of the “X Factor,” following in the footsteps of host Steve Jones and fellow judge Nicole Scherzinger .In a statemen...

    2. Randy Jackson says goodbye on 'Idol' 12th season finale, as winner revealed

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    3. Randy Jackson leaving 'American Idol'

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    4. Paula Abdul Talks Dance, Idol and Reteaming With Simon Cowell

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