‘American Idol’ recently threw a press conference featuring Jennifer Lopez. Terra USA got the inside scoop on why the superstar decided to fill the seat at the illustrious ‘Idol’ judging table, her thoughts on who will win this year, on her own success as a Triple Threat, and much more.
Who Will Win This Year?
“We have a lot of great talent…I feel so emotionally attached to all of them already. I hate seeing any of them go. I’ve already shed a couple of tears. It’s a tough process, but I think what we have found and why we get so involved is because we see so much potential and we see so much great talent and so much artistry there, and it’s about kind of, you know, you see yourself, you know years ago, you know. And you can identify, and you want to just guide them in the right direction. And it’s tough. We don’t know. It might be a boy, it might be a girl. It’s who can make it under the pressure of the show…week by week, and that’s what I tell them all the time…’You’ve got to make us (the judges)-our hair stand up. You’ve got to do it.’ ‘What can I do, Jennifer? What can I do, Steven?’ They ask us, and I go, ‘Every time you get up there, we’ve got to have our jaws drop, every time’…But that’s what it takes. That’s what it takes, is when you get up there and you have that moment that you come through.”
Why Did You Decide To Do The Show?
“At first I wasn’t sure about it, and then I thought, ‘I love this show.’ And I actually…all the experience I have in this business and everything I’ve been through and all the things I’ve learned, where else could I put it to good use but by helping other artists and helping being in that position? Because at the end of the day, like I said, we’re not here to kind of break people down or do any of that, but we’re here to kind of help the kids move through it…I thought it would be fun, and it’s more fun than I thought it’d be, and I’m so glad that I made the choice. I’m having a ball.”
On Being A Triple Threat
“You have to do what you feel. For me, singing and performing and acting all go hand in hand. For me, it’s not something I really think about separating or think about being a triple threat. It’s just who I am or what I do. So these days I think it’s to your advantage if you can do all of it, but I don’t recommend that somebody who can’t really act, act, or somebody who can’t really sing and perform, sing. You know? It has to be in your core. And it’s funny cause that’s what this show is about. It’s kind of extracting-like-the people who are really real. It’s like, ‘Are these real performers or is this somebody who just has a nice voice?’ There’s a ton of people out there that can sing by the way, as we learn from touring the country. You know? But that doesn’t make him an artist. That doesn’t make him somebody who has something to say. That doesn’t make him somebody who can get up on a stage and perform and give people goose pimples. Or fascinate people where they can’t take their eyes off of them.”
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