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Paula Abdul Reportedly Sues American Idol Executive Producer Nigel Lythgoe For Alleged Sexual Assault

Nigel Lythgoe has since denied that allegations and labelled them as "deeply offensive".

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It’s Been 20 Years Since Guy Sebastian Won Australian Idol. Now, Reality TV Is Unrecognisable

Guy Sebastian beat Shannon Noll in Australian Idol's debut season, making history in the process. But we'll never see anything like it again.

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Manchester's lost cheesy 1990s nightspots where we'd tried our luck when we were about 15

Pop and disco hits, Bacardi Breezers and foam parties... most of us love a cheesy night out

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The Ending of 'The Idol': An Attempt to Explain

Trying to make sense of a finale that makes no sense.

Marie Claire

Here’s What The Idol Looked Like Before Sam Levinson Took Over & This Is What He Took From You

"We were ROBBED."

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'The Idol' ending, explained: what happened between Jocelyn and Tedros, and what fans think about the twist

Needless to say, there's confusing surrounding 'The Idol' ending, so we broke it down

My Imperfect Life

The Idol is 'Selena Gomez fan fiction based on love affair with The Weekend,' say fans

The Idol, co-created by The Weeknd and Sam Levinson, gets even more controversial when fans realize the similarities between Selena Gomez and the main character. The Weeknd and Selena dated in 2017.

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Apparently Selena Gomez Is Creeped Out By The Similarities Of Her & Jocelyn In The Idol

"Her real-life pain was used for entertainment value and that really irks her."

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The Idol finale mocks Kanye West for ‘following Hitler’

Rapper faced backlash last year for numerous antisemitic statements

The Independent UK

The Idol finale review – one of the worst programmes ever made

We were promised the year’s most shocking show. Instead we get a painfully tedious TV non-event, featuring a performance from the Weeknd that should be tried at The Hague

The Guardian - UK

Lily Rose-Depp makes admission about The Idol ahead of finale episode

HBO series has been the most controversial release of the year

The Independent UK

The Idol, Vol 1 review – a soundtrack far superior to HBO’s sleazy show

It should be no shock that Abel ‘the Weeknd’ Tesfaye is a better musician than he is an actor, and the ugly underbelly of the show is better expressed through song

The Guardian - UK

Lily Rose-Depp makes admission about The Idol days before finale

HBO series has been the most controversial release of the year

The Independent UK

When is ‘The Idol’ ending? Yes, there’s controversy around that, too

Here's what's really going on with Jocelyn and Tedros' fate

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Who's Ramsey in 'The Idol'? Here's where you might've seen (or heard) her before

Ramsey joins The Weeknd for a super-sensual song on 'The Idol' titled 'Fill the Void'

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How many episodes of 'The Idol' are there?

There's been much confusion about the show's run, but how many episodes of 'The Idol' are there exactly?"

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‘A Line You Just Don’t Cross’: The Idol Episode Three Has Disgusted Hundreds Of Fans Online

"Can they be lower than this? Are they even human? This is so scary."

The Guardian - UK

Nauseating, hateful TV: how The Idol has single-handedly resurrected torture porn

Sam Levinson’s miserable drama despises its characters – and its audience. What an utterly gruelling exercise in revelling in a protagonist’s pain

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The Guardian - UK

The Idol review – light bondage and heavy sleaze make for the ultimate try-hard TV

Starring a bizarrely blank Lily-Rose Depp, this big, dumb drama from the maker of Euphoria is desperate to be edgy – but ends up feeling boring and, well, unsexy

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Lily-Rose Depp Reveals She Sometimes Had To ‘Steer Clear’ Of The Weeknd On The Idol Set

Goodbye Weeknd.

Marie Claire

HBO's 'The Idol': Everything We Know

'The Idol' comes from the "dark and twisted minds" of 'Euphoria' creator Sam Levinson and pop star The Weeknd.

Evening Standard

The Idol: the starry TV sensation that has critics in a whirl

Starring Lily-Rose Depp and devised by the Euphoria creator and The Weeknd, The Idol is the new series dividing critics and viewers. Sexist and regressive or trailblazing?

The Independent UK

The Idol condemned as ‘shameful’ and compared to pornography by critics after premiering at Cannes

The cast of the show includes Lily-Rose Depp, Abel ‘The Weeknd’ Tesfaye, Suzanna Son, Troye Sivan and Dan Levy among others

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A Rogue Journo Is Claiming Lily-Rose Depp Is Refusing Interviews For The Idol It’s A Big Mess

"She's still very much upset about the nepo baby piece."

Cinemablend

David Archuleta Opens Up About How The Masked Singer Helped Him Heal From American Idol Trauma

David Archuleta initially didn't want to do The Masked Singer, but revealed to CinemaBlend how positive the experience was for him after American Idol.

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