“Idol” Contestants May Get Judged (Or Serenaded) By Mariah Carey

noah | March 18, 2008 11:30 am
Rumors are surfacing that Mariah Carey will judge the American Idol hopefuls on April 16–one day after her new album, E=MC2, hits stores–but given that a) April 16 is a Wednesday, usually the night of the results show, and b) the source of this particular story is the chronically misguided Roger Friedman, whose auditory canals seem to be made up of tin cans and string, perhaps what Mimi was saying while backstage at Saturday Night Live this past weekend was something more along the lines of “I’m singing on American Idol on April 16″ or “do you want to come over to my American Idol viewing party on April 16?” or “I’m cursing America on April 16 because I really hate filing taxes.” Either way, I do hope that if she’s judging the Idol hopefuls, she takes some cues from their coaches as well, because girlfriend was sounding pretty rough during her SNL performance. [Fox 411 / YouTube]