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"Kelly Clarkson has praised the additions of Keith Urban, Mariah Carey and Nicki Minaj to American Idol&amp;#039;s judging panel. The trio of new judges joined veteran Randy Jackson for American Idol&amp;#039;s 12th season, following the departures of Steven Tyler and Jennifer Lopez.   Original American Idol winner Clarkson shared her thoughts on the new season with Parade, revealing that she has felt the series needed a boost for quite some time. &amp;quot;The show needed to be freshened up a bit,&amp;quot; Clarkson explained. The &amp;#039;Stronger (What Doesn&amp;#039;t Kill You)&amp;#039; singer went on to declare that she would have liked to audition for Carey when she tried out for Idol. &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;m a huge Mariah Carey fan. If I had seen her as one of the judges when I was trying out, that would have been so cool,&amp;quot; she said.  Clarkson was recently  named as the biggest-selling American Idol winner by Forbes. American Idol airs Wednesdays and Thursdays on Fox. Watch Kelly Clarkson&amp;#039;s &amp;#039;Stronger (What Doesn&amp;#039;t Kill You)&amp;#039; music video below:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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