Jennifer Lopez is out as a judge on American Idol, according to a source close to the situation.
The singer-actress had been in talks to become a judge on the show this season but the deal fell apart.
“Her demands got out of hand,” says the source. “Fox had just had enough.”
With Simon Cowell and Ellen Degeneres both departing the show, the network had been pursuing a number of celebrities as potential judges, including Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler.
But now that Lopez is out of the running, the network may be looking at their earlier top picks again.
Other reports have said that the panel could go back to the original three-judge format.
source: PEOPLE
