American Idol (season 13) director after having left at the end of the ninth season to go to "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno". In August 2013, Jennifer Lopez's boyfriend Casper Smart stated Lopez would be returning as an "American Idol" judge. On August 22, 2013, it was reported that Jimmy Iovine would not return as the in-house mentor for this season, but he is to be replaced by former judge Randy Jackson. On August 30, 2013, "The Hollywood Reporter" wrote that Harry Connick, Jr. signed a deal to join the panel as the third judge and that Simon Fuller held a party the
American Idol (video game) of 100 for the PC version, and 41 out of 100 each for the PS2 and GBA versions. "X-Play" gave the game a 1 out of 5, complaining about the gameplay consisting of pressing buttons in time to judge the character's singing and not on the player's actual singing. In addition to the release of "Karaoke Revolution Presents: American Idol" for the PlayStation 2 on January 2, 2007, a sequel "Karaoke Revolution Presents: American Idol Encore" was released during the 1st quarter of 2008 following its direct sequel "Karaoke Revolution Presents: American Idol Encore 2" which was released on November