American Idol has had several combinations of judges over the years, but perhaps the wildest of them all was during Season 12. That season’s panel was made up of Randy Jackson, Keith Urban, Nicki Minaj, and Mariah Carey, and there was peak drama all season long.
The drama stemmed from tension between Minaj and Carey, and their past feud recently made headlines following Minaj’s public support of Donald Trump. Specifically, a 2016 clip of Carey on Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen resurfaced, which featured host Andy Cohen asking her if she could say three nice things about Minaj.
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