"American Idol" host Ryan Seacrest said Tuesday that it could be weeks before the show's new judges are announced.

Seacrest said during the New Jersey auditions for the Fox TV singing contest that he didn't know how big the revamped panel will turn out to be. "American Idol" started with three judges and then expanded to four.

Two openings were created by the departures of Simon Cowell and Ellen DeGeneres, with Steven Tyler and Jennifer Lopez reportedly front-runners for the chairs.






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