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Updated: Friday, 03 Sep 2010, 9:07 PM EDT
Published : Friday, 03 Sep 2010, 8:41 PM EDT
By LYNN ELBER, AP Television Writer
Kara DioGuardi is following Ellen DeGeneres and Simon Cowell out the door at "American Idol."
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Fox said Friday that DioGuardi made the decision to leave the hit singing contest, which she judged with DeGeneres, Cowell and Randy Jackson ’ who's now the only one left on the panel.
A new lineup of judges has yet to be announced, with Steven Tyler and Jennifer Lopez the reported front-runners. The show returns to the air in January.