New
York
(ANI):
After
sharp-tongued
Simon
Cowell"s
exit,
it"s
Jennifer
Lopez"s
turn
to
judge
'American
Idol",
and
she
promises
a
kinder,
more
nurturing
show.
"I
don't
want
to
let
anybody
really
great
[not
make
it
through]
because
they're
nervous,
and
not
get
to
see
what
they
could
have
did," The
New
York
Daily
News
quoted
Lopez
as
saying.
"So
we
work
them
a
little
bit
more
than
maybe
you've
seen
in
the
past.
We've
given
them
more
of
a
chance,"
she
added.
That
may
be
probably
because
Lopez
and
fellow
newbie
Steven
Tyler
have
experienced
firsthand
the
struggles
of
a
rising
performer.
"We
know
what
it's
like
to
be
out
there," Lopez
said.
The
singer
said
she's
already
been
a
combination
of
'tough,
easy
and
fair'
in
just
the
first
two
days
of
judging.
Tyler,
who
grew
up
in
Yonkers,
said
he
was
impressed
with
the
local
talent
that
showed
up
at
the
Liberty
House
restaurant
in
Jersey
City,
just
across
the
Hudson
River
from
downtown
Manhattan.
The
rocker"s
advice
for
those
who
didn't
impress
him,
"Don't
get
mad
at
what
we
say,
get
better."
Lopez
said
she
is
looking
for
a
sense
of
style
and
a
good
voice
in
participants.
"It's
definitely
part
of
the
package
when
you're
going
to
be
an
artist," she
said.
"[It's
important]
that
you
have
your
own
image,
and
that
it's
very
unique.
What
we're
looking
for,
I
don't
know.
It's
individual
for
each
person."