Jillian Barberie, Ace Young Tapped to Host American Idol Extra?
JD Roberto, Constantine Maroulis and Gina Glocksen out, Jillian Barberie and Ace Young in, as hosts of this season’s American Idol Extra on Fox Reality Channel?
According to Billboard’s Jaded Insider, American Idol Extra, premiering Wednesday, March 25, has been re-cast for the 2009 season:
The former Good Day L.A. co-anchor has a long history with reality television (she was a contestant on the short-lived Fox series Skating With Celebrities and the former host of Ex-treme Dating) and with the network, going back to 2000 when she was hired as a correspondent for Fox NFL Sunday. And like its big brother lead-in, it will feature a few changes of its own; Namely, a new host: Jillian Barberie.
This year, a source tells Billboard, season 5’s Ace Young got the gig. He will assist in interviewing eliminated contestants and their families, and serve as the show’s man-on-the-street correspondent (hey, he’s certainly easier on the eyes than Matt Rogers). We also hear the show will introduce a live post-elimination element. As it was, Idol Extra always got first dibs on the week’s ousted contestant, interviewing that person immediately after the credits rolled.
Jillian Barberie was the obnoxious host of FOX’s Good Day Live. I find her on-screen personality pretty annoying. Last year’s host, JD Roberto did a credible job interviewing the bootees at the end of the show. Jillian is not going to be an improvement, although she’ll provide some great snark material.
Ace Young is great casting–he’s got the good looks and charisma for television, and he’s way more likeable than the smarmy Constantine Maroulis, who’ll be busy performing on Broadway in Rock of Ages this spring.
The bright side for Gina Glocksen–she gets to spend more time in Chicago with her new husband, who teaches high school there. Maybe Extra will have her back to perform some of the new songs she’s working on.
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Aww..I liked JD!
I hope Gina gets to perform on the show too! Hehe.
Her song is insanely catchy!
I can understand bringing Ace on board, but I kind of liked JD. I too thought he did a pretty good job with the bootee interviews. That and Jillian whatsherface is annoying.
Words cannot express how annoying I find Jillian Barbiere, Ugh.
Can’t stand the bimbo that is Jillian Barbiere. But it’s ok. I’m not getting invested this year and won’t need to watch Idol Extra.
Ace = good news.
Jillian = well, not so good. I liked JD. He always seemed to try to put the bootees at ease, whereas I think Jillian will enjoy putting them on the spot.
Ack to Jillan, Yay to Ace.
Great news about Ace. No complaints from me there. :wink_wp:
I thought Constantine and Gina did fine, although I did find JD boring. Jillian will be much more animated and livelier than JD.
Another thumbs up for Ace. I know Jillian only from NFL Today with her silly banter with Terry Bradshaw. Isn’t she kinda long in the tooth for this gig? Looked her up — she’s 42.
I like and will miss JD. Congrats to Ace and Jillian. Nice to see Ace further branching out. I really like Jillian. I know that she’s extremely annoying at times but I still like her. Have for years.
Well, there’s one show I won’t be watching anymore. Obnoxiousness, thy name is Jillian.
I liked JD too. He did his homework on the Idols (or maybe he was a fanatic fan too) so he asked good questions in the final interviews. It would have been cool for some of his segments to actually be shown on A.I., b/c they gave a glimpse of the contestants’ true personality… but of course A.I. would never do that
P
Hopefully, Jillian will take the time to watch AI instead of continuing to be a mindless rubber stamp for Simon Cowell, whom she adores.
Jillian got married 2 years ago — she is now Jillian Reynolds — and has a baby daughter, Ruby, which has mellowed her just a bit. But she is still abrasive, under-informed and over-opinionated.
I’ve never heard of Jillian, so I am clueless about her. I’m happy for Ace, but I won’t be able to see it as I don’t get the show.
I agree that Ace is a great casting choice. He is personable, funny, and friendly and the camera just loves him. I think he is a natural at this kind of thing.
As for Jillian, I’ve never seen anything else she has done, so I’m withholding judgment.
This is a really good point. I remember Jillian on Good Day Live when it was syndicated across the country. She could be really nasty about the Idols she thought deserved to be eliminated.
Poor John Stevens, the way she talked about that kid! lol.
American Idol Extra is a boring show no matter who they put on it.
jillian boooooooooooooooooooooooooooo ack ack
Awww, I’m going to miss JD! I always enjoyed his interviews with the booted Idols. They didn’t give Gina much of a chance did they? Last year was her first season on AI Extra, and I enjoyed her too. I won’t be missing Constantine and really look forward to seeing Ace on my TV. I think he has the personality for a show like this. But Jillian???? Really??? Why her? She is rude and obnoxious. I don’t see what she will bring to the show, except a lot of complaints from the booted Idols’ fans.
I said this once before in another thread, but I think they should hire Danny Noriega for the man-on-the-street interviews. HE could bring the fun.
Obnoxious and annoying? Jillian?? You must have caught her on a good day.
I agree with lefty that Danny would be awesome in that role. I would normally say give that job to Michael Johns, just so I could see his gorgeous mug more often, but he has a better career than THAT going on!
What about Jason Yeager? I always thought he seemed like a really nice guy. Nice smile too.
I am happy for Ace. He is perfect casting! (I do like Jason Yeager too.)
Jillian’s age is not the problem. I cannot believe they couldn’t find someone more engaging. Oh, well…