Not only fans who will mourn for the last season of American Idol, also the judges who have been mentors and pillars of the show are quite melancholic about the show ending soon. *weeps*
[Video] Judges of American Idol Final Season
“Final Judgement” for this terrific trio

Connick expresses admiration to his two co-judges. He said that Lopez and Urban really give a unique perspective plus the fact that both have been in the music industry for a long time already.
Ryan Seacrest, on the other hand, believes that the panel of AI’s last season consists of amazing talent, good natured people who care about the show.

JLo remarked that being in AI “is like having a front-row seat to the show that everybody wants to be at.” And of course, Keith being in a lot of different shows as contestants know exactly how they feel and tried to be as constructive and more mentor-like as possible.