Former American Idol judge and talented singer-songwriter Kara DioGuardi, 40, talks about being molested repeatedly at the age of 11 and being date raped by a producer when she was in her 30s. Kara's new memoir, "A Helluva High Note," which comes out on April 26.

Kara was molested by a family friend's son who was in his late teens. “On one particular day, he took me into the back shed of his house and put his hands all over my breasts and vagina. I remember freezing and not knowing what to do.”

Decades later, Kara's career was thriving and she was in her 30s, which is when she was date-raped by a "fairly known producer" after having what she thought was just a friendly dinner. “[W]ithin a few hours, he was on top of me, pumping, sweating, and speaking to me in Spanish, not a word of which I could understand."

The woman who reminds me of Snoopy has a new show called "Going Platinum." Kara's new gig begins taping this month and will premiere next year on Bravo. The former American Idol judge will now be judging contestants in a reality TV song-writing contest.

Kara said, “Hit songs are the backbone of the music industry, and as a publisher, I am happy to be a part of a show that helps up and coming songwriters pursue their dreams, while giving the public a look into the creative process.”

Twelve musicians will be competing for a $100,000 prize in addition to music publishing and recording deals. Good for them!

Late yesterday Ellen DeGeneres announced via her Twitter that she had voted herself off of American Idol.

Ellen's official statement says:

“A couple months ago, I let FOX and the American Idol producers know that this didn’t feel like the right fit for me. I told them I wouldn’t leave them in a bind and that I would hold off on doing anything until they were able to figure out where they wanted to take the panel next. It was a difficult decision to make, but my work schedule became more than I bargained for.

"I also realized this season that while I love discovering, supporting and nurturing young talent, it was hard for me to judge people and sometimes hurt their feelings. I loved the experience working on Idol and I am very grateful for the year I had, I am a huge fan of the show and will continue to be.”

Ellen, boo, the day your ass announced that you would be coming to American Idol on your show, I said that you would last ONE SEASON. Just because you're a big fan of a show does not mean that you should take over as one of its main characters. How could such an intelligent person think that she's the right fit for everything just because she's funny?!? Ego is ugly. There is so much more involved in American Idol than telling jokes: The schedule is grueling and, yes, you have "to judge people" when your @ss is a judge!

Anyway, this morning we've learned that Snoopy of Charlie Brown's twin sister Kara DioGuardi has been fired, and the new judging panel will be Randy Jackson, Jennifer Lopez and Steven Tyler. American Idol is desperate and Jennifer and Steven are also desperate. I give the show two more seasons tops.

The moment we all haven't been waiting for, American Idol judge Kara DioGuardi goes nude for Allure magazine. And while viewing the photo makes me more heterosexual than I've been in my entire life, I'm happy for her because the experience was liberating.

Kara said, "This shoot was less about beauty than about taking a risk, and showing people a side of me they never have seen."

DioGuardi, who battled with binge eating and depression in her early 20s, said proper dieting techniques have her looking in her best shape ever. "Back then I was a size 6 or 8; now, I'm more like a size 2. Food is not what I use to anesthetize myself anymore."

Does she really need to be a size 2?! Those ribs are gross and she has a bony a*s... but as long as she's happy with herself, that's great. Going nekkid can be good for the mind, body and soul, even if the model's figure doesn't always reflect that.

You can check out the picture after the jump

American Idol judge Kara DioGuardi showed us a brief view of her bikini body last year during Idol's season finale, and she's doing it again in Maxim magazine. In my opinion, her layout is pretty lame compared to other spreads of celebrities in the men's mag.

She won't even give up a full bikini body shot! She's partially covered up in almost all of the pics except for one where you can only see from her rib cage and up. Kara DioGuardi needs to quit being a prude and show us what she's workin' with!

Adam Lambert's sexuality isn't much of a mystery to many, but Kara DioGuardi outs Adam Lambert on The View today.

When asked about Adam Lambert's sexuality, Kara said,

"I don't think that Adam was ever in [the closet]. I think he was always openly out. I think he was. I mean, from what I've seen ... I do. I never thought he wasn't."

When asked if Adam's sexuality influenced Idol voters, DioGuardi said,

"Well, first of all, I hope not ... because we should be judging on talent and viability in the music industry and they both [Lambert and winner Kris Allen] had that."

So Adam Lambert is out to the people he's closest to: friends, family, and those who know him personally; however, he is not publicly out and Kara should learn how to ambiguously answer questions already. She's been in the spotlight long enough to get a friggin' clue! I'm not upset that Kara outed Adam, but I am upset that she would discuss an Idol contestant's personal life on national television. And if Idol is about "talent and viability" than she shouldn't have brought more attention to Adam's sexuality by talking about it. Lame.

Idol producers should scold DioGuardi and ban her from interviews until she learns how to deal with the media. I guess the one good thing about Paula Abdul is that she speaks a foreign language.

American Idol's fourth judge Kara DioGuardi sang a duet with American Idol 'Best Attitude' winner Katrina Darrell on the night that Adam Lambert got robbed.

Katrina began Mariah Carey's "Vision of Love," much to the dismay of the crowd that quietly booed, then Kara jumped in and proved that she can sing. I wouldn't say sang, but she can sing.

During Katrina's time away from Idol she got herself what looks like some D-cup breast implants. No comment.

After Kara DioGuardi sang with the talentless Katrina, she then ripped open her coat and revealed her black bikini. As you can see, Kara has some great ribby abs! Heh. But she is not confident. Couldn't Kara fake confidence, have fun with it and work it for like two seconds during the finale last night? Kara's a pretty good singer, but an awkward performer. I thought DioGuardi was gonna urinate at the end of her performance. Did she have to be crossing her knees like that?! Well, I thought she was gonna urinate or fall down. I was hoping for both!

For those who haven't read any POTP American Idol posts this season, I want Adam Lambert to win! And because I want Glambert to win, I'm posting his videos and his videos only from last night's American Idol finale showdown.

I can count on one hand how many episodes I've actually sat through, and I was busy last night, but the internet is here to save us all! I was able to find 2 outta 3 of Glambert's performances last night. If I find the other - Adam Lambert's repeat performance of "Mad World" - I will post it. I also may post some Kris Allen videos too, but for now I wanna get all things Idol outta the way.

San Diego's Adam Lambert was his typical brilliant self while Arkansas' Kris Allen was his typical dull self. Both singers had to perform three songs. The 1st song was one they had already performed (Adam chose Mad World, Kris chose Ain't No Sunshine), the 2nd song was chosen by Idol producer Simon Fuller (Adam sung Change is Gonna Come, Kris sung What's Going On), and the 3rd song was the singer's debut single, "No Boundaries," a track co-written by judge Kara DioGuardi.

"No Boundaries" is one of the cheesiest, poorly written, verbal diarrhea lyrical arrangements that you will ever hear in your lifetime. Miley Cyrus wouldn't even degrade herself by singing this mess. Adam still worked it, he tried, but you can tell that he wanted to slap Kara while she blushed about her song. 

Anyway, we all know who's gonna win this shit - Adam Lambert, b*tches! I wanna root for Kris, I do. I just don't think he has any chance of having any longevity in the music bizniss. So why not give it to the contestant who's most likely to make everyone's efforts - the audience, fans, show creators, producers, guyliner artists and jewelry vendors - worth it?

Also, Katie Holmes and Suri Cruise are in the audience; they have a quick cameo after Adam sings "Change is Gonna Come." Videos after the jump.

I'm not really into new American Idol judge Kara DioGuardi. Personally, Kara and I would not get along. She would think that she's entitled to give me some stink eye, I would give her some stink eye right back plus a few eye rolls, and before you know it we'd be rolling around on the ground with each other's hair in our hands and mud wrestling.

Kara's a know it all loud mouth with a strong personality and a 'My way or the highway' attitude. There's only room for one HBIC up in my crew and that's me. However, Kara will return to American Idol next season with Simon Cowell, Paula Crazy, and Randy Jackson - that's a lot of ego on one panel! I'm so used to Kara already, I don't want her to go anywhere.

Tart-tongued judge Simon Cowell broke the news to Ellen DeGeneres on her talk show, airing Tuesday.

"I think certainly next year everyone's going to be back," he said.

"Really?" DeGeneres asked.

"Yeah, absolutely," he said.

Paula Abdul and Kara Dioguardi agreed that Scott MacIntyre should stay, however, Simon Cowell and Randy Jackson did not. The panel debated whether they should use their "save" vote to keep Scott on the show, but the votes for and against the legally blind contestant were split 50/50 and the 23-year-old singer was sent packing.

After MacIntyre performed Survivor's "The Search Is Over," DioGuardi was spotted gesturing angrily and talking very animatedly with the other judges. DioGuardi kept arguing with Cowell until he called it -- and then she slumped in her seat.

A teary-eyed Abdul called MacIntyre, "an inspiration to the entire world" and "one classy gentleman."

I didn't watch American Idol last night and I can't find video of Scott being voted off - I dunno how upset Kara was - but I am glad that Scott is gone. He is equally scary as he is inspirational and let's be honest, the sympathy vote is what has been keeping him around. The man needs to wear dark sunglasses during all of his performances. There are plenty of stunna shades that he can choose him. Just saying.