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Maybe you're a Broadway star, maybe you're in voiceover, maybe you're gonna do jingles. Maybe you're a songwriter. Maybe you're a producer. There's so many different ways to go at it. Maybe you just need a little help steering,\" said Perry in New York Wednesday (4 OCT. 2017) where the show was holding auditions.\u003cbr/\u003e              \"I just love seeing people's face light up when we give them that opportunity and to make people's dreams come true because it actually changes people's lives,\" she added.\u003cbr/\u003e              \"American Idol\" aired on Fox from 2002 through 2016 and minted stars like Carrie Underwood, Jennifer Hudson and Kelly Clarkson, while making its judges, Randy Jackson and Simon Cowell, household names. It was the No. 1 series for nine years, peaking with 30 million viewers each episode in 2006. \u003cbr/\u003e              Perry actually filled in as a judge when it was on Fox during the audition rounds of the competition.\u003cbr/\u003e              \"Ever since that moment when I did that maybe I think six or seven years ago they've always approached me every season and said, 'Hey, is it time? Is it time?' and it wasn't time until now,\" said Perry.\u003cbr/\u003e              Lionel Richie has joined the show as a judge as well because he likes the idea of helping to shape young talent.\u003cbr/\u003e              \"Personally for me I am at that stage in my life where I have a choice,\" he explained. \"I can do the documentary, I can do my book, I can go to the barber shop and tell stories for the rest of my life and kids will sit around and go 'oh my god, that old man down at the end down there has got some great stories about 1968. Point. Or do you teach? This is a teaching moment. I get to actually give back.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              He added,  \"Let's change the perception from guys who judge talent shows and coaches of potential professionals, ok? Let's do that. And if you look at it from that angle, the greatest part about being an instructor is to be forceful when it's necessary, be rude and crude at a point because they can take it and you know they can because this is not an easy business. So you think it's just singing and dancing. It's not. We have to prepare them mentally for the word no. It's coming.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              Fellow judge Luke Bryan said they shouldn't be compared to past judges on the show because they bring something new to the table.\u003cbr/\u003e              \"I think we can inspire people and show people how it's done too, in our own way,\" he said.\u003cbr/\u003e            \u003cbr/\u003e\u003cbr/\u003e              New York, 4 Oct. 2017\u003cbr/\u003e              1. Various of Katy Perry walking to arrivals line\u003cbr/\u003e              2. Various of Luke Bryan and Lionel Richie joining Katy Perry on the arrivals line\u003cbr/\u003e              3. Various of, left to right, Luke Bryan, Katy Perry and Lionel Richie posing together\u003cbr/\u003e              4. SOUNDBITE (English) Lionel Richie/Recording Artist, 'American Idol' Judge - on why he wanted to be a part of the show:\u003cbr/\u003e              \"Personally for me I am at that stage in my life where I have a choice. I can do the documentary, I can do my book, I can go to the barber shop and tell stories for the rest of my life and kids will sit around and go 'oh my god, that old man down at the end down there has got some great stories about 1968. Point. Or do you teach? This is a teaching moment. I get to actually give back and tell them, 'You know, kid. Let me tell you about this. What you think it's going to be it's not going to be that.' Somebody has to come in. They always say those that do, do and those that can't, teach. We do. So you're gonna get the teachers now who actually do the actual stage show and so we are the writers...\"\u003cbr/\u003e              Katy Perry/Recording Artist, 'American Idol' Judge - \"That mentorship.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              Lionel Richie: \"The mentorship so we're not just giving you some theory, we are telling you exactly what's coming down the pipe. There's the music business and the business of music and they've got to be ready for both of them.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              5. Wide of Lionel Richie, Katy Perry and Lionel Richie giving an interview\u003cbr/\u003e              6. SOUNDBITE (English) Katy Perry/Recording Artist, 'American Idol' Judge - on how she was a guest judge on the old 'American Idol':\u003cbr/\u003e              \"Well ever since that moment when I did that maybe I think six or seven years ago they've always approached me every season and said, 'Hey, is it time? Is it time?' and it wasn't time until now which, you know, there's a lot going on. I'm on tour, I'm still promoting a record but I think now more than ever I've learned how that - how to do that delicate balance and I want to give back and I want to give that mentorship and all that information and education that I've learned but really I just love seeing people's face light up when we give them that opportunity and to make people's dreams come true because it actually changes people's lives and you can name their names because they're still out their playing shows, they're still out there rockin' places and I think we can do the same.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              7. Various of Luke Bryan, Katy Perry and Lionel Richie posing for selfies with ABC reporters\u003cbr/\u003e              8. SOUNDBITE (English) Luke Bryan/Recording Artist, 'American Idol' Judge:\u003cbr/\u003e              \"I think we can inspire people and show people how it's done too, in our own way. Everybody wants to know, 'Who's gonna be the Simon (Cowell)?' Well, Simon was pretty doggone - he was Simon. We're not...\"\u003cbr/\u003e              Katy Perry: \"He was good... It was necessary because the truth of the matter is the music industry has changed and it's crowded, it's over-crowded. There's so much new music. We don't need anymore stars to be honest, but if there's someone out there that just comes out shinin' and blazin' and with like a different approach and a different perception and makes the whole world sing because we all need to be singing together right now. To make the whole world sing. Then we're gonna lift them up and give them that platform.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              9. Cutaway of Luke Bryan, Katy Perry and Lionel Richie \u003cbr/\u003e              10. 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