American Idol doesn’t shake up its cast as often as The Voice does — in both its Fox and ABC iterations, Idol even had the same set of judges for a seven-season stretch. But there’s still been turnover on Idol, and judge exits aren’t always as amicable as publicists might have you believe.
With a replacement for Katy Perry coming, below are all the former judges of the show — and what they’ve said about their departures.