Quote: "I would be a lawyer, or run a bed and breakfast. I would like to be in Maine baking muffins." Singer/songwriter Kara DioGuardi on what she would do if her music career didn't work out.
Fact: Hitmaker and American Idol judge Kara DioGuardi studied opera at Duke University in America.
Fact: GOSSIP GIRL star Leighton Meester’s new album will feature tracks produced by Britney Spears' former collaborator J.R. ROTEM and American Idol judge Kara DioGuardi.
Fact: The father of American Idol judge Kara DioGuardi is to run for a vacant U.S. Senate seat in New York.
Fact: The first two singles from Kelly Clarkson's new album ALL I EVER WANTED were co-written by Katy Perry and new American Idol judge Kara DioGuardi. Clarkson was the first Idol winner.
Fact: <p>EURYTHMICS star Dave Stewart has a new partner - he's working on Kara DioGuardi's debut album. Dioguardi is the songwriting force behind Ashlee Simpson's new album and upcoming hits by Pink and Christina Aguilera. </p>