Not long after Ellen DeGeneres announced her resignation from American Idol, TMZ broke the news that Kara DioGuardi will also no longer a judge –but not because she quit– she was fired.

Apparently the show is planning some major changes for the 10th season –including the return of Executive Producer Nigel Lythgoe and going back to a 3-judge panel.

Rumor has it Jennifer Lopez and Aerosmith‘s Steven Tyler will be announced as the new judges any minute now…  Oh yeah, in case you care, Randy Jackson will still be there to spit out his usual phrases, “A little pitchy for me, dawg!”, “That was hot, molten lava!”, and “You could sing the phone book!”