Paula Abdul today
After a long and prolific career in the music industry, Abdul spent the past two decades as a judge on the panel of different talent shows. She was a judge on the popular American Idol from 2002 to 2009; she was a judge for one season on the American version of The X Factor in 2011 and she appeared on the CBS reality competition Live to Dance, where she also served as an executive producer.
In 2016, American boy band New Kids on the Block announced Abdul would be joining them on their tour, and indeed, in the following year, she toured with them throughout the 47 shows. After a long break on television, Abdul missed the stage, and she couldn’t miss any opportunity to perform. In the 2019 Billboard Music Awards, she performed some of her greatest hits.