The ‘Sticks In My Bun’ hitmaker pops up at the beginning to introduce Jeppo and then does a bit more at 2:40.

At the end she says “I see you Carly”, although to be honest we imagine they did it in separate studios due to scheduling conflicts.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2n4BKQTGN0

Other artists to receive nominations include oft-ignored chanteuse Rihanna with ten, Carly Rae Jepsen with nine, One Direction with eight and Nicki Minaj with seven.

To be honest there are loads more but it’s just a really long list and it’s probably easier if you head over here to see who’s up for what and why etc.

The awards will be handed out on May 19 in Las Vegas and there will be performances from the likes of Taylor Swift, Bruno Mars and Justin Bieber, so that’s nice.

The speakers are called that because they’re pink and shaped like a pill, ‘FYI’.

In the advert we see the ‘Sticks In My Bun’ chanteuse leaving a male friend in charge of the speakers, which then come to life and ‘hilarity’ ensues.

Like so:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DelR8L9NNYs

“Would I come back next season? I think people would rather be surprised,” the ‘Dang A Lang’ chanteuse told MTV. “I like to save the mystery and the drama. I’d never give that away.”

That’s not to say that she hasn’t enjoyed her time spent rolling her eyes at Mariah Carey.

“I always say this and I mean it from the bottom of my heart, just that people behind the scenes at Idol have been a dream to work with. I’m just super grateful to have been given the opportunity.”

So basically she’s waiting for her contract negotiations to finish.

It’s exclusive to the UK (lucky us!!!!!!) and appears to the right of these words.

The ‘Young Money Ballaz’ songstress has also thrown the artwork for her new single ‘High School’ onto the web.

You can have a look at that here if you like.

Probably not worth effort though, let’s be honest.

The ‘Hundred Million Dollarz’ hitmaker thought it was necessary to talk about her face-changing habits (quoted here), saying: “I’m really into contouring to change the shape of my face. When it comes to putting on fake eyelashes, I use a little imagination, a lot of eyeliner, a steady hand and no fear. For me, more is more.”

Tell us more.

“I never go to bed with my make-up on – ever. I drink tons of water and slather myself in cocoa butter. I have a dermatologist in LA who gave me some great advice – never use anything to wash my skin that contains alcohol or ail.”

We hope she keeps her hair in good nick too. We hear Dominican hairstylists are good.

“I go to a Dominican hairstylist who uses a lot of hot oil treatments and I use really moisturising Mizani shampoos and masks.”

So now you know.

The ‘Sticks In My Bun’ chanteuse missed the performance of your friend and mine, Curtis Finch Jr, leading Ryan Seacrest to ‘quip’: “Which one of you judges gave Nicki the wrong directions to the studio today?”

It was probably Mariah, let’s be honest.

Minaj had earlier tweeted about how tired she was (“The contestants better sing some current sh*t tonite chile cuz the way my bones iz set up to fall asleep on dey OSS ?”), and later blamed traffic for her tardiness.

“Stuck in traffic *sighs*. Fuck u Malibu!!!!!!!!!!!! *moves to Beverly Hills*”, she continued.

That’s it really.

“It’s gonna be the direction of the new songs that I put out on the re-release,” she said, disappointing pretty much everyone.

As far as when she’ll be recording it, she assured she’d be “doing it here in LA while I’m shooting Idol,” so we shouldn’t have to wait too long.

And in the meantime, Nicki?

“I’m about to shoot another single off ‘The Re-Up’,” she teased.

Maybe it’s the song with Ciara?

“The song is called ‘High School’ with Wayne,” she said.

Oh.

“I’ve gotten tons of awards and I believe when it’s my time to get a Grammy, I’ll get a Grammy,” she told Associated Press (as quoted here). “I’ve gotten tons of awards and I believe when it’s my time to get a Grammy, I’ll get a Grammy.”

Mind you, she has a theory about why she didn’t get nominated but she’d rather keep that to herself to be honest.

“I think that the Grammys had a different reason [for not nominating me] that I do not want to discuss,” she ‘explained’. “And that’s just between me and them.”

Also, as much as it would be nice to get recognition from her peers, she’s pretty content to just carry on doing sold-out world tours at the moment.

“I understand that artists and critics make a big deal over the Grammys. But when I go to my shows and I’m selling out arenas in London, and when I’m in Australia and Japan, there aren’t any Grammys there,” she continued.

“There are human beings who I’ve touched. There are human beings who are inspired by me, who I love dearly. And that’s what my career is based on.”

It’s not a Grammy though is it.

You can watch it below if you like.

It’s basically filled with all the stock chat you’d expect about Idol being “the biggest and the best” blah etc and so on.

There’s no coverage of the reported feud, but Nicki is seen sporting some very interesting wigs.

American Idol premiers tonight, but only in America. Apols.