Unrest At 'Idol?'

All four judges looking pretty happy with host, Ryan Seacrest.

The American Idol auditions are not even a week old and there has already been an argument between two of the judges.

The incident happened between Nicki Minaj and Mariah Carey this week in Charlotte and it forced show executives to put the auditions on hold to let both judges "cool down." 

According to TMZ, the argument stemmed from an apparent disagreement over a contestant's audition. The war of words had veteran judge, Randy Jackson, mediating while judge, Keith Urban, was stuck in the middle and speechless.

Here is a video from TMZ of the incident. 

In my opinion, I'm not really surprised at what happened. I figured these two would probably argue at some point. Of course, I didn't think it would be this early in the season. It's definitely not good publicity for the show which has been struggling in the ratings game as of late.

I don't know if I'd be "happy" about this or banging my head against the wall. For one, if people think these two will fight more often, that may translate to more ratings for the show. On the other hand, Idol has seen little to no judges' quarrels in its history, so things like this could ruin its integrity.

I don't understand why these two had to act like preschoolers while the contestants of the show and the show's integrity are the most important. We'll see how all this plays out.