American Idol Judge Talks About Dating

To help promote last night's premiere of American Idol Season 8, Kara DioGuardi certainly got our attention, notebooks out, by telling Best Life Magazine what she looks for in a man.

"There is nothing sweeter than a grown man taking a few minutes out of his day to call his mom and tell her he loves her," said the 38 year-old Idol judge.

DioGuardi also expressed how it's 'so sexy' to see a man cooking, and that lying in a relationship could be the end of it.

"But honesty is important," DioGuardi said. "You're not going to help anyone by lying."