Posted April 22, 2008

Last week American Idol contestants were tasked with singing Mariah Carey songs in their pursuit of the talent show crown. The singers were treated with filmed visits and personal advice from the pop superstar herself. The filming crew, however, might not have found Carey's presence to be such a treat.

According to Fox.com's Pop Tart column, lighting and camera technicians complained that Carey was a complete diva while taping the show. The crew claims to have been made to put more than normal effort into positioning lights and camera angles, only to be double checked my the star's personal staff.

"We had to reshoot one of the questions," one cameraman told the column. "I had to change the lighting and alter the position and do it again because we went off angle slightly. She has a director of photography with her at all times and can only be shot from the waist up."

Carey performed on the show's live taping, using a jewel-encrusted microphone and mic stand.

Carey may have also lost some fans last week when she arrived two hours late to an album-signing at Universal City.

"She strolled in with sunglasses on when it was nighttime and by that point a lot of people got fed up and had left," a photographer told the column. "It was ridiculous."