Did anyone see this coming? I didn't. When I first heard that Ellen was going to be a judge on American Idol, I assumed it was as one of the many guest judges during the audition rounds. But no, she is replacing Paula Abdul as the 4th judge for the new season of American Idol.
This is great news for everyone. Ellen will certainly bring in the ratings for Fox. She will add some great comedy to American Idol and won't just use the same phrases over and over. This is great news for the contestants because I can't see Ellen being mean to anybody, but yet her responses will hopefully make sense and be given more creedence than Paula's did.
Watch Ellen make the announcement that she is joining American Idol:
Guest judges appearing during the audition rounds of American Idol this season include Avril Lavigne, Neil Patrick Harris and Joe Jonas. Now, with Ellen as a regular, I am more anxious for the new season of American Idol to begin than ever.
Comments
Worst idea ever, well maybe next to Lindsey Lohan. Her comments on So You Think You Can Dance were completely inane and irritating. It was useless and distracting. It was probably one of the only really bad moments of five seasons of that show. Seriously, what credentials does she have to judge singing? This could finally be the true Jump The Shark moment of this show. You think Paula is bad, wait until you hear the stupid and irrelevant jokes Ellen makes.
John Hein is laughing "Jump The Shark"
ok choice as a guest......stupid choice as a permanent replacement. Credibility of the show comes from judging individuals with similar talents of which Ellen D does not possess. At least air head Paula had singing, dancing,
& choregraphy experience. This bad choice will as believable as Richard Belzer acting as a tough cop or Patrica Arquette as a fortune teller.......but with Arquette you get something nice to look at as she for-tells the next American Idol winner.
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