‘American Idol’ gets Ellen DeGeneres as a judge
Ellen DeGeneres can sing, but not as good as Paula Abdul. Ellen can dance, but not as good as Paula. Ellen can talk, and she is way funnier than Paula — in a good way.
Ellen is replacing Paula on the judging panel for “American Idol,” which begins its ninth season in January. She will be sitting next to Simon Cowell, Randy Jackson and Kara DioGuardi instead of sitting at home watching the show, which she says she’s done since episode one.
“I’ve not missed one episode of that show. I love everything about it,” she told the studio audience during Wednesday’s taping of “The Ellen DeGeneres Show.” “I’m not leaving here, don’t worry about that. I’m going to have a day job and a night job. The times we’re living in, we’re all doing that.”
Although she does not have record producer on her resume like Simon, Randy and Kara, Ellen does have something to bring to the judges’ panel.
“Hopefully, I’m the people’s point of view,” she said. “I’m just like you. I sit at home and I watch it. I’m not looking at it in a critical way from a producer’s mind. I’m looking at it as a person who’s going to buy the music and who’s going to relate to that person.”
–Penny TV
Pictured Above: Ellen DeGeneres on the judges’ panel for “So You Think You Can Dance.” On July 22, 2009, she served as a guest judge on the Fox show. L-R: Nigel Lythgoe, Emmy Award-winning talk show host Ellen DeGeneres, Mary Murphy and Mia Michaels. (Credit: Kelsey McNeal/FOX)
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This is the best replacement they could find? This is a gay legitimacy issue. The numbers will take another small hit by folks like me not watching the show any more. Jesus said to his disciples: “It is inevitable that stumbling blocks come, but woe to him through whom they come! 2 “It would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck and he were thrown into the sea, than that he would cause one of these little ones to stumble.”
paula is actually a hilarious girl, shes way funner than ellen. watch her promo for Vh1 divas, shes hilarious!!