Ellen DeGeneres Joins "American Idol" as Fourth Judge

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im actually going to watch idol this season! :D

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I honestly thought this was a joke, like one of your fake lesbian news skits that you do. Not that I'm not happy that Ellen got the gig! I'm estatic! It just seems a bit from left field, right?

I haven't watched the past couple of seasons but I will def be watching when it comes back on.

I thought it was a joke when I first saw it....it just kinda came out of now where.

But I think she will do a fantastic job!! 

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I don't know, at least Paula had a musical background...  not sure, it won't make me watch Idle

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really?

really?

why?

Because she's funny?

Anyway I'm so glad that she's the new judge because I haven't watched American Idol since Carrie Underwood won. SO maybe now I'll have a reason to watch. 

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Wow, I thought this was just speculation when I saw this on twitter earlier but...wow...AWESOME! 

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OMG i'm just too happy Ellen is my older woman celebrity crush!!!!!! woooooow i'm sooo going to watch this season

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  She's actually going to be a judge? Like a permanent judge?  I love Ellen but I saw her as a judge on SYTYCD and while her critiques were funny, I hope she doesn't do that every week. Because that would get tiring pretty quickly.  There have been so many problems with the judging, time wise, especially with having four judges last season that they could have just left it with three. I don't take Idol seriously at all so maybe this will be a fun change.   

Okay, I'm an Ellen fan and all and am definitely excited to see her on AI, but this is just such odd news. I just hope she doesn't get too much backfire from the audience seeing as she has no musical background.

I mean, she'll be able to bring humor and the perspective of the average viewer into the critiques, but is that really what the show needs? And like another poster said, the constant jokes she did on SYTYCD, while absolutely hilarious, could become trite.

But on second thought, although Paula did bring a lot to the show, she never really gave critiques that were as helpful as the other judges anyway. Maybe Ellen will be even more help. We'll see I guess!

Every time I hear it I still freak out!! I love Ellen & now I get to watch twice a day twice a week starting January...

 At first I was like, wtf!! I watched her on SYTYCD and after a while it just got really weird 'cos all her comments were basically the same. I hope that's not gonna be the case w/ AI. 

I agree though, it's a little out there b/c we can all admit that she has little to no musical experience. At least she'll be funny 

I might watch it this season now. This might be good because she will actually be sober unlike some people.....

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Dropping ratings + popular new judge = more viewers

The makers of the show definitely did their math-homework... I still don't think it's a good choice. Don't get me wrong, I love Ellen, but I think she should stick with what she does best: comedy! Her daytime show also lives from the funny interaction with her guests... I'd want a jude to be somewhat credible when it comes to music.

But maybe I'm just biased because the German version of the show is just plain crappy! Luckily none of the winners have ever released more than one album, the runner-ups are forgotten even faster. But everybody involved in the show (contestants and judges) does a great job in filling the cheap tabloids... 

I don't know what American Idol is like, the only good thing about the German one is the first few episodes when they show all the people auditioning who can't sing whatsoever and then are really disappointed that they can't move on to the next round. And they're so upset about the insults that one of the judges threw at them (he's been doing that for 6 seasons now, shouldn't be much of a surprise anymore)...

that it's a good career move for her. we can't afford to lose another good lesbian on tv!

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wow... I might even turn on the telly this season!

that show have really been going down the hill the past few years. Lets hope a little 'Ellen' can spice it up :)

How is Ellen qualified in any way to judge on American Idol, she doesn't have a music background at all. I guess she will be there for entertainment purposes not the help the contestants in anyway.  This is even more random that Alesha Dixon replacing Arlene on Strictly Come Dancing.

Wow I might actually watch American Idol this time around. But only because Ellen's awesome

I think that's what I find most strange about this world. Nobody ever says how they feel. They hurt, but they don't cry out. They're happy, but they don't dance or jump around. And they're angry, but they hardly ever scream. Because they feel ashamed.

I wans't sure if I'd bother to watch this ses, because I only watched like last ses. when they were to the Top 13 because of Adam. Then ended up liking Allison & Kris as well. XD

But then they said NPH would be in one ep, and I was all I'll watch at least that one and now this, so I'll probably watch it. XD

But I saw her ep of SYTYCD and that was just odd. lol. Like what was the point? But I think since this is more than just a guest judge thing she might actually take it more seriously and stuff. *Shrugs*

Also umh, I think it was kinda obvious that Adam was gay. lol. Like he said in Rolling Stone he was never really in the closet to start with. XD I mean, when would have been the best time to bring up BTW, I'm gay and not in a weird, shoved in way?

It was just more focused on him as a singer and performer than his sexuality. *Shrugs* I think they asked him what he wanted to do when those photos surfaced of him and an ex-boyfriend and he decided to like say nothing or something.

He wasn't trying to hide anything. If he was, he did a really bad job of it. XD And he in the Rolling Stone Article he practically starts with "It should come to no one as a surprise that I'm gay." So yeah. XD

But Clay Aiken, eek. That dude creeps me out and always has, and HE tried to hide shit... for years. lol. And look how that worked out for him. But obviously they are two TOTALLY different guys.

Yeah, I'll shut up now. XD