Here are the details from Fox’s press release:
Emmy Award-winning talk show host Ellen DeGeneres has joined AMERICAN IDOL as a fourth judge. DeGeneres will sit alongside Simon Cowell, Randy Jackson and Kara DioGuardi and offer her own unique perspective to the contestants throughout the competition.
The ninth season of American Idol premieres January 2010 on FOX. DeGeneres will join the judges’ panel after the auditions, which will feature appearances by guest judges Victoria Beckham, Mary J. Blige, Kristin Chenoweth, Joe Jonas, Neil Patrick Harris, Avril Lavigne, Katy Perry and Shania Twain.
“I’m thrilled to be the new judge on American Idol,” said DeGeneres. “I’ve watched since the beginning, and I’ve always been a huge fan. So getting this job is a dream come true, and think of all the money I’ll save from not having to text in my vote.”
Our thoughts on the decision?
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Works for me…..
I love her but she was NOT on my list of potential people for the job! It’ll definitely be interesting with her there that’s for sure!
she’ll be funny and nice but what musical background does she really have to be able to judge the ocntestants? (kinda like when she was the guest judge on SYTYCD)
If they replaced Seacrest with Ellen, I would consider watching
AI again. Until then…not interested no matter who they bring
on as a judge or mentor for the week.
Wow, her talk show and now Idol! Ellen is making bank!
I wonder how much Ellen is being paid to replace Paula.
I love Ellen… but don’t know if Idol and comedy mix well.
I’m with Audrey; too bad they didn’t replace Seacrest with Ellen…Ellen as a judge, I’m not so sure about that.
Judging table is starting to look like the table from The View