Ellen DeGeneres Replaces Paula Abdul on American Idol as Fourth Judge

Oh, I bet Paula Abdul is so pissed at this news because she was probably hoping that American Idol would be a flop without her.

DeGeneres announced to her audience members which is scheduled to air tomorrow, Thursday, September 10, 2009, that she wouldn’t be quitting her talk show, but instead would now have “a day job and a night job.” She joked:

“The times we’re living in, we’re all doing that.”

While DeGeneres has no formal music background, she said:

“Hopefully, I’m the people’s point of view because I’m just like you. I sit at home and I watch it, and I don’t have that technical … I’m not looking at it in a critical way from the producer’s mind. I’m looking at it as a person who is going to buy the music and is going to relate to that person.”

I think Ellen will add some good laughs to the show, but I thought it was Simon Cowell’s job to look at the contestants in the way of who is marketable, etc. I look forward to seeing what Ellen brings to the show though. Again, poor Paula - she’s probably bummed right now…

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