Thursday, September 10, 2009

She'll certainly be less crazy

I found out yesterday that Ellen DeGeneres will be serving as the fourth judge on American Idol. Ellen is often known as the "every woman" and plans to bring that viewpoint to the competition. My problem? I think that having a fourth judge at all is not the best idea. Last season it resulted in only two judges giving feedback per contestant and we lost valuable Simon critiques. While I will still miss Paula Abdul's kookiness I do like Ellen. But I'm reserving judgement of my own until after the first few episodes. What do the rest of you think about Ellen as the newest judge? Too much change with adding in Kara, removing Paula and now adding Ellen?

Aside from the fourth judge here are the guest judges currently on tap for auditions: Victoria Beckham, Mary J. Blige, Shania Twain, Avril Lavigne, Neil Patrick Harris, Katy Perry, and Joe Jonas. Any favorites? Any you think will be terrible?

6 comments:

LauraC said...

NPH?!???!! My (gay) crush! I'm all over that one episode.

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Nicole S. said...

I say, 3 cheers for Ellen although I wonder what they will do about the timing. I always want to hear Simon and it's unfair that some singers won't hear what he has to say.
As for guest judges, I say thumbs up to all those listed EXCEPT Avril and Joe Jonas. Bleh!! Jonas brothers are annoying but I guess they will get the young kids watching. I don't dislike Avril or her music, I just don't see her as an authority of any kind. Maybe her age? (same goes for any Jo Bro - who the heck do they think they are??!!)

Mommy, Esq. said...

NPH, definitely. Stacey, you'll need to bring the funny up a level since Ellen will be trying to steal your thunder.

Amanda said...

I'm done watching. When did Ellen have a career in music? shouldn't a "judge" have at least some sort of career in the music industry. I know we can question Paula's authority but really!? And I don't think we need a 4th judge at all. Don't get me started on the guest judges. You'd think I had an opinion or something :)

A. said...

I love Ellen, so I'm hoping the change is a good one. I may have to break my rule of not watching the auditions for NPH...

T. said...

I'm okay with this, I really like Ellen. I don't think it matters if she has a music background, it seems like she is a fan - more like us. I certainly have no problem judging the contestants, and everyone knows I have no musical talent whatsoever :-) Looking forward to NPH, I don't know about the others.