Ellen DeGeneres, the next American Idol
Well, thanks to the trending topics feature of Twitter I found out pretty quickly (actually I was pretty late in Twitter terms) that Ellen DeGeneres will be the new host of American Idol. (You see my wife said to my about hour before I found out that, “Ellen is going to be on Idol,” and I thought she meant my aunt Ellen, so later when I saw the trending topic, she laughed at me.) Here were the trending topics tonight:
So, my initial reaction was a little concerned because I didn’t want this to turn into a scenario similar to when Dennis Miller went to the Monday Night Football booth throwing out witty comments like this:
Now, I’m not saying Dennis Miller wasn’t funny, it just wasn’t the right place for him. I am worried that the same fate might be fall Ellen here. I really think Ellen is quite talented. I didn’t think I would like her show, but I actually find that she is very quirky and funny and runs a good show. I of course only watched it because Taylor Swift was on, but the show was good none the less. So, I still wasn’t sure what Ellen was going to bring to the table because I don’t want to hear Simon Cowell keep saying, “This is a singing competition not a…” insert random weird British saying.
Well, after much reading and think, I may have found the answers in an article on CNN.com:
This made me realize that Ellen’s role will be to help the contestants out with their stage presence and how to conduct themselves as a star. This was the one area Paula Abdul had over the other judges because she had been a performer before. Ellen hopefully will be able help them with their ability to be a star. That is a quality the judges talk about throughout the season about “Being it.” Ellen is “It” and hopefully she can teach what that means to the contestants.
I support this decision by Idol. The chemistry will be odd, because Ellen is different than the rest of the panel. I think Paula will try to pick on Kara Dioguardi, and Randy Jackson and Ellen will kind of hang out together in the cool area. I am still not convinced by Kara, but maybe she will feel more confident since she is not the outsider coming in. I will admit I am little surprised they went back to the 4 judge system when they had an easy out. The must really like the idea, and Idol is rarely wrong.
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Tags: American Idol, dennis miller, ellen degeneres, Kara Dioguardi, Paula Abdul, randy jackson, simon cowell, Taylor Swift
