After
lots
of
speculations,
comedian
Ellen
DeGeneres,
who
admittedly
has
no
formal
music
experience
just
a
passion
for
tunes,
is
filling
the
fourth
judge's
seat
on
the
upcoming
ninth
season
of
'American
Idol'.
The
talk
show
host
will
join
Simon
Cowell,
Randy
Jackson
and
Kara
DioGuardi
for
the
9th
season.
Ellen's
arrival
on
the
show
seals
the
departure
of
Paula
Abdul,
the
original
third
judge.
DeGeneres
told
her
talk
show
audience
that
she
had
been
dying
to
tell
everyone
and
would
not
abandon
her
chatfest.
Instead,
she
will
have
a
day
job
and
a
night
job.
"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," Associated
Press
reports
her
saying
it
on
her
show.
"Beyond
her
incredible
sense
of
humor
and
love
of
music,
she
brings
with
her
an
immense
warmth
and
compassion
that
is
almost
palpable.
She
is
one
of
America's
foremost
entertainers,
and
we
cannot
wait
to
have
her
join
our
team,"
Associated
Press
quotes
a
statement
of
Idol
executive
producer
and
FremantleMedia
North
America
CEO
Cecile
Frot-Coutaz.
However,
the
talk
show
host
has
served
as
a
guest
judge
earlier
this
summer
on
"So
You
Think
You
Can
Dance".
In
2007,
she
was
the
co-host
of
"Idol
Gives
Back."
DeGeneres
has
enjoyed
a
successful
reign
as
the
host
of
"The
Ellen
DeGeneres
Show"
for
the
past
six
years.
Earlier,
the
Hollywood
rumour
mills
were
busy
producing
speculation
about
guest
judges
on
American
Idol.
The
names
of
Victoria
Beckham,
Mary
J.
Blige,
Joe
Jonas,
Neil
Patrick
Harris,
Katy
Perry
and
Shania
Twain
were
heard
for
the
same.
But
nothing
was
reported
about
the
51-year-old
DeGeneres.
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