There's this show on television, maybe you've heard of it. Now it's getting a new host, maybe you've heard of her too. Fox really wants you to care, maybe you will... most likely not though.
Ellen DeGeneres is dancing her way onto "American Idol," replacing Paula Abdul as the show's fourth judge.I kind of like this choice. You replace one crazy woman with another, only this time it's fun-loving interesting-crazy instead of pill-popping psychotic-but-still-interesting-crazy. I'm actually hoping Ellen becomes the nastiest one of them all, like she's the judge you don't want to piss off. Either that, or she dances every episode. Come on, who doesn't love Ellen's dancing?In a Wednesday release from Fox and the show's producers, DeGeneres described herself as a longtime fan of the hit singing contest.
Abdul, who announced she was quitting the show amid a contract dispute, had been replaced by a succession of guest judges as "American Idol" started next season's auditions.
DeGeneres, host of a daytime talk show, wasn't among them. She will join Simon Cowell, Randy Jackson and Kara DioGuardi for the ninth season starting in January.
