Boy this didn't last long, but Ellen DeGeneres has decided to call it quits as a judge from AMERICAN IDOL after just one season, noting that "It was hard to judge people and sometimes hurt their feelings". This leaves a second vacancy on the judges panel, as Simon Cowell is also departing. Sir Elton John, Stephen Tyler, Harry Connick, Jr. and Justin Timberlake have all been mentioned as possible replacement judges for Cowell. In recent days, Steven Tyler has expressed renewed interest in taking over for Cowell.
Although the May finale ratings were the lowest in the program's history with a little over 24 million viewers, the show still remains the most popular one on U.S. television. A former paint salesman, Lee DeWyze won a controversial victory over Crystal Boxersox during that finale.
With ratings beginning to sag, AMERICAN IDOL will hope to freshen-up it's appeal this coming season with new celebrity judges.
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Good! I'm glad she's going.... (Below threshold)1. Posted by NoMoreGayJudges | August 2, 2010 2:56 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Good! I'm glad she's going. I have to avoid seeing and hearing her enough, as it is. Without her polluting prime time viewing too. And what was her qualifications for being a talent judge, in the first place? Beside being gay, that is? That seems to be all that's needed in Hollywood these days.
I fail to see why someone who represents only about 3% of the US population's lifestyle, should get so much Tv exposure. If it weren't for Oprah's backing. Ellen wouldn't have been strutting her stuff on Tv at all. She's only managed to fail at everything else she's tried. We should all get as many second and third chances, as she's gotten. I didn't like her as a standup comic, even before she came out of the closet. And she probably only did that, when she new it might save her acting career. But it didn't. Only Oprah did. And I suspect this "leaving" American Idol, was not as voluntary as we're told. They never fire their judges. They always "choose" to leave.
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