Ellen DeGeneres To Fill In For Paula Abdul As Fourth American Idol Judge

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Funny woman Ellen DeGeneres would definitely make a good judge for Last Comic Standing, but it’s just been announced that she’ll move out of her comfort zone and try her hand at judging singers in America’s biggest televised singing competition American Idol.

Fox announced late today that the Daytime Emmy award winning talk show host will join Idol’s 9th season as the replacement for former judge Paula Abdul, who left the show abruptly in July.

DeGeneres notes she has limited music experience, but says she hopes to act as “people’s point of view.”

“I’m not looking at it in a critical way from the producer’s mind,” she said while announcing her new “night job” on a taped statement to air on her show tomorrow.  “I’m looking at it as a person who is going to buy the music and is going to relate to that person.”

DeGeneres rounds out Idol’s judging table which included Kara DioGuardi, Randy Jackson and Simon Cowell.

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