I also don’t see why she has to be funny and/or give a valid critique when Randy/Paula never delivered either.

I suppose if Oprah can pick the next President, then Ellen can pick the next American Idol.

Huh?

If she’s not going to be critiquing much, she’s at least got to be entertaining. She’s got a lot of work to do honing up the act between now and January.

Also, I personally find MJ’s site to be the most unbiased and fair site around, that’s the main reason I read it.

If Randy, Kara, Paula or Simon actually gave constructive criticism, I would agree.

I agree! Why is everybody now suddenly acting like the three judges actually give criticism with regards to singing. They don’t even give technical advice when it comes to singing, it’s always either “pitchy” or “incredible”… and even if Paula is a singer, it’s not like she’s Mariah Carey, she doesn’t know the technical aspect of singing as well. So it’s like, whatever. If Randy and Kara can be AI judges with the comments they make, anybody can!

Since when does ‘She’s a big fan of music’  or ‘She’s really into music’  qualify her to be a judge? Aren’t we all big fans of music?

That just bugs.

If Randy, Kara, Paula or Simon actually gave constructive criticism, I would agree. As it stands, we have:

“Yo, Dawg, for me, for you, that wasn’t good. Pitchy dude.”

“Where is the artistry? We’re looking for a package artist”

“You look beautiful tonight.”

“I feel like I’m in night club somewhere in Transylvannia.”

Soooo…. I’m looking for some new enthusiastic blood. If she’s too nice, whatevs. Pretty sure what I typed above is a representative sample of the so called “constructive critiques” from each judge.

That just bugs.

She may do better on Idol, but I’m beginning to miss Paula, based on the SYTYCD video.

If the Idols got some valid comments, (you could improve your performance by doing this, or here is why that song was wrong for you, and how you can do better at choosing songs), then it would be better to have someone who knows the music industry.

If the comments aren’t really helpful anyway, then I guess it doesn’t matter who the judge is, and the “judge” can say something useless like “You sing pretty”.

But if the judges comments are useless, let’s have fewer judges, and MORE SINGING, and let the voters make the decision.

I am new to AI as of last season, and didn’t pay attention to how things were done prior to Adam singing “Satisfaction”. Will Ellen be in a position of deciding who gets to be in the top 12?

I’m still worried about her being so pro-hiphop and r&b. Is there anyone on the panel who prefers rock, and folk-rock, and singer-songwriter? I just don’t need to see people like flo-rida on the show again.

She had Josiah on the show and he didn’t even make top 24. She also gave him a lot of expensive musical equipment. I think she can appreciate a variety of styles.

She was a big fan of Simon’s but she started to notice that he was too mean and she didn’t like that. I give her that.

I’m still worried about her being so pro-hiphop and r&b. Is there anyone on the panel who prefers rock, and folk-rock, and singer-songwriter? I just don’t need to see people like flo-rida on the show again.

I think Ellen will be able to be the empathetic judge, only funnier and coherent. I think she’ll take it more seriously than Paula, who has been phoning it in for years.

Paula did improve a smidgen this past year, but she knew her contract was up for renewal. I just can’t mourn her loss when she didn’t take her easy ass job seriously.

Plus, we all know Paula’s comments were scripted. I’m not sure why she’s now considered such a genuine, caring judge. Maybe its because she gives them her jewlry to pimp.

I also love my TiVo. It allows me to fast forward through all the judges comments except Kara and Simon not to mention the crappy singers.

Honestly, I think you have a bias going in on Ellen,

I hear this sort of statement all the time, that I’m biased against this one or that one, and I have no idea what that means. I like ellen, I just don’t think she’s right for Idol.

I’d rather wait and see how she does on Idol than rehash SYTYCD.

That’s the beauty of these posts–you can pick and choose what you’re interested in. And what you find boring, others may find fascinating. So, I can’t see that I’ll be letting up on the Ellen stuff, because she’s news right now.

at first i wasn’t thrilled, and i would still prefer three judges, but after watching her announcement and reading the interviews, her enthusiasm and love for the show and the contestants make me think it might be a good thing. she might be relatively useless for the first few weeks, but once she gets comfortable and feels like she has some authority to make judgments in addition to witty commentary, i think she will be a nice addition to the bunch.

Kara needs to be specific with her critiques and focus on the singing and musicianship, and I know she never explained it well, but it’s true, we need someone to talk about the artistry.

Sma11ie, I share your thoughts and have posted this opinion. Kara will see that we are willing to give her a chance because we need this balance on the judging panel.

I pretty much agree with MJ, and hope that Ellen will do her homework on the contestants. I don’t want to hear Ellen jokes all night long.

Very schticky, totally useless as criticism. Worst of all? mostly unfunny.

ITA, Truthiness. She was fairly likeable, but that’s it.

Hopefully she will be better on AI. Maybe.

I think she will be. We really can’t tell much about what kind of an Idol judge she’ll be, based on one guest appearance on SYTYCD.

Once she’s involved in the process, I wouldn’t be surprised if she becomes the most invested judge there. Because she does seem to care about the performers. I have a feeling she’ll be taking the job pretty seriously.

Honestly, I think you have a bias going in on Ellen, MJ. No problem there, other people have them as well. I just tend to skim the Ellen related content because of it because frankly it is getting a bit old. I’d rather wait and see how she does on Idol than rehash SYTYCD.

Very schticky, totally useless as criticism. Worst of all? mostly unfunny.

Hopefully she will be better on AI. Maybe.

I think she was basically just very nervous and uncomfortable because she was so obviously out of her element. But let’s just hope she learned from this experience.

I think Ellen is the best choice for replacing Paula. If anything, I think you MJ have been too mean, harsh and picky to the show lately and I mean it. Are you still bitter because you were 100% sure that Paula would stay. Face the reality MJ. Did you give any recommendation?