In all honesty, I didn't see anything particularly interesting in this week's Collegian. I'm going to voice MY opinion about an opinion piece titled "Jury out on Ellen as new Idol judge." This article states that Ellen Degeneres has signed on to replace Paula Abdul as an American Idol judge.
I agree with the writer, Ellen has NO musical background. I don't think she'd be a good fit for the job whatsoever. There's so many people out there with musical talent and history that would be able to give better input than any singing advice she could offer. She also recently served as a judge on So You Think You Can Dance. I don't see why she was considered as a guest judge for that show either. She doesn't have any dancing experience...unless you include the silly dancing intro she does on her talk show every day.
I don't know why American Idol chose her, of all people, as a judge. Much less, why they gave her a 5 year contract and I'm assuming a pretty good amount of money. I don't think she'll be much of a contribution to the contestants trying to make a singing career. They're looking to the judges for constructive criticism, they expect it. The judges who they'll be looking to for advice now are Kara DioGuardi (singer and song writer), Randy Jackson (former record company executive and music performer and producer), Simon Cowell (Sony/BMG music executive), and Ellen Degeneres (comedian and daytime talk show host). One of these things is not like the other. I'd love to know the reasoning behind Ellen's newest title.
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