I have to admit, after watching the last season of American Idol, my love for Ellen Degeneres was dwindling.
It was painful watching her on a show where she clearly had little to contribute. I loved the idea of an average viewer/music-buyer as a judge on the show, but Ellen was obviously at a loss most of the time to size up what was wrong with the lackluster crop of contestants.
The only thing that made the experience worse was knowing that Degeneres had signed a multi-year contract, which meant the suffering would continue for years to come.
Thankfully, yesterday, that suffering came to an end.
Degeneres--through a very appropriate, honest and polite statement--left the show. You could almost hear the sigh of relief in the producers' equally polite statement.
It's nice to see this awful collaboration end amicably without finger-pointing, and it's redeemed my love for Ellen.
Rather than sit around for a few more years offering worthless advice (a la Randy Jackson) she decided to leave and allow the show to have an opportunity at reviving itself.
With Simon Fuller coming back as a producer, there's been talk of having a completely new panel of judges--perhaps even a panel that rotates from year-to-year to allow for A-list musicians to do one-year stints.
The only trouble would have been Ellen's contract, and now that she's gracefully bowed out, the show can have the fresh new start it needs.
Good for Ellen. It takes a lot of guts to leave a show like Idol after only one year when the decision to bring her on was so widely contested in the first place.
Now let's hope the producers don't make the same mistake again.
It was painful watching her on a show where she clearly had little to contribute. I loved the idea of an average viewer/music-buyer as a judge on the show, but Ellen was obviously at a loss most of the time to size up what was wrong with the lackluster crop of contestants.
The only thing that made the experience worse was knowing that Degeneres had signed a multi-year contract, which meant the suffering would continue for years to come.
Thankfully, yesterday, that suffering came to an end.
Degeneres--through a very appropriate, honest and polite statement--left the show. You could almost hear the sigh of relief in the producers' equally polite statement.
It's nice to see this awful collaboration end amicably without finger-pointing, and it's redeemed my love for Ellen.
Rather than sit around for a few more years offering worthless advice (a la Randy Jackson) she decided to leave and allow the show to have an opportunity at reviving itself.
With Simon Fuller coming back as a producer, there's been talk of having a completely new panel of judges--perhaps even a panel that rotates from year-to-year to allow for A-list musicians to do one-year stints.
The only trouble would have been Ellen's contract, and now that she's gracefully bowed out, the show can have the fresh new start it needs.
Good for Ellen. It takes a lot of guts to leave a show like Idol after only one year when the decision to bring her on was so widely contested in the first place.
Now let's hope the producers don't make the same mistake again.
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