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"I&amp;#039;m Brynn and I&amp;#039;m an Idol fan, and I am ridiculed incessantly for this tweeny-bopper obsession of mine. That said, the recent news released last night about the &amp;quot;replacement judge&amp;quot;\u2013Ellen DeGeneres will be replacing Paula Abdul\u2013has certainly grabbed my attention. This summer, singer Paula Abdul aka the &amp;quot;nice&amp;quot; judge (who generally sat squished between Randy Jackson and and the sassy Simon Cowell at the deliberation table) quit American Idol over a salary dispute. A bad move, in my opinion, though I&amp;#039;d be surprised if any of the show&amp;#039;s producers or investors were sad to see her go. It&amp;#039;s no news to any one who has watched the reality series (even sporadically) that Abdul&amp;#039;s behavior has become increasingly bizarre over the years\u2013from critiquing an act she hadn&amp;#039;t seen to laying her head down on the table in a seemingly pill-induced stupor for long periods of time. Though, she wasn&amp;#039;t all bad news. At times, I couldn&amp;#039;t help but fall back into my &amp;quot;two steps forward, two steps back&amp;quot;-loving ways as I watched her offer each contestant the kind of encouragement that, well, the others judges could never.  That said, Welcome, Ellen DeGeneres, who will start this coming season! Admittedly, she happens to be yet another favorite celebrity of mine. Funny, smart and a lover of music, I think she&amp;#039;s perfect for the role, and can&amp;#039;t wait to see what she brings to the table. She tells msn.com &amp;quot;&amp;quot;It is going to be so much fun. I don&amp;#039;t know how it happened myself but I have not missed one episode of that show. I&amp;#039;ve watched every single thing. I love everything about it.&amp;quot; Watch her announcement video here. And then read more American Idol content on WomansDay.com! A Look Back at American Idol Hair Video: Carrie Underwood "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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