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Ellen DeGeneres (born January 26, 1958) is an American stand-up comedian, television host and actress. She hosts the syndicated talk show The Ellen DeGeneres Show, and was also a judge on American Idol for one year, having joined the show in Season 9 . She began in Hollywood week but left the show on July 28, 2010 after just one season, claiming that it wasn't "the right fit" for her.

Season 9[]

DeGeneres first started to officially judge in the Hollywood phase of American Idol Season 9. She replaced former judge Paula Abdul taking the 2nd female spot on the panel, with fellow judge, Kara DioGuardi. She has been known to like many of the contestants, and like Paula, always tried to find something good in every performance. She also had many times used her clever comedy to tease around with the contestants as well as to cut through the tension that often occurs on the show when things got very serious. DeGeneres did admit in later interviews after she had left the show that she did find it very hard to give contestants deserved criticism if they didn't do well because she simply didn't want to hurt people's feelings.

After American Idol[]

On May 26, 2010 DeGeneres annouced on her talk show that she was launching a record label called eleveneleven, named because she said that she would often see 11:11 when looking at her clocks and that singer Greyson Chance's soccer jersey number was 11, and that he was discovered on the 11th. Artists signed to eleveneleven so far are Greyson Chance, Jessica Simpson, Tom Andrews, and Savannah Robinson. DeGeneres mentioned that she hopes to discover more artists to sign to her label via performance videos on YouTube.

In addition to her talk show and record label, DeGeneres has also been a spokeswoman for Cover Girl cosmetics since 2009.

Official Account[]

American Idol
Seasons
(FOX) ยท1 ยท2 ยท3 ยท4 ยท5 ยท6 ยท7 ยท8 ยท9 ยท10 ยท11 ยท12 ยท13 ยท14 ยท15 โ€” (ABC) ยท16 ยท17 ยท18 ยท19 ยท20 ยท21 ยท22
Judges
 ยทSimon Cowell (Seasons 1-9) ยทPaula Abdul (Seasons 1-8) ยทRandy Jackson (Seasons 1-12)
 ยทKara DioGuardi (Seasons 8-9) ยทEllen DeGeneres (Season 9) ยทJennifer Lopez (Seasons 10-11|13-15)
 ยทSteven Tyler (Seasons 10-11) ยทNicki Minaj (Season 12) ยทMariah Carey (Season 12) ยทKeith Urban (Seasons 12-15)
 ยทHarry Connick, Jr. (Seasons 13-15) ยทKaty Perry (Seasons 16-22) ยทLionel Richie (Seasons 16+) ยทLuke Bryan (Seasons 16+)
Personnel
 ยทRyan Seacrest (Seasons 1+) ยทBrian Dunkleman (Season 1) ยทSimon Fuller (Seasons 1-15) ยทNigel Lythgoe (Seasons 1-7/10-12) ยทMegan Wolflick (Seasons 14+) ยทJimmy Iovine (Seasons 10-12) ยทScott Borchetta (Seasons 14-15) ยทBobby Bones (Seasons 16-19) ยทRickey Minor (Seasons 4-9/13-15) ยทRay Chew (Seasons 10-12) ยทKristopher Pooley (Seasons 16+) ยทMichael Orland (Seasons 1-17) ยทDebra Byrd (Seasons 1-10|โ€ ) ยทPeggi Blu (Seasons 10-11) ยทPeisha McPhee (Seasons 10-13) ยทAdriana McPhee (Seasons 17+) ยทDevin Velez (S12; Seasons 22+) ยทAllison Iraheta (S8; Seasons 13-15) ยทFelicia Barton (S8; Seasons 16+)
Winners
 ยทKelly Clarkson ยทRuben Studdard ยทFantasia Barrino ยทCarrie Underwood ยทTaylor Hicks ยทJordin Sparks ยทDavid Cook
 ยทKris Allen ยทLee DeWyze ยทScotty McCreery ยทPhillip Phillips ยทCandice Glover ยทCaleb Johnson ยทNick Fradiani
 ยทTrent Harmon ยทMaddie Poppe ยทLaine Hardy ยทJust Sam ยทChayce Beckham ยทNoah Thompson ยทIam Tongi ยทAbi Carter
Runners-Up
 ยทJustin Guarini ยทClay Aiken ยทDiana DeGarmo ยทBo Bice ยทKatharine McPhee ยทBlake Lewis ยทDavid Archuleta ยทAdam Lambert ยทCrystal Bowersox ยทLauren Alaina ยทJessica Sanchez ยทKree Harrison ยทJena Irene ยทClark Beckham ยทLa'Porsha Renae ยทCaleb Lee Hutchinson ยทAlejandro Aranda ยทArthur Gunn ยทWillie Spence (โ€ ) ยทHunterGirl ยทMegan Danielle ยทWill Moseley
Notable Alumni
 ยทAlex Lambert ยทAlex Preston ยทAllegra Miles ยทAngie Miller ยทAnilee List ยทAnoop Desai ยทBeane ยทBenson Boone ยทBriston Maroney
 ยทBrooke White ยทCarly Smithson ยทCasey Abrams ยทCasey Bishop ยทCassandra Coleman ยทChris Daughtry ยทColton Dixon ยทDanny Gokey ยทDavid Brown ยทDeAndre Brackensick ยทElise Testone ยทElliott Yamin ยทFrancisco Martin ยทFritz Hager ยทGabby Barrett
 ยทGrace Kinstler ยทGraham DeFranco ยทHaley Reinhart ยทHollie Cavanagh ยทHunter Metts ยทJack Blocker ยทJacob Lusk
 ยทJames Durbin ยทJAX ยทJen Hirsh ยทJennifer Hudson ยทJeremiah Lloyd Harmon ยทJessica Meuse ยทJimmie Allen ยทJoey Cook
 ยทJosh Gracin ยทJoshua Ledet ยทJurnee ยทKaibrienne ยทKatie Stevens ยทKayla Mickelsen ยทKellie Pickler ยทLaci Kaye Booth ยทLaToya London ยทLauren Daigle ยทLauren Spencer-Smith ยทLeah Marlene ยทMandisa (โ€ ) ยทMargie Mays ยทMario Vรกzquez ยทMary Jo Young ยทMatt Giraud
 ยทMegan Joy ยทMelinda Doolittle ยทMichael J. Woodard ยทMycale Guyton ยทNadia Turner ยทNaima Adedapo ยทNikko Smith ยทParis Bennett
 ยทPaul McDonald ยทPhil Stacey ยทQuentin Alexander ยทRayvon Owen ยทRicky Braddy ยทSanjaya Malakar ยทShubha Vedula ยทSkylar Laine ยทSophia Wackerman ยทTamyra Gray ยทTim Halperin ยทTodrick Hall ยทTori Kelly ยทVonzell Solomon ยทWรฉ Ani ยทZachariah Smith
Coronation Songs
 ยท"A Moment Like This" ยท"Flying Without Wings" ยท"I Believe" ยท"Inside Your Heaven" ยท"Do I Make You Proud?"
 ยท"This Is My Now" ยท"The Time of My Life" ยท"No Boundaries" ยท"Beautiful Day" ยท"I Love You This Big" ยท"Home"
 ยท"I Am Beautiful" ยท"As Long as You Love Me" ยท"Beautiful Life" ยท"Falling" ยท"Going, Going, Gone"
 ยท"Flame" ยท"Rise Up" ยท"23" ยท"One Day Tonight" ยท"I'll Be Seeing You" ยท"This Isn't Over"
R.โ€ .P.
 ยทNikki McKibbin ยทRickey Smith ยทLeah LaBelle ยทMarque Lynche ยทMandisa ยทMichael Johns ยทJoanne Borgella ยทC.J. Harris
โ€” ยทAlexis Cohen ยทAustin Sisneros ยทJairon Jackson ยทMary Iaconelli ยทPaula Goodspeed
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