AP – Ellen DeGeneres arrives at the Daytime Emmy Awards on Sunday Aug. 30, 2009, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Matt … Play Video TV Video:Talk of the Town: Jackson tribute still on Reuters Play Video TV Video:What's Hot on TV this Fall KMOV Channel 4 St. Louis By LYNN ELBER, AP Telev...

In the past three weeks on American Idol, Alex Lambert went from suffering stage fright to delivering performances that had Ellen DeGeneres calling him a ripened banana. However, the judges worried that his shyness would hurt him, and America took...

LONDON – "American Idol" contestants should be thankful that they have caring, sharing Ellen DeGeneres on the panel now and not Katy Perry. The singer was a guest judge for auditions to be featured on next season's show, and she didn't pull any punches with the hopeless hopefuls....

LOS ANGELES – Ellen DeGeneres is glad that her "American Idol" debut drew big ratings and high praise from the show's creator, media mogul Simon Fuller. But the real test, she says, was judging herself. She decided she didn't let the contestants down, DeGeneres said Wednesday, th...

(CNN) -- Talk show host Ellen DeGeneres will join the judges' panel on "American Idol" for the show's ninth season beginning in 2010, a Fox spokeswoman confirmed Wednesday. "I'm thrilled to be the new judge on American Idol," DeGeneres said Wednesday. "I've watched since the beginning, and I've alwa...