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DeGeneres will take Paula Abdul's vacant seat

Thomas Vo

[Ellen DeGeneres](http://www.cdinsight.com/news.php?readmore=2189) is the newest addition to the judging panel for this season of "American Idol." DeGeneres is scheduled to take Paula Abdul's vacant seat in 2010.  
  
DeGeneres has been a fan of the show since the beginning, saying that she has "not missed on episode." She is hoping to bring a more common point of view to the judging of "Idol."  
  
According to [People](http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20303396,00.html), "Hopefully I'm the people's point of view because I'm just like you," DeGeneres says. "I sit at home and I watch it.  I'm not looking at it in a critical way from the producer's mind. I'm looking at it as a person who is going to buy the music and is going to relate to that person."  
  
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