Ellen Degeneres QUITS American Idol!

July 29th, 2010 | By Dave Tesh

Not surprised! As much as I love Ellen Idol isn’t just the same without Simon, Randy and Paula!!

American Idol has done nothing but go down hill ever since!

Ellen decided to release the following statement and say:

A couple months ago, I let FOX and the “American Idol” producers know that this didn’t feel like the right fit for me. I told them I wouldn’t leave them in a bind and that I would hold off on doing anything until they were able to figure out where they wanted to take the panel next. It was a difficult decision to make, but my work schedule became more than I bargained for. I also realized this season that while I love discovering, supporting and nurturing young talent, it was hard for me to judge people and sometimes hurt their feelings. I loved the experience working on “Idol” and I am very grateful for the year I had. I am a huge fan of the show and will continue to be.

Sorry to see you leave but maybe Idol wasn’t the right place for you, being on your own show is a lot better!

Adios Ellen!

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‘Jersey Shore’ Stars Flunk Ellen’s Basic Trivia Quiz

February 6th, 2010 | By Dave Tesh

Our friends from the ‘Jersey Shore‘ will not be hitting the celebrity game-show circuit once their 15 minutes of fame is up.

In one of the more hilarious clips ever from an upcoming “Ellen” show, three of the ‘Jersey’ stars failed miserably to answer simple questions from the trivia game “Know or Go!”

Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi, Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino, and DJ Pauly D were each sent through the trap door after being stumped on bonehead questions. This even with a New Jersey theme and Ellen DeGeneres giving as much forgiveness as humanly possible from the podium.

DJ Pauly D. took all of 15 seconds of swaying and umming to answer his first question. “Which New Jersey City is Newark Airport in.” He finally answered “Newark.” There was massive applause when he concluded that with monthly electric bills there would by 12 payments in a year (duh!). But he was stumped when he couldn’t remember the slogan for Olive Garden.

“We don’t pump our gas, we pump our fists,” he grinned in answer before being dropped through the trap door.

The Situation did no better as he was unable to tell Ellen what “bon” meant into French. “That’s my question?” he cried. “Might as well just drop me.”

Ellen let him continue and he managed to name the four seasons. It only took him 16.9 seconds.

But he was finally sent down for not knowing the host of CNN’s “Situation Room.” As the studio audience cheered, he was sent down the chute after asking for a hint.

Snooki was even worse, first incorrectly stating that New Jersey fought for the South in the Civil War. She was forgiven. But Ellen pulled the switch when Snookie was asked to name the 13 original colonies.

“All of them?” she cried. “New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island…Canada.”

Adam Lambert Apologizes Again

December 1st, 2009 | By Dave Tesh

Adam Lambert made an appearance on Ellen and continued talking about his American Music Awards Performance.

“I forgot that this was the first time people were seeing me on TV again after Idol…I think in hindsight, I look back on it and I go, ‘Okay, maybe that wasn’t the best first impression to make again or the first second impression.’”

Ellen also made a great point by stating if you’re going to be offended by a sexual performance, you should be offended by ALL sexual performances.

Powerful! Two gay people unite. They both made a point thought, I mean the song WAS called “For Your Entertainment” duh!

Ellen Scares Taylor Swift! Hilarious!

October 30th, 2009 | By Dave Tesh

We love Ellen as a prankster! Check out the video above when Ellen scared Taylor in the bathroom! Hilarious!

Thoughts??

T-Swizzle Makes An Appearance On The Ellen Show!

October 29th, 2009 | By Dave Tesh

Taylor Swift appeared on The Ellen Show today, October 29th. Ellen asks Taylor about her relationship with Taylor Lautner – even showing some of the pictures snapped of the two of them out and about recently.

When she talked about being on the set of the upcoming movie “Valentines Day” with Taylor L she said that it got really confusing because their names are the same and they were in the same scenes. So Taylor S came up with a solution! She said: “You call him Taylor, and me Swifty for the rest of the day, problem solved.”

Check out Taylor’s interview with Ellen above and let us know your thoughts!