However, I will defend DeGeneres against one of the more ludicrous criticisms levelled against her since news broke that she’d be joining the show: that her lack of a musical background will somehow damage American Idol’s credibility. First , with apologies to fans of such … And second: Can any show that has foisted finalists as unfortunate as Justin Guarini , Taylor Hicks and Blake Lewis on to the record-buying public possibly have any musical credibility left to damage? …

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TwitterGlitter.com – Parsing the Ellen factor