Ellen DeGeneres American Idol Debut

Ellen DeGeneres, 52, has joined Simon Cowell, Randy Jackson and Kara DioGuardi on the new season of American Idol. She has already started taping “Hollywood week” on Tuesday night.

Daily mail observed that the majority of people posting about DeGeneres on Twitter praised her. Some said they were only tuning in for DeGeneres, but not everyone was a devotee.

MTV said that the new judge receives mostly positive reviews, although one critic complains she said 'nothing of consequence.'

The episode is scheduled to air on Wednesday.

Do you think the popular talk show host made a good A.I. judge?

Portia de Rossi The Ellen DeGeneres Show Video (March 16, 2009)

Portia de Rossi on The Ellen DeGeneres Show picture

Ellen DeGeneres interviews her own wife, Australian-born actress Portia de Rossi, on The Ellen DeGeneres Show on Monday, March 16, 2009.

The Ellen DeGeneres Show Portia de Rossi Interview video (Part 1)

Ellen DeGeneres and partner Portia de Rossi were married last August in Los Angeles. The couple celebrated their 7 month anniversary on the March 16 Ellen show. They talked about married life, pregnancy and Portia's new ABC comedy Better Off Ted which premieres on Wednesday March 18. Then, Ellen and Portia played The Newlywed Game to show how well they know each other after the interview.

The Ellen DeGeneres Show Portia de Rossi Interview video (Part 2)

Portia de Rossi Ellen DeGeneres Wedding Pictures

 

Ellen DeGeneres and lesbian lover of 4 years Portia de Rossi legally married in Los Angeles on August 16 night. Here are two pics of Portia de Rossi Ellen DeGeneres's wedding spotted in the Chinese portal Sohu.com

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Katherine Heigl Congratuated on Ellen DeGeneres Wedding

Ellen Degeneres and Portia De Rossi married in an intimate ceremony at the couple's Los Angeles home yesterday August 16. The newly-weds were blessed by actress Katherine Heigl, of Grey's Anatomy.

Katherine Heigl Wishes Ellen DeGeneres "All The Best"

"One of my favorite people of all time is Ms. Ellen DeGeneres. So I wish all the best, all the happiness, all the joy that comes with that certificate ... just the joy of being able to stand up and say that. In front of everyone you love and care about in front of each other and to walk away legal is huge." She  told the AP when attending the charity event 3rd Annual Hot in Hollywood on August 17. Source: Showbiz Spy Image credit: PR Photos

Ellen DeGeneres Portia de Rossi Wedding: Portia de Rossi Ellen DeGeneres Married August 16 in Los Angeles

Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi got married on August 16, 2008, reported People.com.

Ellen Degeneres and Portia de Rossi attended the 35th Annual Daytime EMMY Awards at Kodak Theater, Hollywood on July 20, 2008. Ellen and Portia legally married as a couple in Los Angeles on August 16, 2008.

Talk show queen Ellen DeGeneres and partner Portia de Rossi exchanged wedding vows and walked down the aisle in the couple's Los Angeles.

"Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi were married tonight [August 16] in an intimate ceremony at their home in Los Angeles," Ellen's rep told the mag.

Ellen DeGeneres, mom Betty DeGeneres and partner Portia de Rossi at 2007 Vanity Fair Oscar Party

People said Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi's wedding was held in an intimate ceremony only the 19 family members and friends, including DeGeneres's mom Betty DeGeneres and de Rossi's mother Margaret Rogers, attended.

Ellen DeGeneres 50, and Portia de Rossie, 35, have been dating since December 2004. But not until California's Supreme Court ruled the same-sex/gay marriage is legal in the state on May 14, DeGeneres announced the following day on her talk show she planed to marry with de Rossi, an Australian-born celebrity working in Hollywood.

Ellen Degeneres and Portia de Rossi attended the 35th Annual Daytime EMMY Awards at Kodak Theater, Hollywood on July 20, 2008. A beaming De Rossi proudly shows off her diamond engagement right Ellen gave to her for the paparazzi.

In July Ellen DeGeneres presented Portia de Rossi a Neil Lane-designed, marquise-cut pink diamond ring for their upcoming nuptials. On the 20th of the month, Portia de Rossi proudly showed off the 3-carat diamond ring for the photogs when the pair arrived at the rep carpet of the 35th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards.

Sources: People & E!online Images credit: PR Photos

Update/Perezhilton.com: A little more details about Portia de Rossi Ellen DeGeneres Wedding:

Portia wore a backless, light pink dress and Ellen sported an all white ensemble of pants, button-up shirt and vest.

A witness tells Us Weekly, before the ceremony, "Ellen and Portia came out and posed for pictures with Ellen's mom and their two dogs. They were hugging and kissing, and looked ecstatic. Ellen was helping Portia with the train of her dress, which looked like a Cinderella tutu."

The snitch went on to say E and P "were both laughing," walked "all over the lawn together holding hands and posing."

Oh, cheers for a pair of legal wives!

Ellen DeGeneres Portia De Rossi Wedding August 16: Portia De Rossi Ellen DeGeneres to Be Married as a Same-Sex Couple

Ellen DeGeneres Portia De Rossi Wedding -- Talk-show host Ellen DeGeneres and her long-time lesbian partner Australian Portia De Rossi is to be married! US Magazine's report says Ellen DeGeneres and Portia De Rossi will wed this weekend August 16 in California. DeGeneres, 50, and De Rossi, 35, reportedly have planned a small but very intimate ceremony with only a few close friends and family members invited.

File Photo: Ellen Degeneres and Portia de Rossi arrived at 35th Annual Daytime EMMY Awards at Kodak Theater, Hollywood on June 20, 2008. Ellen Degeneres and Portia de Rossi is to tie the knot as an legal lesbian couple in California August, 2008. (Image credit: Glenn Harris/PR Photos)

Ellen DeGeneres Portia de Rossi Wedding Date Set

Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi's gay wedding will be any time soon from now, as the pair have already set a date.

Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi attending the 35th Annual Daytime EMMY Awards at Kodak Theater in Los Angeles on June 20, 2008. Ellen and Rossi are to get married in a "dream wedding".  (Picture credit: Albert  Ortega/PR Photos)

Attending the 35th Annual Daytime EMMY Awards at Kodak Theater in Los Angeles where she won the Daytime Emmy for a fourth consecutive year last night, Ellen DeGeneres, 50, told reporters waiting backstage that she and lover Portia de Rossi are planning a dream wedding and she "can't wait to be married".

Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi attending the 35th Annual Daytime EMMY Awards at Kodak Theater in Los Angeles on June 20, 2008. Ellen and Rossi are to get married in a "dream wedding". (Picture credit: Albert Ortega/PR Photos)

Portia de Rossi, 35, who accompanied her talk show host partner on the event, proudly showed the pink diamonds engagement ring Ellen gave her to the photogs. Source: People