Hollywood week is when American Idol starts getting good. YES! Finally, the shenanigans are shoved aside, and real talent begins to shine. Not only that, today was Ellen Degeneres official debut as a new judge! wooohooo!

I was honestly a little nervous about it when I first heard about Ellen coming on the show as a judge. Why? Because I saw her guest judge on SYTYCD. Not only was she too nice, she kept throwing out cheesy lines like “Are you a carpenter? Because you NAILED it!” ha ha.

Anyhow, I was pleasantly surprised and impressed with her tonight. She was actually pretty funny, and not in a cheesy way. She was nice, but also wasn’t afraid to be blunt and give constructive criticism. She really brought something different to the panel that made the show that much more enjoyable.. and it seems the twitter reaction to Ellen Degeneres’s American Idol judging debut is so overwhelmingly positive! Yay, go Ellen!

Here’s a video of Ellen on her show talking about Hollywood week:

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