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excerpt:"With the news that Ellen DeGeneres is leaving American Idol close on the heels of Simon Cowell, the conversation surrounding the show is all about who'll replace who, and when. I have an alternative idea: Why not just cancel American Idol, since it's looking more and more as though it's going to be a hollow shell of its hollow shell?
Oh, I know, that's not really going to happen — the show is still too popular, despite its dipping ratings — but it's something to consider. The speculation that Jennifer Lopez might become the next judge probably won't solve the problem Ellen articulated, which was that she (and, I'd say by extension, any well-established celebrity) tends to be reluctant to criticize a contestant with the same sharpness that a, y'know, real music critic might.
