Tonight we get to see the debut of Ellen on Idol.  I’m really curious to see how she’s going to work out in this role.  Don’t get me wrong, I love her and think she’s very entertaining.  I’m just very curious to see what direction she will take sitting in that judges chair.  Hopefully she’ll do what she does best and lend a bit of comedy to the show, but I guess we’ll have to wait and see.  Oh and speaking of AI judges. Did you hear the latest rumor about who might take Simon’s place?  Word on the street is that Howard Stern is being eyed for the role.  Love him or hate him, when you stop and think about it he would bring quite an interesting perspective to the panel.  Not to mention Idol could capitalize on the household name and his edgier rock following.  Out of all the rumors I’ve heard for who will take Simon’s place this is my pick.  What do you think?