{"id":7672,"date":"2010-07-29T21:39:01","date_gmt":"2010-07-30T02:39:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/?p=7672"},"modified":"2010-07-29T22:14:10","modified_gmt":"2010-07-30T03:14:10","slug":"report-jennifer-lopez-replacing-ellen-degeneres-on-american-idol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2010\/07\/29\/report-jennifer-lopez-replacing-ellen-degeneres-on-american-idol\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Jennifer Lopez Replacing Ellen DeGeneres on &#8220;American Idol&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The first &#8220;American Idol&#8221; bombshell broke Thursday when FOX confirmed that Ellen DeGeneres is leaving the judging panel ahead of the show&#8217;s tenth season, and for as big as that news was, the &#8220;Idol&#8221; gossip faucet has not been shut off.<\/p>\n<div style=\"float:left;margin-right:5px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/view.picapp.com\/pictures.photo\/entertainment\/jennifer-lopez-attends-the\/image\/9118767?term=jennifer+lopez\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/view.picapp.com\/pictures.photo\/image\/9118767\/jennifer-lopez-attends-the\/jennifer-lopez-attends-the.jpg?size=234&#038;imageId=9118767\" border=\"0\" width=\"234\" title=\"Jennifer Lopez attends the 2010 Apollo Theater Spring Benefit Concert &amp; Awards Ceremony at The Apollo Theater in New York\" height=\"168\" oncontextmenu=\"return false;\" ondrag=\"return false;\" onmousedown=\"return false;\" alt=\"Jennifer Lopez attends the 2010 Apollo Theater Spring Benefit Concert &amp; Awards Ceremony at The Apollo Theater in New York, June 14, 2010. 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FOX has only confirmed Ellen&#8217;s departure&#8211;not the news of Lopez&#8217;s deal&#8211;but the story is consistent with ongoing rumors that she was on producers&#8217; short list for the revamped panel.<\/p>\n<p>Lopez previously served as a guest mentor on the show, scoring critical approval for a well-reviewed turn in a role that could easily have been &#8220;phoned in.&#8221;  She had also been identified in rumors last season about taking over for the departing Paula Abdul, but those turned out to be false&#8211;the role went to DeGeneres.<\/p>\n<p>Although Lopez is certainly a high-level celebrity, the Deadline report makes it clear that Lopez has been recruited to replace DeGeneres&#8211;the long-awaited replacement for head judge Simon Cowell has yet to be revealed.<\/p>\n<p>Deadline added that Jessica Simpson was in serious discussions to take over the to-be-vacant female post, but Lopez was the top choice, and as soon as her deal was confirmed, &#8220;Idol&#8221; was ready to make the announcement that DeGeneres was leaving.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"adace-sponsor":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Report: Jennifer Lopez Replacing Ellen DeGeneres on &quot;American Idol&quot;<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The first &quot;American Idol&quot; 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