Ellen DeGeneres is dancing her way into the fourth judge's seat on “American Idol.” Fox announced Wednesday the talk show host and comedian, who admittedly has no formal music experience, just a passion for tunes, will join for the ninth season. Wednesday's announcement came as a shock to many of the television singing competition's fans, who did not expect the Emmy-winning talk show host to fill Abdul's spot. DeGeneres told her talk show audience in an episode scheduled to air Thursday that she had been “dying to tell everyone” and would not abandon her chatfest. Instead, she will have “a day job and a night job.” “The times we're living in,” she quipped, “we're all doing that.” It won't be DeGeneres' first time in a reality TV judge's seat - or on “Idol.” She served as a guest judge earlier this summer on “So You Think You Can Dance,” critiquing the dancing competition's top eight finalists. In 2007, she was the co-host of “Idol Gives Back,” the singing contest's charity event. She returned the next year in a pre
