Fans go crazy as Ellen DeGenres walks on to the stage at Birrarung Marr, Melbourne. Picture: Instagram Source: Supplied
UPDATE: Ellen DeGeneres is continuing to film her show at Birrarung Marr.
DeGeneres held an underwear model competition with four Melbourne men joining her on stage.
DeGeneres also had 10-year-old Georgia Perry from Melbourne Girls Grammar sing.
She saw her first while she was visiting de Rossi's former school, Melbourne Girls Grammar, yesterday.
DeGeneres was clearly impressed.
These friends from Latrobe University arrived at 3.30am at Birrarung Marr to see Ellen. L to R: Victoria, Amanda, Felicia, Sarah, Adele and Caity. Picture: Nicole Garmston
"I'm bringing you to America and I'm going to bring you to perform on my show!"
DeGeneres also came off the stage greeting her fans - and giving them hats to shield them from the heat.
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Ellen DeGeneres and wife Portia de Rossi pictured outside the Grand Hyatt Hotel. Picture: Scott Chris
The time for DeGeneres' show to start was 11am but DeGeneres didn't get on the purpose built stage until midday.
"I love you all so much you have no idea, " DeGeneres, 55, said.
"Everybody in the riff raff who didn't come in I’ll come and see you next.
"This is incredible."
DeGeneres appeared to be genuinely blown away about the size of the crowd.
"We have done a few outdoor shows - we did one with Beyonce in Central Park. We have had more people here than Central Park , more than Sydney - I love you all ."
DeGeneres said she watched the crowd build with amazement from her room at the Grand Hyatt.
She then introduced her "favourite " Australian, wife Portia de Rossi.
Ellen fans queue up early at Birrarung Marr, Melbourne. L to R. Jessica, 19, Meghana, 18, and Selma, 19, from Dandenong North arrived at 5am. Picture: Nicole Garmston
"Melbourne has made me so proud," an emotional De Rossi told the crowd as they chanted her name.
There are two stages - one a viewing platform for the people who missed out on getting into the main area.
DeGeneres's mother Betty DeGeneres arrived first on stage, to screams from the fans, followed by her official DJ.
Fans Claudia Schumann, Kristina Camilleri and Clare Cook waited for TV personality, Ellen DeGeneres to arrive at Melbourne International Airport. Picture: Quinn Rooney/Getty Images
There is plenty of space in the park left but because of occupational and health reasons only 3500 were allowed in to see the filming for The Ellen DeGeneres Show.
Thousands more are watching on another screen by the side of the Yarra and on the bridge leading to Melbourne Park .
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Producers have been working for three days on the stage in the park, with DeGeneres to film segments of her global show.
Hundreds of sleep-deprived wannabe TV extras are in high spirits, chanting their idol's name after securing their prime positions from as early as 9pm last night.
The line to enter the event now stretches for hundreds of metres down Birrarung Marr.
Ellen has already tweeted to her fans: "Dress up as your best graffiti art and you might win some serious cash."
It was a message no doubt inspired by her sighting of some of the city's spray-can art in her first hours here.
Earlier she tweeted: "The graffiti in Melbourne is unbelievable.
"I didn't have any paint cans, so I tagged my name with Andy's (executive producer Andy Lassner) spray deodorant."
North Melbourne roommates Hayley Rogers, 19, Renae Moore, 20, and Mirinda Gibson, 20, said they risked a sleepless night for the one-a-lifetime opportunity to see the US talk show host.
"I tape her on my T-Box and watch her all day. I have a good life," Ms Moore said.
The trio said they didn't know what to expect from the show.
"We're just excited to see her, that's all that matters," Ms Gibson said.
Oakleigh woman Teresa Franzi said she'd had three hours' sleep since Sunday.
Dressed in a pink cape, she said she'd been up all night making a cardboard Ellen tram to represent Melbourne.
"I'm just running on adrenaline now."
Ms Franzi said she admired the celebrity as "humble, sweet and caring."
"She's also a good dancer," she said.
Heidelberg schoolmates Ellie, 16, and Tahnee, 17, not only skipped class but sneaked out of home last night to grab a spot near the front.
"There are a few people from school that are here," Ellie said.
Dressed in cardboard as graffiti-sprayed city buildings, the pair said they had to hide their costumes down the road for a quiet escape.
"When we were on the train the inspector thought we were graffitiing," Tahnee said.
"We looked like idiots walking around the city like this."
After promising some surprises on her Melbourne trip, Ellen made an unannounced visit to Melbourne Girls Grammar yesterday afternoon, arriving to screams and tears from stunned students.
She filmed a show segment with wife Portia de Rossi, a former student of the South Yarra school.
The pair stayed for almost two hours, getting a tour of the premises and taking questions while sitting in a science class.
They also addressed pupils on the school's PA system.
The couple left about 3.15pm with the TV production crew, departing in three black vans.
Earlier in the day DeGeneres arrived on a chartered flight from Sydney.
A source said Qantas got special permission from air traffic control authorities to fly at a low altitude into Melbourne so De Rossi could point out some of the more famous landmarks.
It is believed they sat in Row 1 in business class.
DeGeneres made jokes on the plane, taking over the intercom and giving a shout out to her crew.
On landing, she gave loyal fans a wave as they waited at Gate 23. She also made a surprise visit to the Collingwood headquarters of Swisse vitamins, who brought the talk show host to Australia.
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