One of my favorite things to do is surprise my fans.
And today, we're doing something we've never done before.
Amber Mack is someone who is a college student.
And she's written more than 100 letters to me.
Yeah, I know.
[LAUGHTER]
Usually, when someone writes me that much,
I like to keep them far, far away from me.
[LAUGHTER]
And as luck would have it, she is studying abroad
in Rome, Italy.
So you know the old saying.
When in Rome, send Jeannie.
So let's go live to Italy.
Ciao.
Ciao, Jeannie.
Ciao, Ellen!
Hello.
OK.
So what time is it there?
It's a little after 12:30 in the morning.
Oh, wow.
All right.
So I sent you to Rome for 48 hours.
And what have you done so far?
It's been so awesome.
I have-- let's see.
I've seen the Colosseum.
I've seen Trevi Fountain.
I've eaten, like, pasta, pizza, gelato.
I've eaten a lot of carbs.
But it's been the best time, Ellen.
Thank you so much for sending me here.
Well, you're welcome.
Yeah, the food there is incredible.
It's quite something.
All right.
Tell us about Amber.
So good.
OK.
So Amber is a junior in college.
And she's currently studying abroad
here at Temple University's Rome campus.
Now, Amber has watched the show every single day
since she was in the fifth grade.
She says that you are her biggest source of inspiration.
And it would be her dream to meet you one day.
Now, last semester, Amber worked four jobs
to put herself through school.
And so right now, here we are in front of her dorm,
in Rome, Italy, ready to surprise her.
I'm so excited.
All right.
So we have done door knock surprises before, but not out
of the country.
And not at 12:30 AM.
So this should be interesting for you.
And I'm going to send you in.
And I'm going to use Cisco to surprise Amber right now.
Hey, Amber.
Hello?
Hi.
Hello?
Hi, Amber.
How are you?
Hi.
Good, how are you?
I'm really good.
Wait.
Oh my god.
[LAUGHTER]
Good morning.
Oh my god.
Good morning to you.
Oh my god.
Hi.
Oh my god, Ellen.
Oh my god.
No way.
No, this is not real right now.
It is.
Yeah.
No, it's not.
It is real.
I'm doing a show right now.
So you're on my show right now.
Oh my god.
Do you have just a moment to chat while I have you here?
Absolutely, Ellen.
OK.
Good.
All right.
So have a seat.
OK.
So you're-- what are you studying?
You're a college student.
And you're in Rome.
What are you studying?
I'm studying media studies and production with a minor
in general business.
You have inspired me to go through this route
since I was in, like, third grade
after watching your show every day.
Oh, wow.
OK.
So you're a big fan of the show.
And how long-- you've been watching since third grade.
Is that right?
Yeah.
I would come home at 3:45.
And I'd have 15 minutes left of the show.
And I would look forward to fifth grade every day,
because I got to go home at 2:30,
which meant that I got to watch the entire show when
I got home.
And then for my birthday this year, my friend
threw me an Ellen themed birthday
party with a cake of me and you on there.
But it's not real, obviously.
Aw, that's-- no, it wasn't me, really.
So I just want to remind everybody it's 12:30 AM.
And the energy you have right now is--
It's 1:00 AM, actually.
Well, OK.
It's 1:00 AM.
You have a lot of energy.
Anyway, my point is, did you meet Jeannie there?
Is she a friend of yours?
I want her to be a friend of mine.
I would love to be friends with her.
But I didn't meet her.
And I don't know if I could say we're friends.
But I would love to be friends with Jeannie.
The reason I ask is because I have not seen her.
She didn't even show up at work today.
And I'm wondering, because she knew
we were going to talk to you.
Is she in Rome?
Have you seen her.
I haven't seen her.
Oh my god.
[LAUGHTER]
[SCREAMING]
All right.
We'll be back.
So, Amber, you know that--
you've been trying to get tickets, right,
for the show for years, right?
Yes.
I've been trying to get tickets-- yeah--
ever since I knew I could, which is around eighth grade.
So I told my friends at Shutterfly--
I called Nancy, and I called Cliff, and Stuart,
and Ronaldo--
I called them all.
And they care about supporting students in need.
So we're going to give you a chance to win some money.
So you're in Italy.
It gave me an idea for a game.
Jeannie, tell her what we're playing.
OK.
Got it.
So here's what we're going to do.
This game is going to test your Italian, OK, Amber?
So I'm going to say a word or phrase in English.
And you're going to say it in Italian, OK?
For each one you get right, you're going to get $1,000.
[APPLAUSE]
OK.
All right.
So we're going to go 45 seconds on the clock.
Are you ready?
OK.
I'm ready.
OK, Ellen, here we go.
Here's number one.
My name is Amber, in Italian.
[SPEAKING ITALIAN]
Amber.
This is a good one.
I think you'll know this one.
Number two, I don't speak Italian.
[SPEAKING ITALIAN]
That looks right to me.
[CHEERING]
All right.
George Clooney is hot.
George Clooney
[STUTTERING]
All right.
Keep going.
Go to the next one.
Next one!
Spaghetti.
Correct!
That's $3,000.
Hello, beautiful.
[SPEAKING ITALIAN]
That's correct.
That's right.
That's four.
OK, ready?
Oh, this is a great one.
I love Ellen DeGeneres.
How do you say that?
Um.
[SPEAKING ITALIAN]
Ellen DeGeneres.
That one sound good, Ellen?
[SPEAKING ITALIAN]
That's right!
OK, that's good.
OK, ready?
All right.
Oh, that's time.
That's $5,000.
So Amber, you won $5,000.
Also, you're going to get a VIP trip to the show.
So I will see you when you get here at the show.
Hey, guess what.
You're gonna get--
[SCREAMING]
[APPLAUSE]
All right.
We'll see you soon.
Bye.