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Howard Stern: Idol Would Be “Best Thing That Happened to Me”

February 8th, 2010

Howard Stern says filling Simon Cowell‘s seat on American Idol would be the “best thing that happened to me” — but he would have to make “a ton of dough. ”

“Yeah, I would do that show for $100 million,” Stern told his Sirius satellite radio listeners Monday, reports TheWrap.

“It might be possible, we’ll see, “said Stern. “They » Read more: Howard Stern: Idol Would Be “Best Thing That Happened to Me”

Is Howard Stern Replacing Simon Cowell on Idol?

February 8th, 2010

Stars are clamoring to replace Simon Cowell at the American Idol judges table, but is America’s favorite “shock jock” really one of them?

Howard Stern, 56, is the Idol producers’ top choice to replace Cowell, according to The New York Post. The Sirius radio host’s hefty contract expires next year and Stern recently said on-air he had been approached by a major TV network for next year, but also told listeners he turned the offer down. Sources rebuffed the Stern report to Entertainment Weekly, saying there were no front-runners yet to replace Cowell when the acerbic judge heads to The X Factor. » Read more: Is Howard Stern Replacing Simon Cowell on Idol?