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Love him or hate him, Howard Stern has confirmed his interest in Simon Cowell’s seat on ‘American Idol’. This goes along with the earlier announcement that ‘Idol’ producers are interested as having Stern as a judge.

This entire situation seems more sound and fury and it’s unlikely that anything would come of it. All Stern has in common with Cowell is the ability to be obnoxious and denigrating of other people. Cowell at least had ties to the music industry before appearing as an ‘Idol’ judge. While Howard Stern does work in radio, he thankfully has not released a CD of himself singing the Beatles’ greatest hits. If he has, I missed it.

Most likely this situation is being used by Stern as a bargaining chip for a renegotiation of his contract with Sirius. Stern would be too much of a turn-off for the majority of viewers for ‘American Idol’. If he does end up replacing Cowell, then it could signal the beginning of the end of ‘American Idol’.

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