Simon's Replacement Could Be...

...Elton John? God I hope not. But TMZ seems to think so:

On TMZ TV -- the day Simon announced he was leaving -- we floated Elton John as the guy who should take Simon's seat. After all, he knows music, he's certainly got the bitchy attitude, and he's British.

Now an "American Idol" spy tells us the talk on the set is ... Elton John!

Elton was a guest judge in season three of 'Idol.'

We contacted Elton's rep to see if he was interested. She said tersely, "He's on holiday."

Is it absolutely necessary to replace one angry Brit with another angry, gayer Brit? Let's hope there's no truth to this because, if there is, I'll never watch Idol again. And considering I don't watch it now, that won't be all that difficult to do.

1.14.10 at 11:39:41 AM