[American_Idol_Extra] simon cawell says bret michael would be...................

American Idol – Simon Cowell Says Bret Michael Would Be Great Judge July 13, 2010 12:08 PM EDT The man of the hour, Bret Michaels, made an appearance on The View this morning. Weren't we all wondering where he'd been? It's been probably a good month since we really heard anything about him. The good news is he appeared very healthy. But the big news is that Bret was asked what all the rumors were about him being asked to judge American Idol. He noted all his health problems couldn't have come at a worse time. While it may have seemed that these rumors popped up because of his escalating popularity after his win on Celebrity Apprentice and health troubles, the truth is it had been talked about before any of that happened. Bret admitted on The View that they had been in talks about him replacing Simon Cowell some time ago, and that when he went in to talk about the possibilities, that Simon Cowell gave him a great compliment, saying he thought "Bret Michael would be a great judge" for American Idol. Bret feels it would be wrong to just look for someone exactly like Simon saying, although he can be brutally honest, he's really looking for good talent. He thinks the show needs someone to be there for the right reasons. Stopping short of saying yea or nay, Bret really never did say whether he was definitely out of the running for American Idol because of his health problems or whether it was even still a possibility or not. He did say in January he'll have surgery to fix the hole in his heart, meaning that could be fixed before the semi-final rounds start, and maybe even before Hollywood week. After all, we know Bret, and after all those health scares he had, he was still up and moving, appearing on the Celebrity Apprentice finale, then the American Idol finale a few weeks later, and shortly after that back out on tour. I don't know what's involved in the surgery he needs, but it's hard to imagine anything holding him out of service for too long. Incidentally, Clay Aiken was on The View today as well as a guest cohost, and he had mentioned not too long ago an interest in replacing Simon as well. Oddly, this was never brought up during this segment. Maybe the two of them could have an Idol-Off or something. So the question still remains. Who will be the next American Idol judge? If you don't stand for something, you will fall for anything. Nancy

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