JONES IS FAVOURITE TO REPLACE COWELL ON AMERICAN IDOL
Movie mogul QUINCY JONES has emerged as the fan favourite to replace SIMO N COWELL when the Brit departs talent show AMERICAN IDOL this summer (10) ..
America’s TV Guide magazine put forward 10 potential candidates for the soon-to-be vacant chair Cowell fills as a judge on the hit show, asked r eaders to vote for their favourite.
Forty per cent of voters chose producer Jones ahead of former Idol star Adam Lambert, Jamie Foxx and Mariah Carey’s ex-husband, former music bos s Tommy Mottola.
The other six potential candidates were fellow music moguls Jimmy Iovin e and Steve Lillywhite, who has launched an online campaign to land the t op job, DJ Howard Stern, Madonna’s partner and record boss Guy Oseary, Id ol host Ryan Seacrest and the show’s former judge Paula Abdul.
Cowell will depart the show when his contract expires next month (May10 ).
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