• Media Life, Monday, August 16, 2010 10:42 AM

We know she feels like a woman. But does Shania Twain feel like judging the No. 1 show on television? Twain's name is the latest to pop up in the "American Idol" judging sweepstakes. Two and possibly three seats on the Fox program's judging panel are open, and the network is scrambling to fill them before auditions in front of the judges begin next month. The New York Post reports that Twain has become a front runner to take one of the spots that had been vacated by Simon Cowell and Ellen DeGeneres.

Twain, the Canadian-born country/crossover star, is just the latest in a long series of mostly pop singers reportedly under consideration for Cowell's seat, including Elton John, Justin Timberlake and Harry Connick Jr. Fox has yet to say anything official about the next group of "Idol" judges; Twain's name seems as plausible as anyone else's.

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