Shock-jock Howard Stern confirmed that FOX was courting him to replace Simon Cowell on American Idol during his show on February 8, 2010. Addressing the recent rumors that Stern may become a judge on Idol, Stern told his listeners, "There's not a better job on the planet than judging that f---ing karaoke contest." He went on to say, "It might be possible, we'll see," and "They'd have to pay me a ton of dough because I already make a ton of dough." He said he'd definitely do the show for $100 million.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35299285/ns/entertainment-television/

Stern talked about past American Idol contestants and how he would have handled them during his Sirius broadcast on February 8, 2010. Stern said he would have told Taylor Hicks to dye his hair, said he would have given Clay Aiken an usher's uniform because he "seems like a queen that would hang around in a theater," and would have told Carrie Underwood to lose weight.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRSVcIseX_E

During the broadcast, Stern said, "By the way, if I was the judge, looks would play into the judging too, I would be honest with them. I would say 'look at you, you're out of shape, go work out, I'm going to send you to Hollywood but f---ing lose weight. A lot of it would be them going to the gym, it would sort of be like the Biggest Loser and American Idol combined."http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRSVcIseX_E