Mary J. Blige, Katy Perry and Victoria Beckham are already confirmed as Paula Abdul stand-ins.
By Jocelyn Vena

Jessica Simpson

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On Monday (August 17), it was rumored that Jessica Simpson would be the next celebrity to join Randy Jackson, Simon Cowell and Kara DioGuardi at the judges’ table on “American Idol.” But it turns out the only reality show Simpson will be on is her upcoming VH1 show “The Price of Beauty.”

Simpson’s rep shot down the New York Post report that she’d be one of the guest judges for the upcoming season of the show. “There is absolutely no truth to this,” her rep told Us Weekly.

The report also said that it is her dad and manager, Joe Simpson, who was pushing to get Simpson a slot on the program, a claim he denied on his Twitter page. “So, I am in Thailand … But, of course, the Post says I am in town trying to get [Jess] to be the replacement for Paula Abdul … Do the lies ever stop????”

Meanwhile, People magazine is reporting that country star Shania Twain is in talks to be a guest judge. She could be one of the judges when the show makes a stop in Chicago on August 30 and 31, the mag reports.

If Twain does sign on, she’d be joining Mary J. Blige, who will guest-judge when the show stops in Atlanta. Katy Perry and Victoria “Posh Spice” Beckham have also been confirmed as guest judges for this season, hoping to fill the void left by Paula Abdul’s surprising exit.

The permanent solution for filling Abdul’s empty chair has yet to be announced. Earlier this month, Peter Rice, chairman of entertainment at Fox, told Reuters that they’ll be coming up with a replacement “between now and January. … Obviously, there is going to be a different dynamic, [and] there is something exciting about that.”

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