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Kanye West Courted to Join Possible NBC Return of ‘American Idol’ (Report)

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*There’s talk that Kanye West is being seriously courted to join NBC’s proposed revival of “American Idol” as a judge, RadarOnline.com reports.

Ryan Seacrest has put his name forward during his negotiations to come back as host and NBC are salivating over it,” said a source of bringing back the series that ended its 15-year run on Fox in April 2016.

As for the judging panel, “Kanye is at the very top of the wish list, not Simon Cowell,” said the source. “If Ryan hosting can help get them Kanye, that’s a happy result for NBC.”

Seacrest already produces his wife Kim Kardashian’s reality series, “Keeping Up With the Kardashians” on E!

“Kanye’s weighing the options and is even grilling Jennifer Lopez on what’s involved,” the source told Radar. “It’s not an easy gig, but the offer he’s got is proving to be very hard to refuse.”

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