Do You Want Bret Michaels To Replace Simon on Idol?

After Bret Michael’s surprise appearance on the American Idol season finale, fans started speculating that Michaels’ might make an acceptable replacement for judge Simon Cowell who will not return next year.

Michaels, who performed a duet with Idol finalist Casey James on Wednesday’s show, just three days after winning Celebrity Apprentice, told the crowd at his Biloxi, Miss., show Friday night that he was in the running to replace Cowell. “I can’t say this is true yet, ’cause I don’t know. Next year they asked me to possibly be the judge on ‘American Idol,” he said, before beginning the Poison classic ‘Every Rose Has Its Thorn.’