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"Kelly Clarkson does not want to be a new judge on American Idol -- but she&amp;apos;s more than happy to volunteer someone else!\r\nThe Duets mentor chatted with Us Weekly at the final taping of the ABC show on Friday about the recent shake-up at FOX&amp;apos;s American Idol.\r\nVIDEO: Music&amp;apos;s most glamorous divas\r\nAfter Jennifer Lopez and Steven Tyler left the show, Clarkson -- who won American Idol in 2002 -- says she would not want to take one of their judge&amp;apos;s seats.\r\n&amp;quot;I don&amp;apos;t want to be a judge. Mentor is more my style,&amp;quot; she told Us. &amp;quot;And not just mentoring, getting to be a part of the song with them, getting them amped up -- from our rehearsals to stage, it&amp;apos;s so exciting being onstage. It&amp;apos;s fun!&amp;quot;&amp;#xA0;\r\n\r\nBut Clarkson, 30, thinks 2005&amp;apos;s American Idol winner Carrie Underwood would be the perfect new judge for the show.&amp;#xA0;\r\n&amp;quot;She would! Didn&amp;apos;t she major in journalism or something?&amp;quot; Clarkson said of the 29-year-old country singer. Indeed, Underwood did graduate from Northeastern State University in Tahlequah, Okla. in 2006 with a bachelor&amp;apos;s degree in mass communication with an emphasis in journalism. &amp;quot;And she can have that face . . . that bluff face! She can put that on! She would be good.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nOther rumors for new Idol judges include Mariah Carey. But her husband Nick Cannon joked the show couldn&amp;apos;t afford to hire his wife!\r\n&amp;quot;I don&amp;apos;t know if they could afford a Mariah Carey, though. That&amp;apos;s a lot of money,&amp;quot; he joked with TMZ. &amp;quot;I mean they gave J.Lo $20 million, they might have to double that.&amp;quot;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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