Chris Isaak may replace Simon Cowell.

The search to replace Simon Cowell is intensifying as preliminary auditions get under way for the 10th season of Fox’s “American Idol.”

The network is determined to land a widely known music industry figure for the post, and THR has learned that singer Chris Isaak has met twice with the network.

I can't decide if this would be a brilliant piece of subversive mainstream performance art for Isaak, or if he's just giving up.