With auditions coming up, American Idol is still at least one judge short for its coming season, and rumours are flying fast and furious as to who will land the job.

Now, The New York Post’s Page Six gossip column is reporting that Diddy has been approached about joining Mariah Carey and (possibly) Randy Jackson at the judging table.

Let’s put this one in the “wait and see” category, since neither Idol producers nor Diddy’s peeps have confirmed anything, and the accuracy rate of Page Six’s gossip is the journalistic equivalent of throwing darts while blindfolded.