The 90’s hip-hop star has been putting himself forward for consideration – after glimpsing Cowell”s paycheck.

“I have been fronting all this time, trying to act like I don”t want that spot. (But) I spoke to Simon”s business manager, and I found out how much that boy makes a week. I am praying right now to American Idol,” the Daily Star quoted him as telling MTV.com

“I want everybody to get on Twitter, MySpace, Facebook and say that Diddy should get the Simon spot – but for the same amount of money that Simon was getting, else it”s a deal-breaker he added.

“I”m tired of being cool: That number that Simon was getting a week is ridiculous. I can”t even be cool with that. Please, can I have the job, whoever”s in charge of giving that job? There”s no negotiating the contract. Just change the name on the check, and I”ll be there,” he added.

The 80s pop babe, 41, who helps out on 50-year-old Simon’s X Factor show, hopes to play a leading role in the wedding.

“I’d like to give him away and be godmother to their children,” the Daily Star quoted Sinitta as saying.

Cowell has, meanwhile, confessed that he thinks he’s too old to become a father.

Cowell, 50, proposed to the make-up artist Mezhgan Hussainy earlier this year (10), and the couple is currently planning its wedding.

However, Cowell is wary of having children with his fiancee because he would feel too old to play with them.

“I worry about that (having children) because of my age. When I was younger, my dad used to play soccer and games with me and I worry – I worry that if I was 70…” the Daily Star quoted him as telling Oprah Winfrey.

“I get very, very down,” Cowell admitted on the show, reports the Daily Star.

When questioned by the American host, 56, “What have you got to be depressed about?”

He gave a brief reply saying, “I’ve made some absolutely horrific mistakes in the past.”

The 50-year-old, who is engaged to sexy make-up artist Mezhgan Hussainy, 36, gave the farewell interview as he quits American Idol.

The two have been together after they met on the sets of American Idol.

“Shopping with Mezhgan is harder than anything I have ever done,” the Telegraph quoted him, as writing on Twitter.

The couple hasn’t announced their wedding date as yet.

Cowell, 50, was overheard confessing to friends that he felt that “the pond had been fished dry”, reports the Mirror.

The success of Susan Boyle last year and several dance acts attracted 19.2million viewers for the final and enabled ITV to make millions in ad deals.

But on Saturday the show got its lowest ratings of the new run with an average of only 9.5 million tuning in, almost three million lower than on the start of the series.

“With well over 10 million people watching every episode this year, Britain”s Got Talent is by far the most popular programme on a Saturday night,” said an ITV spokesman.

Former England’s Prime Minister Gordon Brown reportedly recommended his name last week before he made his exit from the top post.

Brown had appreciated the ‘X-Factor’ judge for recording a star-studded fundraising CD for the victims of this year’s Haiti earthquake.

Cowell had helped to raise almost 1million pounds for the appeal by getting the likes of Robbie Williams and Rod Stewart to help record ‘Everybody Hurts’.

According to sources in Westminster, Cowell will be knighted in the Queen’s Birthday Honours on June 12.

“Gordon Brown was very keen for Simon to get proper recognition for his work,” the Mirror quoted a source, as saying.

The insider added: “He was particularly impressed by the way Simon responded to his suggestion to release the record for Haiti by dropping everything to ensure it was a success.

“And there’s also no doubt Simon has brought a great deal of happiness to millions of people with his music and TV shows.”

A source close to Cowell said: “It would be an absolutely huge achievement and a wonderful tribute to all he’s achieved professionally.

“Simon deserves the honour because he does so much work behind the scenes for charity and publicly supports good causes.

“He has also generated millions in the music and entertainment industries, created thousands of jobs and helped make Sony a multinational conglomerate.

“Simon has always joked he’d be last in line for a knighthood. But, deep down, it’s his dream.”

However, in an interview last year, Cowell said he didn’t work to earn knighthood, he said: “I never did all this to get a knighthood. I am very lucky to do what I do and feel privileged.”

The 50-year-old, who has already topped the list of TV’s richest stars, has won city website Groupola’s ‘I shouldn’t but I would’ list, reports the Daily Express.

Cowell pipped the likes of cuddly Gavin and Stacey star James Corden, comedian Ricky Gervais and presenter Jeremy Clarkson, 50, to the top spot.

There was no sign of favourites Johnny Depp, Brad Pitt or George Clooney in the list.

The star will share the vows with Mezhgan Hussainy not just once but four times, according to Cowell brother Tony.

“Mum”s final words to me before she flew off to LA were: ”Last year he said he was never, never, never going to get married and this year he”s getting married four times, once in Brighton, once in LA, once in Barbados on a yacht and once in Hollywood”,” The Sun quoted his sibling telling Real Radio.

Simon declared the Afghan-born make-up artist was ”The One” for him and the couple got engaged in Feb 10.

Brown told the latest issue of Radio Times how he wanted Cowell to help him form new policies aimed at getting more young people to vote, reports the Daily Star.

He said: “Everyone has talent and potential but we’re not very good at bringing it out in people who’ve got something different to offer.”

However, Cowell, 50, apparently told him he was too busy with his TV work to help out.