Country singer LeAnn Rimes has reportedly met with producers at The X Factor to see if she can join the show as a judge.

How close it is to happening?

No formal deals have been offered to Rimes or any other potential candidates, but Entertainment Weekly says talks are ongoing:

X Factor chief Simon Cowell is seeking to fill the judges panel spots vacated by Paula Abdul and Nicole Scherzinger before the second season starts production later this year. Sources say he’ll most likely hire two female talents to join himself and music producer L.A. Reid for a gender-balanced panel.

Cowell has not made firm offers for the posts, the list of candidates continue to shift and none of the names in the press have been officially confirmed. But Rimes could make sense on a few levels for X Factor. First, she would add country music expertise, like Blake Shelton provides for NBC’s The Voice. That could also boost the show’s ratings since country music award shows have been one of the few TV genres to have successfully grown their audience in recent years.

Would you like to see Rimes on the show, or do you have your hopes up for someone else?