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Maybe instead of “The Price Is Right,” CBS should do a game show where celebrities compete to replace Bob Barker…

On second thought, let’s not give them any ideas…

The frenzy over who will replace Barker reached a fever pitch this week. Here’s a little recap…

First came the news that Bob Barker seemingly endorsed Rosie O’Donnell as his replacement backstage at the Daytime Emmys Friday night. Rosie had done some campaigning for the job, but there were reports that Barker didn’t want her. Barker told reporters Friday that she could do it because she knew the show, but he didn’t know if the producers wanted a woman since they had only auditioned men…

Rosie, of course, took this news and ran with it, campaigning for the job on her blog, and saying that she would meet with producers this week. Her rep, meanwhile, said that Rosie was meeting with several different people about several different projects. One of those may have been new NBC Entertainment President Ben Silverman who is known to want Rosie pretty badly for a talk show and/or a game show…

Meanwhile, “Price” producers auditioned Ian Ziering for the job (according to “Variety”). He joins fellow “Dancing With the Stars” alumni Mario Lopez and George Hamilton, “Early Show” weatherman Dave Price, “Entertainment Tonight” host Mark Steines and John O’Hurley as the known candidates for the job…

Then yesterday, Barker told the AP that his comments Friday night were not meant to be an endorsement of Rosie since there were several other good candidates…

And also yesterday, a new name surfaced as being in the mix—Drew Carey. “Variety” reports that Carey met with CBS and Fremantle (the show’s producers) to discuss the job. Carey is the host of “Power of 10,” which will debut on CBS in August…

Fremantle (which also produces “American Idol”) and CBS will need to make a decision soon since new episodes are scheduled to debut in the fall…

Although Rosie would bring a lot of initial publicity, I can’t see CBS handing over one of its most important daytime properties to such a polarizing figure. And I like Drew Carey, but having seen the previews of “Power of 10,” I just don’t see it. And Ian Ziering? Wasn’t it lack of personality that doomed him on “Dancing With the Stars”? I’m still behind John O’Hurley, but I’m getting the feeling I might be alone on that one…

So what do you think? Who should be the new host of “The Price Is Right”? You can share your thoughts by posting a comment or you can e-mail me directly at hdstaytuned@hotmail.com...