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Monday November 17, 2008

Zac Efron nearly signed up to sing for Simon Cowell – except the teen heartthrob did not take him seriously.

American Idol judge Cowell was desperate to sign up High School Musical star Zac for a record contract because of his singing voice, boyish good looks and huge fan following.

Zac explains, “Simon Cowell is a great guy. We were backstage at American Idol and he just came up and we talked about an idea – it wasn’t like ‘Hey, sign here. So needless to say I did not do it. I’m not sure it was serious.”