IDLE LOPEZ AIMS FOR IDOL BOOST!

Floundering star needs to showcase her human side

- 

REELING from her monumental This Is Me ... Now flop, sources say Jennifer Lopez is begging American Idol producers to return to the judges' panel with hopes that it will reverse her career slide like it did during her first stint on the show!

Industry insiders tell The National ENQUIRER the 54-year-old diva is talking to execs about filling the seat of the singing competition's sole female judge, Katy Perry, who announced she's splitting after the current season.