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Paula Abdul may no longer have the X factor, but she’s still good for a few laughs on Castle!   Suds fave Lauralee Bell — aka Christine on The Young and the Restless — will guest star on the ABC mystery series March 19 as the Abdul-esque judge of a hit TV competition show called A Night of Dance. The episode centers on the murder of one of the program’s contestants and will air — don’t you love network synergy? — right after the season premiere of ABC’s Dancing with the Stars.

“There’s also a Simon Cowell-type judge who’s the executive producer of the show and he clearly rules the roost,” reports Bell. “The third judge is totally Piers Morgan, only French.” Bell plays Pam Francis, a delusional diva caught in a 1980s time warp. “She has the huge Morgan Fairchild hair and the fuchsia-colored sequined dress and the big fuchsia lips and the massive rhinestone necklace,” Bell says. “And she’s over-the-top clueless. At one point, the audience is booing one of her opinions and she thinks they’re calling out her name in admiration.”