Singer Paula Abdul wants to settle down and start a family by 2013 - but won't hesitate to adopt if she doesn't find the right man in time.

Paula Abdul is hatching secret plans to adopt a child with restaurateur boyfriend JT Torregiani.

They are constantly bickering as fellow judges on 'American Idol', but now Mr Nasty Simon Cowell is showing his soft side, as he considers Paula Abdul's love interests.