Hot New Couple: Simon Cowell and Carmen Electra?! [POLL]

They've Been Working -- and Playing? -- Together

Here's one of the more unexpected pairings in recent celebrity coupledom: X Factor judge Simon Cowell and actress Carmen Electra.

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The two may be dating, E! Online reports, after they were spotted at dinner together in West Hollywood on Saturday night.

One source tells E! Online that Cowell and Electra, who became friendly when she was a guest judge on Cowell's Britain's Got Talent reality series earlier this year, are just friends and business associates.

But InTouch magazine reports the two were making out Saturday night, and E! Online confirms that the duo left the dinner at Cecconi's restaurant together, with Cowell's arm around Electra, in Cowell's black Rolls-Royce.

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Both Cowell, 52, and Electra, 40, are single, with Electra ending her engagement to rocker Rob Petterson in May (after infamous marriages to Dave Navarro and Dennis Rodman), and Cowell on the prowl since breaking up with makeup artist fiancée Mezghan Hussainy last year.

Electra could -- and certainly has -- done worse than Cowell, but given the X Factor vs. The Voice ratings battle, this whole thing could be one big publicity grab by a certain savvy reality show judge and producer, too.

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