Victoria Beckham arrived for her very first day on American Idol this weekend. The star showed up to help judge auditions in Denver Friday and smiled and shook hands with fans on the way in.

The Daily News reported that the former Spice Girl, who’s getting a reported $219,000 for appearing in one episode, said that she’s looking forward to a “bit of banter” with Simon Cowell, since he’s the “only man in the industry who turned down the Spice Girls and said that they would never work.”

Seems like Victoria plans to fill Paula Abdul’s shoes as the sweet judge. She said of the former Idol judge, “I hope she does something that’s bigger and better, and I hope she’s going to be happy. She’s great so she’s going to be good at whatever she does.”

Looks like she’s already making up for her hubby’s recent streak of bad publicity.