Tag: Cowell

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 22, 2009 (Reuters) "American Idol" judge Simon Cowell has decided to quit the top-rated TV talent show when his contract ends in 2010, according to a report in British tabloid The Sun, which would deal a blow to the Fox network.

Cowell, 50, has been with the TV juggernaut since the start of "American Idol" in 2002 but his contract expires after the end of Season 9, which starts in January and ends in May 2010, and in the past he has hinted at being bored with his role.

It's official: Simon and Philip Green are forming the showbiz equivalent of SPECTRE

Season's greetings, stardust-hounds. Who wants another one of those desperately called-for reviews of the decade? Exactly. Which is why we're doing Cowell again.


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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - British TV and record producer Simon Cowell, one of the most successful entrepreneurs in British and U.S. show business, is planning to bring his "The X Factor" talent show to Las Vegas in a global pay-per-view Internet venture.

Cowell, 50, best-known as the acerbic judge on America's top-rated TV singing contest "American Idol", told the British version of GQ magazine he had partnered with British retail billionaire Sir Philip Green on the new "X-Factor".