Simon Cowell
Simon Cowell
Simon Phillip Cowell is an English reality television judge, entrepreneur, philanthropist, film, record, and television producer. He is most recognized as a judge on the British TV talent competition series Pop Idol, The X Factor, and Britain's Got Talent, and the American TV talent competition shows American Idol, The X Factor, and America's Got Talent. Cowell owns the television production and music publishing house Syco...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth7 October 1959
CityLondon, England
They all hate each other deep down, but they're not gonna say it on camera. Ask Kelly how many congratulation e-mails she got from the other contestants. Probably zero. But that's the music business. In a positive way, I like that. I like the fact that people enter the show because they might win.
Honestly, to see these guys perform tonight is the proudest moment of my life. I came up with the idea four years ago. I just thought we should bring this music to the masses like we've done tonight. You see the reaction.
I've always treated the music business as a business.
The artists who endure are the ones who stay focused even after they have reached the top of their profession.
I like the fact that they're cocky now from the age of four.
It was just an off moment. Their argument was he was entertaining. People like that - we can always deal with them later.
These two will never put you through to the final group.
I'm absolutely gob-smacked. I never, in a million, billion years thought that you were going to sing like that. You could sell a lot of records and you have the look of Ronan Keating. You could be very special.
No, I probably owed the bank about a million dollars then, yeah.
It was a nightmare that would have Barry Manilow screaming in horror.
This was the only performance which stands up in the real world -- tonight you were the standard.
Creed would not be caught dead on this show. You've got to start showing, at this point, another side. You can't keep doing this week after week after week.
Everything's open this year, isn't it? There are four, five, six people who could win.
Complete and utter mess. It was 'We Will Rock You, Gently'.