Simon Cowell
- Profession: Music mogul
- Place/Date of Birth: Brighton, 07 October 2020
The due went to
Wearing false beards, wigs and prosthetic make-up they fooled the music mogul who had no idea he was auditioning the Pop Idol presenters. After singing an awful rendition of Opposites Attract, Cowell was all set to slate them when he twigged all was not what it seemed.
Ant and Dec then revealed their true identity to the stunned Cowell. Viewers will see the stunt as part of a new section called Ant and Dec Undercover on their primetime show Saturday Night Takeaway which returns for a second series this weekend.
Simon Cowell was named among
Audiences regularly booed him for his brutal comments to contestants on the
The magazine placed him alongside eventual winner Kelly Clarkson, one of the few performers he found kind words for.
Simon says - 22/10/02
Simon Cowell thinks J-Lo is a "joke" because of her extra-large entourage. He said, "She sends minions into restaurants to see if everything is acceptable. Oh, give me a break." Courtesy of Heat Magazine
Cowell’s company - 01/10/02
Simon Cowell is in talks to set up a TV production company focussing on music. He is only employed as a judge on Pop Idol and American Idol and earns nothing from sales of the show. Courtesy of Heat Magazine.
Straight simon - 17/09/02
Simon Cowell understands why people think he’s gay. He says "I watch myself on TV and I do seem so gay. I really am straight but I get asked that a lot." But fellow American Idol judge Paula Abdul laughs, "he’s been fighting over my lace dress." Courtesy of Heat Magazine
Nasty Simon is minted - 05/09/02
I guess it can pay to be nasty.it certainly has helped Simon Cowell, who, it turns out, is about to be paid $1million for American Idol 2.’ The second series of the American version of Pop Idol will be broadcast in the
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Starting in 1979 with EMI Music Publishing, Cowell (42) got a taste for what the public wanted and it wasn’t long before he decided to take these qualities and put them to use for himself, setting up his own label, Fanfare, along with partner Iain Burton.
By 1989 BMG had offered Simon a position as A&R Consultant. It was a relationship which would prove to be hugely successful, profitable and enduring. Cowell has set-up his own label through BMG, S Records, reflecting the success and vision he has manifested.
Simon’s roster of signing reads like a who’s who of pop success stories over the last decade. Highlights include, Curiosity Killed The Cat, Sonia, and cornering the boy band market, bad boys of pop Five (who disbanded last year) and the global multi-platinum phenomenon, Westlife.
Always pop but never predictable, Simon has enjoyed some of his most successful signings by always keeping an eye firmly on the TV world, sensing a public following and always being the first knocking on the door. The Power Rangers, World Wrestling Federation, Zig & Zag and the Xmas Number 1 smash Teletubbies moved from the small box to the airwaves due to Simon, although, he claims his biggest shock success would come in the form of Robson & Jerome.
Making records and breaking them, in the last 10 years, Cowell has achieved sales of over 25 million albums, over 70 top 30 records and 17 number 1 singles.
Simon is currently a judge on the US version of Pop Idols and is busy looking after Will, Gareth and Sarah Watemore, who he signed to BMG after the show.
December 2007