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Cowell out: Judge leaving American Idol next year?

by Danny Gallagher, posted Dec 23rd 2009 6:26PM

If you hate Simon Cowell, you'll only have one year left to coat your TV with a fine layer of anger spittle during American Idol.

The judge's brother, Tony Cowell, leaked the news on his podcast that Cowell's people are preparing a press release announcing that 2010 will be the final year Cowell sits in the judging seat on AI.

But don't celebrate the death of the lumbering reality TV giant yet, all you AI lovers and haters. Cowell is stepping away from AI to focus on the importing an American version of The X Factor. So who should AI replacing the acerbic judge or would a rabid monkey that uses sign language suffice?

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Diana

This is exciting. Simon and Paula Yeah! I will not watch idol anymore since Ellen is coming on I am going off.

It was a great show and I looked forward to seeing it week after week.

February 09 2010 at 8:53 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Dave

THANK YOU SIMON.I DID NOT NO WHAT YOU WERE DOING BUT NOW I DO.TO ALL YOU HA HA.THEY TOOK OUT PAULA.SIMON TOOK THERE $ONE HUNDED MILL.AND GOING TO SAY GOOD BYE.IF YOU PEOPLE DONT NO THIS.FOX GOT -IN THE A--.THERE IS NO IDOL WITHOUT PAULA MY LOVE AND SIMON .SHOW IS OVER.BELIVE ME .WANT TO SEE KARA AND ELLEN DOING IT THATS A NEW SHOW.SIMON SPOT ON.

December 28 2009 at 2:51 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Michael

Well, American Idol will die with Simon. I was pretty sure it would sink without Paula, but still stay alive. But now that he's leaving, the show's gone. I guess he's moving on to his own X Factor, and took Paula with him.

They'll probably have one season of AI without Cowell, to try and make it without him. They won't, of course, but 10 seasons is a nice number to end on.

December 24 2009 at 12:49 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Ashley Boyd

Can someone explain to me the difference between American Idol and X-Factor because as I believed it American Idol was based on the British Pop Idol, which was slightly reworked to become X-Factor.

S'all a singing competition isn't it?

December 24 2009 at 5:06 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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Jimmy

Unlike Idol, the X-Factor was created by Simon Cowell. The format is slightly different.

Pop Idol died in the UK when Simon left there. Expect a bidding war among the networks for it. My prediction is that it will be neck and neck between NBC and Fox for it.

December 24 2009 at 6:42 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Jim

The franchise will fail without Simon. Bet on it.

December 23 2009 at 11:04 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply

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