Has Simon Cowell got the X Factor? pictures, videos and bio
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Simon Cowell At His Best
Simon Cowell - TV Debut
Simon cowell, who has to be undoubledly the most famous judge in the world and well known for his honesty, modesty and clever witty put downs..Ask anyone to mention the name of any judge in the world and they will say Simon Cowell.
Simon Cowell was born in Brighton, East Sussex in the United Kingdom and brought up in Elstree, Hertfordshire. His father, Eric Philip Cowell, was a property developer and music industry executive, and his mother, Julie Brett Josie Dalglish is a former dancer and socialite. Cowell's paternal grandparents, Joseph Cowell and Esther Malinsky, were English Jews, and his maternal grandfather was Scottish. He has three half-brothers; Michael, John (millionaire business development and marketing consultant), and Tony (co-author of Cowell's autobiography), and a half-sister, June (who lives with her Spanish daughters in Majorca, Spain), and younger brother Nicholas Cowell who is now a millionaire property magnate.
Cowell attended Dover College as did his brother, but left early before Sixth Form. He took a few menial jobs, but did not get along well with co-workers and bosses, until his father who was executive at the recording giant at EMI Music Publishing, managed to get him a job in the mail room.
Celebrity Duets
Cowell also executive-produces Celebrity Duets, which can be described as "an Idol show for Hollywood superstars." The show is hosted by Wayne Brady, and its judges are Marie Osmond, Little Richard and David Foster.
Grease is the Word
Cowell also executive produces Grease Is the Word for ITV. Grease is the Word is the show to find the next big stars to play Danny and Sandy on the 2007 UK west end revival of Grease. The is hosted by Zoe Ball and judged by Brits David Ian and Sinitta and Americans David Gest and Brian Friedman. This hasn't turned out to be the success he imagined. Simon himself said, "It has been slaughtered by the critics - and rightly so. It is far too similar to our other formats.
Rock Rivals
Cowell is joining forces with Shed Productions, the company behind hit UK dramas Footballers' Wives and Bad Girls, to produce a new show called Rock Rivals which will be a new ITV1 drama series based on an 'X-Factor' type show.
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Like wise cgull8m, I admire him not just for his honesty but he's very funny without even trying to be and is not false like other judges when he gives his opinion like piers morgan (another judge) etc who just say things that they know the public-audience want to hear..
cgull8m says:
2 years ago
Great Hub, didn't realize he bankrupted and bounced back and now earning more than 100 million dollars, that's remarkable recovery. I didn't like at him at first, but at least he is honest in his opinion. He has a gentler side one can see now and then.