Is Si’s Saying Sye to American Idol?
Posted on December 24th, 2009 at 9:07 am by Sean Borg
The thought of Simon Cowell leaving American Idol is as unimaginable as Randy removing the word ‘dawg’ from his vocabulary but apparently Simon’s quitting the show in 2010.
I’m hearing Tony Cowell, Simon’s brother, is fuelling rumours that he’s leaving the show to work on an American version of the wildly popular British show X-Factor and that this series of Idol will be his last.
Tony, 59, let the info slip during a podcast of his weekly radio show, The Fame Game, but obviously realised it was a blunder because his comments were later removed.
He said: “Meanwhile, Simon prepares for a new season of ‘Idol,’ or should I say his last season of ‘Idol’ – OK, I will say it, because it is.
“As I sit here in the sunny Caribbean with my family, a press statement is being prepared which will confirm what everyone expected – Simon will leave ‘Idol’ at the end of 2010 to concentrate on bringing the American version of ‘The X Factor’ to US TV in 2011.”
Say it ain’t so Si! Well, er, so far, my mate Simon’s not saying anything. He’s on holiday in Barbados and obviously not ready to come clean about his plans because both his spokesman and a spokesman for Fox network declined to comment. I reckon he’s had enough of working on Simon Fuller’s show and wants to get X-Factor – which he created – off the ground in the US. The judges tell acts to ‘make it their own’ often enough on the show, so that’s probably exactly what Si’s doing. As for his brother’s remarks, well, all I can say is ‘whoops!’ Simon is very close to Tony but blabbing about his next move has got to cause a frosty atmosphere in the Cowell household. Let’s hope they’re not arguing over the sprouts this Christmas Day!
