Britney Spears is back, appearing as a judge on the US X Factor – and it’s all thanks to Simon Cowell’s unconventional therapeutic care To Los Angeles, next, where Simon Cowell has formally unveiled Britney Spears as a judge on the US version of The X Factor. Enchantingly, the singer’s...
Simon Cowell is not the only rich man who sticks to a rigid and boring uniform – male fashion designers also like to work a single look I see that there’s some book out about Simon Cowell. It drives me mad that, despite being richer than Croesus, he appears...
Hidden Talent reveals the pure joy of watching people be good at things I think Hidden Talent (Channel 4) may turn out to be a rare – possibly unique – instance in which a programme started out as a high concept in a meeting room, and then ended up...
Simon Cowell is not the only rich man who sticks to a rigid and boring uniform – male fashion designers also like to work a single look I see that there’s some book out about Simon Cowell. It drives me mad that, despite being richer than Croesus, he appears...
The BBC series has been a hit despite being oppressively polite – and now a spooked Simon Cowell says he’ll tone down BGT Simon Cowell’s brand of talent show – slick, over-produced, mean to the point of brutality – has ruled the roost for more than a decade. So...
Which is more enticing? Simon Cowell’s old-school talent show or BBC1′s newcomer where the judges can’t see the singing hopefuls? Here we go again. As if all the ratings hoo-hah between The X Factor and Strictly Come Dancing last year wasn’t enough, ITV and the BBC have lined up...
The Britain’s Got Talent audience’s demands that Amanda Holden returns as a judge may spell doom for the Karaoke Sauron Apocalyptic rumblings from Simon Cowell’s karaokosseum, where the serfs are getting restless. At present, Simon is conducting auditions for Britain’s Got Talent, which take place, X Factor-style, in front...
Cowell may have realised that people only watch his shows when he appears in them It may have paled next to The X Factor’s slow-motion car crash, but the last series of Britain’s Got Talent was a bit of a disaster too. Michael McIntyre wasn’t a natural judge. David...
Sense About Science publishes its annual review of celebrities’ misleading claims, including Cowell’s intravenous vitamins Where there’s a celebrity, there’s often a fad diet, miracle crystal bracelet or misunderstanding about science. In 2011, Simon Cowell thought it was best to get his vitamins delivered intravenously, American TV host Bill...
Who might take inspiration from the Speaker’s new heraldic? The coat of arms is like an ancient form of Wikipedia entry: within it one finds a potted biography, often completely made up by the person in question. Some politicians – George Osborne, say – may be stuck with the...
