![]() ![]() ![]() At the 2010 British Academy Television Awards, Cowell received the BAFTA Special Award for his "outstanding contribution to the entertainment industry and for his development of new talent". The same year, he received the Special Recognition Award at the National Television Awards. In 2008, The Daily Telegraph ranked him sixth in their list of the "100 most powerful people in British culture". In 20, Time named Cowell one of the 100 most influential people in the world. He has also signed successful boy bands such as Westlife, One Direction, PrettyMuch, and CNCO. Cowell has produced and promoted successful singles and albums for various recording acts whom he has signed and taken under his wing, including Little Mix, James Arthur, Labrinth, Leona Lewis, Fifth Harmony, Il Divo, Olly Murs, Noah Cyrus, Cher Lloyd, Fleur East, and Susan Boyle. He combines activities in both the television and music industries. He subsequently created The X Factor in 2004 and Got Talent in 2006, which have become franchises sold around the world.Ĭowell often makes blunt and controversial comments as a television music and talent show judge, including insults and wisecracks about contestants and their singing abilities. ![]() He has judged on the British television talent competition series Pop Idol (2001–2003), The X Factor UK (2004–2010, 2014–2018) and Britain's Got Talent (2007–present), and the American television talent competition series American Idol (2002–2010), The X Factor US (2011–2013), and America's Got Talent (2016–present).Īfter some success in the 1980s and 1990s as a record producer, talent scout and consultant in the UK music industry, Cowell came to public prominence in 2001 as a judge on Pop Idol, a talent television show which he and its creator Simon Fuller successfully pitched to ITV Controller of Entertainment Claudia Rosencrantz. He is the founder and sole owner of the British entertainment company Syco and is the creator of The X Factor and Got Talent franchises. 19 20.Simon Phillip Cowell ( / ˈ k aʊ əl/ born 7 October 1959) is an English television personality, entrepreneur and record executive. ![]() On February 14, 2014, Cowell became a first-time father when his girlfriend, Lauren Silverman, gave birth to a son, Eric, who is named after Cowell's father who passed away in 1999. The show was officially canceled on February 9, 2014. The X-Factor reunited Cowell with his fellow former Idol judge Paula Abdul, but the reunion was short-lived as Abdul was fired after the show's first season. The show, however, was renewed for both a second season, which did well, and a third season, which started in September 2013. He is also known for combining activites in television and music, promoting singles by various artists including TV personalities.Īfter leaving American Idol in May 2010, Cowell returned as judge and executive producer of the American version of his hit British talent show The X-Factor, which premiered on Fox on September 21, 2011. He also owns the televison production and music publishing house Syco.Īs a judge, Cowell is known for his blunt, honest yet sometimes brutal criticisms, insults, and wisecracks about contestants and their abilitites. Simon Phillip Cowell (born October 7, 1959) is an English record executive, television producer, and entrepreneur who is best known in both the UK and the United States as a talent judge on TV shows such as Pop Idol, American Idol, Britain's Got Talent, The X-Factor, and America's Got Talent. ![]()
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