Simon Cowell Quits American Idol

Originally Posted By trekkeruss

I'm a teeny bit surprised no one has brought this up. Apparently he wants to focus on his own talent show called X Factor. So the upcoming season of AI will be his last. What say you?

 

Originally Posted By mawnck

Who's Simon Cowell? ;-)

 

Originally Posted By Labuda

I say this is the last good season of American Idol. Unless they can find another well-established music producer who's got a good critical eye like Simon, then I won't likely be watching AI after this year.

 

Originally Posted By dshyates

I am hoping that this is the first sign AI will be going away.

 

Originally Posted By mawnck

>>I am hoping that this is the first sign AI will be going away.<<

If you strike AI down, it will become more powerful than you could possibly imagine.

 

Originally Posted By Disneyland55

LOL

 

Originally Posted By LOVE-DCA

oohh no american idol will not go away! with simon leaving it is a great loss to the show--but i'm sure they can find a nice replacement for him that will do just as well as he did and give just as many comments and suggestions as he did.

but i am excited to see ellan on!!

 

Originally Posted By SFH

I hear celebrity names bandied about as Simon's replacement. They should get a record producer.

 

Originally Posted By mawnck

Phil Spector!

 

Originally Posted By 999HAUNTS

They should let a regular person like me sit in. Atleast they'd get some REAL input - and honest, too.

 

Originally Posted By Labuda

My friend Mike suggested Jeffrey Ross, the comedian. Weird idea IMO.

 

Originally Posted By SingleParkPassholder

<<<<<< has never watched American Idol and proud of it.

 

Originally Posted By Labuda

Well, we still will hold out hope your soul is saved and you start to watch.

 

Originally Posted By davewasbaloo

Don't worry Idol fans, in many ways, X Factor is superior if they run it like here. There is no upper age limit, and there can be groups too.

 

Originally Posted By trekkeruss

I guess that begs the question, how does X Factor stack up against Britain's Got Talent in the UK?

 

Originally Posted By davewasbaloo

Slightly different. X Factor is closer to Idol in execution, but there are 4 categories - Under 25 boys, Under 25 girls, Over 25s and Groups. They audition and eventually get to 4 acts in each category until there is one.

Britain's Got Talent is like America's got Talent, and ideally is best when there are musical groups, comedians, magicians etc.

 

Originally Posted By danyoung

It's totally going to be dependent on who they get to replace Simon. My prediction - the show will go on one more year after this one, and then get canceled. Unless they come up with someone as charismatic and interesting as Simon is, taking the show in a whole new direction, it just won't survive.

 

Originally Posted By mele

I really can't imagine anything more awful than watching a talent show for magicians.

;-)

 

Originally Posted By trekkeruss

So X Factor is a singer/musician competition only? I'm familiar with Britain's Got Talent because of the American show, but we obviously don't have X Factor yet.

 

Originally Posted By davewasbaloo

No musicians, simply singing.