Simon Cowell on American Idol Season 8 – “I’m 100% a Guy Will Win this Year”
Simon Cowell, interviewed by ex-girlfriend and Extra correspondent Terri Seymour, is already predicting the winner of next season’s American Idol.
“I’m 100% a guy will win this year.”
Really? 100% a guy will win? Is he serious? Has he picked a winner already? Or is he just screwing around with the fans… He also calls new judge Kara DioGuardi, “mouthy,” but claims, “I’m beginning to warm up to her… I think she knows what she’s talking about.”
Simon sucks, but not enough to deserve this crap. From the Guardian:
Lawyers acting for The X Factor judge Simon Cowell have warned UK newspapers not to harass their client after a tracking device was allegedly found attached to his Rolls Royce last week. Law firm Carter-Ruck sent the warning letter to national newspapers on Friday after consulting with the presenter’s publicist, Max Clifford, who told MediaGuardian.co.uk that “enough is enough”.
According to Clifford, the letter pointed out that the use of a tracking device is illegal and could lead to prosecution. He added that the identity of the journalist who allegedly attached the device is known to him and the individual concerned has been approached.
“We now who he is and we have marked his card and told him to never do anything like that again,” Clifford said.
Nutty! Also, in the Extra interview, Simon praises Britney Spears, who performed on his British talent show, The X Factor on Saturday to huge ratings. Is anybody watching this show? Thoughts?
“A star is a star is a star. Incredible. She’s back on top.” Cowell added, “This girl’s got huge star quality… You’ve got to hand it to her. She’s a great performer.” And how would he rate her? “Britney’s back… 9.5 (out of 10)!”
I posted Brit Brits’ performance in Sunday’s Headlines, but in case you missed it, check it out after the JUMP…
Hm. Not the disaster her MTV performance was, but she’s still lip syncing to lame dance moves. Not very impressive…
Ugh, Simon tells Ryan Seacrest on his radio show, that he’d love to have Britney on American Idol… Oh, the irony of having a performer lip sync on AI…
He also claims Britney was “in awe” of him. Uhhm…
The real Simon manged to break through for about a second when he said about his break up with Terri Seymour, “I take it day by day, that’s the only thing you can do…”
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64 Responses to “Simon Cowell on American Idol Season 8 – “I’m 100% a Guy Will Win this Year””
I actually could see a guy in his early-to-mid 20’s in the the pop/R&B vein winning this year, to compete with the Usher’s and JT’s and Ne-Yo’s and Chris Brown’s, etc, of the world. That’s something they haven’t had as a winner yet. Ruben was R&B, but isn’t exactly burning up the pop charts with his music. I could see them wanting something in the R&B vein but with more of a pop tendency than Ruben.
I could also see a singer/songwriter guy winning it – though I don’t think they’re going to find the next John Mayer, Jack Johnson, or Jason Mraz on this show. JMO. Plus, I see a girl in that style as more likely to win than a guy – they are very marketable right now (which is why I’m still scratching my head as to why 19A-Z signed Kristy and not Brooke.).
Or a male country singer. They haven’t had one of those win yet either. They all get kicked off early then sign with Lyric Street, lol. But Simon only likes country music when it’s young, pretty, blonde, and has boobs, so I doubt he’s talking about a country guy.
However, if they want a guy to win this year, they better “set it up” to be another guy/guy finale, since only once has a guy won in a guy/girl head-to-head finale. That said – I’m with pj here… I just may have to vote for a girl.
Oh, and I thought Britney had a comeback last year? Is every new album she makes from here on out going to be dubbed as her “comeback album”?
And just wow at the lack of boundaries that the paps have. Ridiculous. I mean, Simon can be an ass, but no, he does not deserve having a tracking device put on his car and all that. Ridiculous.
I don’t think there are many interesting guys I heard so far. The blind one is OK, and to put it bluntly, I think he will do very well on the show but only because he is blind. Ryan P.A. Johnson has a good voice, but not quite outstanding. There are plenty of people we haven’t heard about yet, so any of them could be the contender.
Everytime I see Britney or Madonna perform my respect for the listening, viewing public heads downhill, again. IMHO it’s a sad thing when “sexy” sells at the expense of real talent. We, the buying public, can sure be led like lambs to the slaughter. And to top it off we don’t have enough self-respect to say “No way” I want good voices, singing good songs, with real emotion and talent.
I wish the Britneys of the world would just give it up and I really wish that non-talented people who think they know everything (AKA Simon) about the entertainment business would just keep their traps shut instead of acting like they are the Mesiah and we should all geneflect at their alter.
Love her or hate her you have to respect what she has done in the music industry. Just on a side note to, parts of her performance was live vocals, I think she was sining over a track
Simon, the know it all, also passed on Taylor and Daughtry even going to Hollywood. He didn’t like Taylor’s style and he said Chris lacked personality. I for one don’t think he’s right that often, it’s just when he is right you hear about it (from him). A little ego is good but too much leaves me cold.
Here is, in brief, who’s in the semifinals of x-factor. Only my opinions!
Diana: very peculiar voice and take on the songs, impressive at first. starting to sound always the same though
Alexandra: best voice and singer by far. seems also nice and professional. could be Leona-2 if it all works out well
Eoghann: he’s 16 and cute, so everyone loves him. Imagine a British D Archuleta with more personality. Unfortunately not with the same singing chops
JLS: boy band. good vocals and nice guys (and i’m sure they get some votes for looks as well). some hit & miss performances. nothing too original from them
I’ll let you know how it ends!
PS: Simon is pimping Eoghann because he’s his mentor, but obviously roots for Alex to win
I just hope the Top 24 (or whatever number) isn’t full of plants. I still love to see an American Dream come true.
I have been hoping TPTB will finally go for a Folk or Folk Rock theme and have an awesome mentor that week.
Is it too soon to get excited about Season 8?
This year X-factor has turned into a bit of a disaster. It’s supposed to be one of the best of seasons, but then some of the best singers got eliminated early on, and those left are really second-raters. Alexandra is probably the best of the lot, but that isn’t saying much, and I don’t think there is any chance that she’ll be another Leona Lewis. I think this year is a good example of why judges should not have the deciding vote as to who to kick off in the voting rounds, because they are the ones who got rid of the best singers. And geez, the judges falling for Daniel’s sob story is really too much, watch the blubbering idiot judge and have a good laugh at how he ruined this season by keeping in a mediocre singer –
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7K8VN6majY
On the x factor, this is ALexandras SECOND time on the show. She tried out before and didn’t make it
Nah I don’t think people will vote for “the blind one” if they do it’s off sympathy. NO OFFENSE WHATSOEVER, i just can’t see ‘the blind idol’
I was telling my husband about Simon’s comment (being 100% sure) and he immediately said “Simon must have a female he really likes”, insuating that Simon is doing reverse psychology.
Let it be Jack Johnson or Jason Mraz. For drama, I’d go with Jason since he can be really bitchy when something irritates the fuck out of him.
Jason is too young for Idol’s taste. They had Neil Diamond.
Please spare us Britney on Season 8…..