Simon Phillip Cowell je britský porotca talentových súťaží, podnikateľ, filantrop, filmový, hudobný a televízny producent. Je známy predovšetkým ako nekompromisný porotca v súťažiach American Idol, The X Factor a Britain's Got Talent. Vlastní televíznu produkčnú a hudobnú spoločnosť Syco.
Ako porotca robí Cowell často zvláštne a kontroverzné narážky, vrátane urážok na súťažiacich. Vystupoval v najnovšej, deviatej sérii Britain's Got Talent a jedenástej sérii britského X-Factoru.
V rokoch 2004 a 2010 bol menovaný časopisom TIME za jedného zo 100 najvplyvnejších ľudí na svete. Wikipedia
“Normally, they want me to be rude to them.”
Quoted in interview, Playboy magazine (February 2007)
2000s
Kontext: Normally, they want me to be rude to them. People come up to me and sing, and I say "That was great. Thank you." And they're like "Well, aren't you going to be rude to me?" No! When I miss auditions, contestants get upset that I'm not there, because they expect me to be cruel to them — it's some sort of badge of honor. That's how crazy everything is.
Quoted in mirror.co.uk interview (22 October 2005)
2000s
“Very simple. I'm putting up the money, and I also have ears.”
On Americans who question his right to judge Americans since he is British
Quoted in Bill Keveney, "Viewers 'Idol'-ize this saucy search for a superstar," USA Today (18 June 2002)
2000s
Quoted on Entertainment Tonight (21 May 2003)
2000s
Quoted in interview, Playboy magazine (February 2007)
2000s
Quoted in "Meat-loving Simon Cowell reveals he’s gone VEGAN as he turns 60 this year" https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/8924018/simon-cowell-vegan-60th-birthday/, thesun.co.uk (23 April 2019) <br class="br">2010s
“The host is pathetic! The show is pathetic! The audience is pathetic!”
On the 2002 MTV Video Music Awards
Quoted in "MTV hypefest turns into snoozer", originally published in the Chicago Sun-Times, August 30 2002
2000s
