That’s So Simon

That’s So Simon

FILE - In this Sept. 18, 2018, file photo, Simon Cowell arrives at the "America's Got Talent" Season 13 Finale Show red carpet at the Dolby Theatre, in Los Angeles. “America's Got Talent” topped the ratings last week, but it faces the absence of Cowell, seriously injured in an electric bicycle accident. Cowell, the NBC talent contest's creator and linchpin of its judging panel, underwent surgery for a broken back last Saturday, Aug. 8, 2020, just before the show kicked off its live episodes this week. (Photo by Willy Sanjuan/Invision/AP, File)

Simon Cowell got his claim to fame by being the harsh judge on American Idol for eight years starting in 2002. Cowell is also the creator for The X Factor and Got Talent franchises. While often very blunt he has been responsible for creating some amazing talent like One Direction, Leona Lewis and Fifth Harmony.

Most recently he was about to start his own talk show, but he decided just moments away from the start of filming that it wasn’t for him, and he couldn’t talk that much. Well, whenever he spoke on the shows he judged we got a kick out of it so I’m sure he would have done very well.

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