Whats interesting about the new American Idol season?”
Simon Cowell is Not Going to Miss ‘American Idol,’ Does Heart Ryan Seacrest Simon Cowell joined his American Idol co-hosts on Larry King Live last night, and revealed that it will not be difficult to leave American Idol after this season. Not that this comes as much of a surprise. It’s no secret that Simon can’t wait to wrap Idol and focus on his popular show X Factor, which is coming to America. Simon is grimacing his way through the current season, and really couldn’t look any more bored if he tried. “No. No it’s not [hard],” Cowell said on the subject of walking away from Idol. “I’ve had nine years. Genuinely, I’ve had the best time of my life, and I’m very grateful and as you say, lucky. But you always know when it’s the right time to go. And I’ll look back and say we’ve had a great time. I always promised myself that I wanted to leave and be able to say that.” We have a feeling that Simon thinks Idol jumped the shark when Paula Abdul left the show. Not that Ellen isn’t lovely, and
American Idol is a reality television competition to find new solo singing talent. Part of the Idol franchise, it was created by Simon Fuller as a spin-off from the British show Pop Idol, of which two series were broadcast between 2001 and 2003. Debuting June 11, 2002, as American Idol: The Search for a Superstar on the Fox network, the show has since become one of the most popular in the history of American television. It is currently the #1 program in the Nielsen ratings and is one of only three that have been #1 for five consecutive seasons, along with All in the Family and The Cosby Show. The program aims to discover the best singer in the country through a series of nationwide auditions in which viewer voting determines the winner. Through telephone and SMS text voting, viewers chose past winners Kelly Clarkson, Ruben Studdard, Fantasia Barrino, Carrie Underwood, Taylor Hicks, Jordin Sparks, David Cook, and Kris Allen (listed in chronological order). The eligible age-range for con
