Simon Cowell leaves American Idol
Simon Cowell said an emotional fair well to American Pop Idol last week. After 9 seasons Simon Cowell decided to leave the show and will be an executive producer and a judge on an American version of the UK’s hit TV show ‘The X Factor’ which is due to be launched towards the end of 2011. The American Idol show has seen ratings plummet in recent months and Dancing With The Stars has regularly received more viewers. Some have argued that Simon Cowell leaving American Idol will be the final straw for the show and it’s likely that viewers will follow the man that made the show so popular over the past 9 years and watch him attempt to make a success of a show that has brought him so much success in the UK. Bringing ‘The X Factor’ to American soil has been something Simon Cowell has wanted to do for a long time and many believe it will be a great success.
