Cowell To Leave American Idol

2010-01-11 by Dave de Sylvia EMERITUS | 33 Comments
Long-serving judge Simon Cowell has announced that the forthcoming ninth season of American Idol will be his last.

The English A&R has decided to join former judge Paula Abdul in not letting the door hit him on the way out of the rejuvenated franchise, but not before filming ends on the ninth season at the end of May. The season premiere is due to broadcast on January 12 with the first of the "audition" episodes.

Ellen DeGeneres has replaced the departed Abdul, but there is no word as yet of who, if anybody, will replace Cowell. The series' long-term prospects will no doubt come under scrutiny when Cowell launches his own X-Factor franchise in the States. The latter's success in the UK brought about a swift end to American Idol's fore-runner, Pop Idol.

Cowell told a press gathering: “We did talk about me staying on both shows but when we looked at the practicalities of that, it was impossible. In my opinion, it’s like having a good player and a good football team. The two have to be okay together.

"I believe it’s not my show, but it’s still very close to me. We made sure when we did this, that I would be protected. I’m confident it will continue to be the No. 1 show. Everyone is committed to keeping it that way.”


A video of the announcement can be seen below: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2wAMao08Ws

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poweroftheweez
January 11th 2010
1298 Comments


good maybe it will end and we won't have any more adam lamberts either.

Geist
January 11th 2010
371 Comments


* Deep voice *

Good.

Good.

theacademy
Staff Reviewer
January 12th 2010
31889 Comments


this is old news. x-factor will fail here.

theacademy
Staff Reviewer
January 12th 2010
31889 Comments


no I read this in like NME or something during the whole Rage for Xmas thing... i guess today it's official but he had already publicly said he wasnt going to re-negotiate his contract...

burnafterbreeding
January 12th 2010
1529 Comments


they put off Glee for this shit? wtf?

AnotherBrick
January 12th 2010
9812 Comments


ya...hopefully this is the decline of the show

VonManHead
January 12th 2010
179 Comments


WHO GIVES A SHIT?

Crysis
Emeritus
January 12th 2010
17653 Comments


as if people didn't see this one coming

AnotherBrick
January 12th 2010
9812 Comments


uhh like more then half of the u.s. population

PeteyThePistol
January 12th 2010
208 Comments


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0W4Z-uRCy7c

All I thought about when I read this

Crysis
Emeritus
January 12th 2010
17653 Comments


lol that is an awesome episode

Chewie
January 12th 2010
4544 Comments


uggh X Factor in the US

PeteyThePistol
January 12th 2010
208 Comments


yeah it is haha

DaveyBoy
Emeritus
January 12th 2010
22503 Comments


If Idol ends, what the hell will I review then!?

;-)


Romulus
January 12th 2010
9117 Comments


Bubble gum ice cream?

DaveyBoy
Emeritus
January 12th 2010
22503 Comments


Nah, I'd have to switch to X Factor. So, when does the next Leona Lewis album come out?

DiceMan
January 12th 2010
7066 Comments


So if I watch American Idol and hear the criticism of the judges I automatically know lots about music right?

Carnifex
January 12th 2010
1918 Comments


Hopefully the show dies as well.

ninjuice
January 12th 2010
6760 Comments


The show died when the unfunny lesbian replaced Paula.

Jips
January 12th 2010
1147 Comments


hmmm... the fist idol news ive found interesting maybe ever... heres to hoping the whole thing goes away altogether...

it would be sweet to see any reference to American idol restricted to VH1's I love the 00's and we could all say i remember when we were plagued incessantly by this ridiculous cultural phenomenon that took a huge precious chunk of market share in a dying industry(record companies, not music) away from REAL artists...

heres to hoping for the best...

DaveyBoy
Emeritus
January 12th 2010
22503 Comments


"So if I watch American Idol and hear the criticism of the judges I automatically know lots about music right?"

Yep... Randy will teach you about pitch. Simon will tell you what to wear. Kara will simply say the opposite of Simon. And Ellen will teach you... ummm... ***censored***

tiesthatbind
January 12th 2010
7441 Comments


"The show died when the unfunny lesbian replaced Paula."

Yep, pretty much. When I heard that Paula is being replaced, I thought there was nowhere to go but up. I guess I was wrong.




Emim
January 12th 2010
38949 Comments


Long-serving judge Simon Cowell has announced that he the forthcoming ninth season of American Idol will be his last.


Should be:

Long-serving judge Simon Cowell has announced that he, -who is American Idol- the forthcoming ninth season of American Idol will be his last.

Or something like that.

blumpkin696
January 12th 2010
37 Comments


NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

VikkiH
January 12th 2010
248 Comments


As much as I hate these talent shows it will make them all better, having Cowell judge on every single one just makes them no different from each other.


bloc
January 12th 2010
70880 Comments


this show is over

VikkiH
January 12th 2010
248 Comments


Thats a no.

SmurkinGherkin
January 12th 2010
2253 Comments


lol X Factor in the states

AliW1993
January 12th 2010
7511 Comments


Don't celebrate too much... you've got the x factor to look forward to and believe me thats much much worse.

BrandNewBoognish
January 12th 2010
1021 Comments


This is a sad day for music

lauriej
January 12th 2010
1713 Comments


literally should have kept cowell's statement to "i'm butthurt that rage won the christmas number one. i hate myself and am going kthxbai."

SLA92
January 12th 2010
61 Comments


And now the show is dead.

Klekticist
January 13th 2010
1464 Comments


lol simon cowell



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