[情報] Cowell: I don't want to be on 'Idol' if it's not No. 1

[Lovemei (超愛Archie.的駿)]

American Idol judge Simon Cowell says he will leave the most popular show on
television if it ever slips from the top spot in the ratings.

“The idea that for the next five years, I’d be doing exactly what I’ve
been doing for the past five years … the thought is just too depressing,”
 Cowell said in a recent interview in his trailer awaiting a taping of Idol
at CBS Television City. “I’d go nuts, bored out of my mind. You have to
evolve, you have to change. I like the challenge of launching something new.”

With Cowell’s deal with Fox expiring at the end of next season, that “
something new” could be a U.S. version of his UK  singing competition series
The X Factor. Any doubts about Cowell’s role in the success of Idol
disappeared when he launched Factor three years ago -- the somewhat similarly
formatted show became a massive hit that has since supplanted American Idol
predecessor Pop Idol.

The Factor success was worrisome enough for Fox to forbid Cowell from
launching the show in the U.S. as part of his current Idol deal. But all that
could soon change. Between Idol’s continuing popularity and his ownership of
Factor, Cowell is armed with both a carrot and a stick.

Asked if he would want to stay on Idol if the series ever slipped from No. 1
in the Nielsens, Cowell burst out laughing at the apparent obviousness of the
answer.

“Absolutely not!” he said, looking horrified. “It's like running in the
100 meters and saying 'I came in fifth' -- then why bother? Being No. 1 is
verging on an obsession with me. I don’t like being No. 2. I don’t mind
when you start at No. 10 -- people don’t always go on as No. 1 -- and you’
ve got somewhere to go. But if you’re at the point you’ve reached it, of
course you want to stay there."

Though the Idol audience has declined over the past few seasons, it remains
far and away the biggest Nielsen needle-mover with about 22 million viewers
per episode. No other TV program approaches its popularity.

Yet unlike many in the TV business, Cowell rejects the claim that Idol
ratings erosion is inevitable.

“I don’t accept the argument of fragmentation or declining numbers,” he
said. “The Super Bowl goes up every year.”

Factor, he noted, has also grown its audience every year, which suggested to
Cowell that America is ready for another music competition series.

“We have to bring in another music show,” he said. “In the U.K., there is
more than one type of music show running throughout the year. And I think the
same thing could happen here, because for the fall, nothing really happens. It
’s something we’ve been thinking about … I would definitely do it now.”

“Maybe it’ll be X Factor, ” he teased vaguely. “Maybe it’ll be something
new …”


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推 a28829424:simon不是也有在英國有才當評審嗎？所以他兩頭跑摟？
→ Sternenlicht:根據英國那邊的情況，我想這個話題還可以吵很久XDD
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推 santoro:mer大你知道的 賽門喜歡的是歐文的...(摀嘴)
推 Sternenlicht:                           頭髮。（咦）
推 merrick:話說L老頭還跟歐文說過Simon是最不適合詢問髮型意見的人。
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推 POYUANG:同樣的話如果是Randy講就會覺得是開玩笑，但由Lou-Lou說出
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