![]() ![]() “Now it’s been 17, 18 years.”Ĭowell’s reality television career took him from “American Idol” to “X Factor” to “America’s Got Talent,” now in its 13th season (as well as its British counterpart). “I only intended to do it for one year,” he says. There was only one condition - that Cowell himself be one of the judges. He turned them all down - until someone walked in with the pitch for what would become “Pop Idol,” the British forebear to the American hit. ![]() when he was approached time and again to star in reality series. He was running a record label in the U.K. Simon is one of them.”Ĭowell never intended to be on screen. “There were very few people whose individual names as brands cut through the clutter in the early part of the 21st century. “If you come from the other side of the Atlantic and you think of Hollywood, everyone knows what it means to have your star laid down,” he says, dubbing Cowell “a highly weaponized piece of talent. NBC’s president of alternative and reality Paul Telegdy, a fellow Brit, says the honor is emblematic of Cowell’s decades-long journey in Hollywood. “When I first came here, I’d never done TV shows before, so when this happens, you do literally have to pinch yourself,” he says. But once it sunk in, he says, he was very flattered - if a bit concerned about whom his star was going to be next to. “I really thought someone was winding me up,” he tells Variety with a laugh, in an interview at his home in Malibu. 22.Ĭowell admits he thought it was a joke at first. The five-time Emmy nominee - and winner of a slew of other awards, including Mipcom’s Personality of the Year in 2014 - is adding to those laurels with a star on the Walk of Fame on Aug. He’s always thinking, ‘How do I make it better? What’s next? What do we need to do on ‘Got Talent’ next year to stay ahead of the game?’ He never, ever rests on his laurels. He’s not afraid to fight for what he believes creatively, and he wants to lead the way. “Simon is the opposite of complacent,” says Cecile Frot-Coutaz, the former CEO of FremantleMedia (and incoming head of YouTube’s EMEA operations) who has worked alongside him for years. That edict has driven the 58-year-old mogul to success on both sides of the Atlantic, as founder and CEO of Syco Entertainment, a global music, television and film production company that boasts a roster brimming with A-list artists and worldwide formats including “Got Talent” and “The X Factor.” Maybe NBC should stand for “Never Be Complacent.”īecause, according to those who work with Simon Cowell, the creator and executive producer of the network’s juggernaut franchise “America’s Got Talent,” that’s his mantra. ![]()
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