… As for Nigel, both of us are obviously real happy not to be working with each other anymore.”Ĭontact Chuck Barney at Read his TV blog at and follow him at. I was just trying to bring an honesty and a sense of humor to the show. “But I never thought of myself as being mean. “It’s definitely a dig at me when he says that kind of stuff,” he insists. Lythgoe repeatedly emphasized that “Idol” would take a kinder-gentler approach in the post-Simon era. “They’re bringing a new energy that’s good for the show.”Īnd Simon made it clear that he’s pleased not to be on the same show with “Idol” executive producer Nigel Lythgoe, with whom he often butted heads over the years. “They’ve got judges who are engaged and who want to be there,” he says. I found it really difficult to hide my feelings.”Īs for the new-look “Idol,” with judges Jennifer Lopez and Steven Tyler, Simon says television’s most popular show made the moves it needed to. International Talent & Touring Directory: The source for U.S. “I had lost Paula and I was trying to fit in with something that didn’t feel right. “I admit it, I was bored and that wasn’t fair to the contestants, the show or the audience,” he says. Simon played coy, only saying that an announcement would be forthcoming.Īddressing his role on “The X Factor,” Simon insisted that fans will see a more driven judge than the one who essentially phoned it in last season on “Idol.” … He has a great personality, a great sense of humor.”Īs of this writing, no other “X Factor” judges had been announced, but the names being dropped included George Michael, Mariah Carey, Nicole Scherzinger and, yes, Simon’s old sparring partner, Paula Abdul. Last week, the show made a high-profile hiring, signing music mogul Antonio “L.A.” Reid as a judge.Īsked if Reid will make for better television than bland Jimmy Iovine, this season’s “in-house mentor” on “American Idol,” Simon replied, “In a word, yes. “The X Factor,” a British import on which Simon is a judge and executive producer, already has seized some attention with the news that it will offer television’s biggest prize - a $5 million recording contract - to its winner. Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for 'fair use' for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, t.
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