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Simon is Too Funny!

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Tobor7
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07-19-2002

Tuesday, May 11, 2004 - 6:33 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tobor7 a private message Print Post    
Q: If this is a real competition, then why don’t the singers have to perform the same songs to make it fair?

Simon: The show is boring enough. What you are suggesting was once suggested by a producer that is no longer with the show, to put it politely.

Q: Even at this stage of the game?

Simon: Next question please.

Q: Do you get along with Ryan Seacrest?

Simon: We can only hope that his fifteen minutes are just about up.

Q: Who are you secretly hoping will win?

Simon: It does not really matter who wins. We have them all signed. So we make our money no matter what.

Q: Have you ever voted?

Simon: Do I look that stupid to you? Really?

Q: Why isn’t there a Rap night?

Simon: Randy has really been pushing for it but I’ll walk off the show before you ever see a guest judge like Eminem. That would be a horror show. That kind of music isn’t really considered music in the true sense of the word and to be honest with you I think if we did that sort of show that we would drop like a dead rock in the ratings. We would lose our core audience.

Q: Does Paula agree with you on this?

Simon: She hates that base-level drivel even more than I do. And when I talk about “base” I’m not talking about the instrument.

Q: Do you know what “bling” is?

Simon: Simply put, it is what I have in the bank and what Randy wears around his neck.

Q: What do you think about William Hung?

Simon: I think he should be and with that I think we are done here.



Ketchuplover
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08-30-2000

Tuesday, May 11, 2004 - 6:54 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ketchuplover a private message Print Post    
Simon for president :-)

Tobor7
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07-19-2002

Tuesday, May 11, 2004 - 7:02 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tobor7 a private message Print Post    
Ketchuplover for Vice President!


Serate
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08-21-2001

Tuesday, May 11, 2004 - 7:04 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Serate a private message Print Post    
Tobor7 for...... um, whatever position comes after VP. *L*

Tobor7
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07-19-2002

Tuesday, May 11, 2004 - 7:06 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tobor7 a private message Print Post    
Based on current events, that would be the Secretary of DaFence.


Watching2
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07-07-2001

Tuesday, May 11, 2004 - 9:37 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Watching2 a private message Print Post    
Simon cracks me up. He's really grown on me. :-)

Denecee
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09-05-2002

Wednesday, May 12, 2004 - 9:32 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Denecee a private message Print Post    
I think Simon can be so darn cute. Like last night when he missed what Ryan & Paula said about him, he was trying to get Paula to tell him what they said.
Plus I find him very sexy!

Sunrisedd
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09-15-2000

Wednesday, May 12, 2004 - 1:27 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Sunrisedd a private message Print Post    
Simon has my vote. Just can't find his number to call. :-(

Tobor7
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07-19-2002

Friday, May 14, 2004 - 8:54 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tobor7 a private message Print Post    
...more from this section:


Q: Who are you secretly hoping will win?

Simon: It does not really matter who wins. We have them all signed. So we make our money no matter what.

Q: Really now, don't you have some sort of feeling for the next superstar?

Simon: Superstar? I would rather have 10 stars than one superstar. You see, there is only so much lunch money out there for CD buying. What happens if you sell 10 million albums of one person or one million albums of ten different people? I'll tell you what. The stars have easier egos to deal with than superstars, and we get a bigger cut for a longer length of time. Trust me when I tell you it doesn't matter who wins. It's all about the total vote number, not who gets each vote.

Q: Why don't you publish the exact vote numbers.

Simon: I can't tell you that, but I can tell you that 27.7 percent of the callers buy a CD rooted in American Idol. So, you do the math.



Tobor7
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07-19-2002

Tuesday, May 18, 2004 - 8:11 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tobor7 a private message Print Post    
Q: Do you praise people so they don't get the sympathy vote when you want them voted off and diss the one you really want to stay so they get the sympathy vote?

Simon: In a word, no. If I started thinking like that I would have to recuse myself. Like I said before, the kids who spend their lunch money are the ones who are voting.

Q: How do you think Kid Rock would do in this competition?

Simon: He wouldn't make it past the first round of auditions.



Abbynormal
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08-04-2001

Wednesday, May 19, 2004 - 8:51 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Abbynormal a private message Print Post    
Great interview with Simon:

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/19/arts/television/19IDOL.html?ex=1085979596&ei=1&en=6c59a4ec1c5cb3b6

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Friday, May 21, 2004 - 8:51 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
Thanks, Abby..

Sunrisedd
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09-15-2000

Saturday, May 22, 2004 - 12:45 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Sunrisedd a private message Print Post    
Good interview, thanks Abby!

Rupertbear
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09-19-2003

Saturday, May 22, 2004 - 3:38 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Rupertbear a private message Print Post    
Hello...hope it's okay to add my two cents about Simon.

His humour reminds me of Anne Robinson's from The Weakest Link. Many people didn't like her when the show first aired but I thought she was hilarious.

I think she finally grew on people as they 'got' the English 'stinging' sense of humour.

I think he's really funny. It's just his 'schtick', to be that way.

I agree Denecee, I find him quite attractive.



Ketchuplover
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08-30-2000

Sunday, May 23, 2004 - 5:32 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ketchuplover a private message Print Post    
Why thank you :-)

Watching2
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07-07-2001

Sunday, May 23, 2004 - 7:30 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Watching2 a private message Print Post    
Yeah, Simon IS attractive. Sometimes I wish he wouldn't temper is comments a bit, but in general, I think he's funny and most of the time, right. :-) I also think despite what he said regarding his "fav" on the show, in the article he makes some really good comments that I've seen expressed right here on our very own TVCH boards. :-) Ya think he reads? Na.. but HI SIMON.. just in case. LOL

Tobor7
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07-19-2002

Sunday, May 23, 2004 - 8:41 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tobor7 a private message Print Post    
...just in case...

Rslover
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11-19-2002

Thursday, June 03, 2004 - 8:07 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Rslover a private message Print Post    
Simon Predicts Idol's Future
Thanks to www.tvguide.com:

Simon Predicts Idol's Future
by Daniel R. Coleridge

When Fantasia Barrino won American Idol, no Fanny fan breathed a bigger sigh of relief than Simon Cowell. "Three times in a row, America got it 100-percent right," Simon crows. "Kelly, Ruben and now Fantasia. I would say America is almost becoming as good a judge as me. Almost."

In all seriousness, Simon felt Fantasia's victory over Diana DeGarmo was essential to the AI franchise. "That's why I was quite bullish in saying I thought Fantasia would win," he says. "I was praying Fantasia would win — because without huge record sales at the end, there's no desire the following year to want to win this competition. I genuinely think she is the best yet. I really, really do."

As for the future, Simon is committed to criticize crooners on AI for at least two more seasons. The Brit also promises "one or two" changes in the show's format come January, but he's keeping mum on that for now. He mainly just hopes to stay simple Simon, and avoid going too overboard in the evil-heckler department.

"The difficult part when you come back [as a judge] is there's always the tendency to feel you're the one who should be auditioning for the talent," he chuckles. "You can't help it. There's this horrible thought about becoming a parody of yourself. We remind ourselves on the first day that, actually, we are here to find somebody talented. You have to get that train of thought into your mind, otherwise it all becomes horrible. There sometimes is a tendency to be playing up. Then, it's no longer a reality show."

Speaking of unreal, Simon still can't believe the lousy singers who flock to AI auditions. "They're crap and they all think they're good," he marvels. "William Hung's an exception. He's the only one of the terrible people [from] our show who sort of revels in being terrible again. What's astonishing about William is he doesn't understand that people are taking advantage of him because he's useless.

"I heard he's talking about writing a second album," Simon continues griping. "There's not going to be a second album, William! The joke's over!"