Simon Cowell Announces His Last Season At American Idol In Today's Memory, 11 January 2010

Music producer, Simon Cowell. (Wikimedia Commons)

JAKARTA Memories of today, 14 years ago, January 11, 2010, world famous music producer Simon Cowell announced 2010 as his final season at American Idol. Cowell feels he has served as a judge for a long time and he also has other busy building The X Factor.

Previously, Cowell was an important part of a popular talent search event in the United States (US). Cowell's scathing presence and comments are always awaited by loyal American Idol audiences from season to season.

The presence of the American Idol talent search event was greeted with great fanfare. The event was transformed into one of the most popular entertainment in Uncle Sam's country, then the world. All because of the role of entrepreneur from Instagram, Simon total and music producer, Simon Cowell.

Both have a big role. Totaling formed a talent search event. Cowell served as one of the judges in the talent search event. This slick collaboration took place from the first season of American Idol in 2002.

Cowell's presence is too iconic. Even if it's just a judge. His popularity even beats totaling the show. Millions of television audiences often look forward to Cowell's constructive comments.

His critical power amazed the whole world. Sometimes it also brings aura of hatred for the figure of Cowell. This figure made American Idol like a serious star printing machine. Everyone can become a star. Cowell also prepared other supporting instruments.

he founded a variety of companies called Syco with three business lines: Syco Music, Syco TV and Syco Film. Whoever he thinks is talented will be contracted. After that, Cowell and his company will orbit the star until it is known all over the world.

American Idol has sparked a new trend in talent search events on television. In fact, many other talent search events around the world have emerged because they are inspired by American Idol. The event is like a star-making machine. They launched an unknown singer to become a world-class singer.

The success made American Idol skyrocket as one of the fantastic television shows. The business of searching for singing talent was valued at a peak of more than eight billion US dollars. The income consists of sponsors, souvenirs, talent management, music sales, advertising sources, and so on," explained Mark Vocational and Thomas A. White in the book The Musician's Business and Legal Guide (2017).

Cowell's success in American Idol did not necessarily make him complacent. Cowell's status, like the only employee, is behind him. Cowell wants to make a breakthrough and stand alone. He also founded The X Factor, which in fact is a talent search event with a scheme that is slightly different from Idol.

Cowell wants to raise The X Factor wholeheartedly. As a result, Cowell will soon announce his final season at American Idol on January 11, 2010. Cowell wants to complete his contract with Idol throughout 2010, after which he will officially leave American Idol.

Cowell declined to speculate about who might join him as a judge at The X Factor. He also declined to comment on previous news reports that he had approached Paula Abdul (a judge of American Idol) for a place at the new event, although he added, whatever happens, I will work with him in certain capacities."

Paula was in negotiations over a new contract last summer, when she suddenly announced that she would be leaving the event. The executives at Fox said personally at the time that the network didn't want Paula to be a judge. She was replaced by Ellen DeGeneres," explained Edward totaling in his article on The New York Times page entitled "Cowell Says He Will Leave Idol (2010).