Interview: Simon Cowell
Audiences around the world love the format of The X Factor but now there’s a new celebrity edition in X Factor: Celebrity to entice audiences. The series is a British celebrity special edition of The X Factor, which premiered on 12 October 2019. Hosted by Simon Cowell, Nicole Scherzinger and Louis Walsh, the series sees celebrities taking the spotlight and showcasing their talents.
In this interview, Simon Cowell reveals more about the show and what can audiences expect from X Factor: Celebrity.
Why
did you decide to change up the normal version of the show and do a celebrity
one instead?
It just felt so obvious to do a celebrity version. The only condition was I
couldn’t know who was going to be on it. I said to the team, “You’ve got to
find some acts who you believe can sell records off the back of this, because
if you don’t do that it won’t work.” So that was the deal and we stuck to it. I
swear to God I didn’t have a clue who any of the acts were. I did walk away
thinking, “If we’re smart, we have artists here who could actually sell records
off the back of this”. So I thought that was fun and very exciting for the
show.
They
do say a change is as good as a rest…
Exactly! I think change in any aspect is good, but
I was saying to someone the other day, “I’ve signed Westlife, I’ve signed Five,
El Divo, One Direction, Little Mix. They’re all groups, but they’re all
different.” Sometimes you’ve got to take a break of at least a year, two years
between signing one kind of group and then launching another. And it’s the same
with The X Factor. You can’t just keep making the same show that it was 14
years ago and expect it to be the same show today. You’ve got to take a step
back for a little while.
Do
you think Louis is different this time around?
I do. Apart from anything else, you have got to remember Louis was a manager
when I first met him. So we’ve worked together on a lot of acts that he’s
managed. I’ve never, really ever had a disagreement with Louis over an artist
or a decision or anything else. We’ve worked as friends. We’re genuinely
friends and that was part of the decision to have him on the show again this
year. It wasn’t just the fact that he’s been on the show, it’s just that it
reminded me, unlike other people that managers can be great friends as well.
Louis is a great guy. He’s a great friend. He’s gone away and has taken that
time to remember what makes him tick, and that’s music.
How
did it feel sitting with Louis and Nicole again?
Sitting with the two of them was like we picked it
up five minutes ago. I think Nicole is great because the funny thing is
everyone thinks that she’s super confident, but she’s not. She’s an incredibly
dignified person. The thing with her as well is she’ll speak directly to the
team rather than going through the press. It’s so rare to find that now, a
million percent, she’s special.
How
did it feel filming the auditions at your house?
When we filmed it that night it didn’t feel like work. I loved every second of
it. I said to the producers, “If this really doesn’t work, we will have to
re-audition for the show. That’s the deal.” So the fact that I felt we didn’t
need to was just great. I found it interesting and fun, and doing this version
of the show has also given me the chance to do All Stars. I’ve wanted to make
the best of the best version of The X Factor for a long, long time. It’s been brilliant.
I’ve loved every minute.
What
did you think of the celebs when you first met them?
I tell you what; I was really surprised and happy
about how much they cared about being on the show. With the celebrities, they
really wanted it, I felt that if they bring that energy to the show and
hopefully we can do our job, which is to help them make some great records, you
know, we’ve got some really good artists on our hands.
X-Factor: Celebrity airs on Sunday, same day as the U.K., 7:55 pm only on Blue Ant Entertainment (Unifi TV Ch 473)
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