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Simon Cowell - Biography, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Filmography

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Born October 7, 1959, Brighton, East Sussex, England, UK - British television presenter, actor, producer, screenwriter and philanthropist.

Simon graduated from Windsor Technical College with a degree in sociology, after which he changed several jobs, including the set of Stanley Kubrick's cult film The Shining. Conflicts with colleagues and bosses became the reason for frequent layoffs, and Simon could not build a career until his father, who worked at EMI Music, got him there to work with the mail. In the new place, Simon showed himself well, quickly got a promotion and acquired numerous connections.

Simon left EMI in the early 1980s to found E&S Music with his former boss, but retired in 1983. He then founded Fanfare Records with Ian Burton, initially selling instructional videos for beginners. performers, and music from pieces, including those performed by the Italian orchestra Rondo Veneziano. The first hit in 1986 was the song "So Macho" by the popular singer Sinitta, another successful step was Cowell's collaboration with the trio Stock Aitken Waterman, which released a number of hits throughout the 80s. However, towards the end of the 1980s, the company's business began to decline, and in 1989 Cowell almost went bankrupt.

After that, Simon got a job at the music company BMG as an agent to find new artists. The career restart ended in complete success: thanks to Cowell, several major hits were released, and a real breakthrough was the collaboration with the acting duo Robson Green and Jerome Flynn in 1995, when they recorded the song "Unchained Melody" with the participation of Simon, which they performed in the popular TV series Soldier Soldier. The song skyrocketed to number one in the UK charts, staying at the top for seven weeks, and became the best-selling single of 1995, and the duo's self-titled album (titled Robson & Jerome) became the best-selling album that same year. Before the duo ceased activities, another album and two singles were released, In total, Cowell sold 7 million albums of this group and 5 million singles, becoming a millionaire and a major figure in the British show business. His next creations were the popular bands Five, Westlife, as well as the famous children's show "Teletubbies".

Cowell was the judge for the first season of Pop Idol in 2001 and the first season of American Idol in 2002. Most viewers of American Idol know Simon best for his harsh criticism of the members. He secured the status of a person who is capable of breaking any talent. Other judges, Ryan Seacrest, Paula Abdul and Randy Jackson, often interrupted him in mid-sentence, considering his attacks incorrect. Through his reputation as a tough critic, Cowell has become associated with television personalities such as Judge Judy from the American program Judge Judy and Anne Josephine Robinson from the television game The Weakest Link. Regarding the comparison with Ann Robinson, the TV presenter said that he has a dislike for her, and commented it like this: "I hate her, I hate her show, because all this is sheer pretense."

Cowell's famous phrase “I don’t want to be rude, but ...” went public; it was with her that he began to discuss the talents of the participants in "American Idol". It is believed that many of Cowell's quips were the result of his work with publicist Max Clifford. Simon also participated in the 2003 World Idol program, a gathering of all countries that hosted shows of the same format, and found that in every version of American Idol there were attempts to find someone who would look like him, a kind of local "Simon Cowell".

Was parodied in 2004 in the cartoon "Shrek 2".

In 2003, Cowell made it onto Channel 4, where he was ranked 33rd in the "100 Most Terrible Britons" list. S Records has signed two deals with Pop Idol Season 1 finalists Will Young and Gareth Gates, each of them topping the charts with their own hits. In 2004, Cowell formed the pop opera group Il Divo, an internationally successful ensemble with 3 opera singers and one pop singer, and the members were of different nationalities. Inspired by the popularity of Il Divo, Simon decided to create a children's version of the band, Angelis, by hosting a competition between similarly formatted bands on Christmas 2006

In 2004 Cowell, along with Sharon Osborne and Louis Walsh, became the judge of the first season of the British talent show The X Factor, which he created himself thanks to the Syco company. The show became very popular, so after the third season, the fourth episode began. Cowell is the tenth most terrifying celebrity in Radio Times magazine (according to a poll of 3,000 people).

The winner of the third season of The X Factor, Leona Lewis signed with Cowell's Syco label and became a world star, whose singles and albums topped the charts worldwide.

On August 18, 2007, Cowell returned with Osborne, Walsh, and new judge Danny Minogue for the fourth season of The X Factor. For a while, Walsh's place was taken by Brian Friedman, who was already a judge on Grease Is the Word, but Cowell and Osborne realized that without Walsh, the explosive interactions between the judges disappeared, heating the atmosphere of the show, so Walsh was invited back. In 2010, Simon formed One Direction, which finished in third place in the seventh season of The X Factor UK.

Also in 2011, Cowell created the American The X Factor; in the first season, along with Cowell, the judges were: Paula Abdul, Cheryl Cole and L.A. Reid. But after a few weeks, Cole left the show, and Nicole Scherzinger had to replace her. In 2012, the second season of American The X Factor started. The composition of the judges was as follows: A. Reid, Britney Spears, Demi Lovato and Cowell himself. In the second season of America's "X Factor," Cowell formed the girl group Fifth Harmony. This group is called "One Direction in Skirts" due to the similarities between the two groups. Five participants, both groups took third place, and many more similar moments. The third season kicked off in March 2013. The judges were Simon Cowell, Demi Lovato, Mexican singer Paulina Rubio and former The X Factor UK judge Kelly Rowland. After this season, the American The X Factor was closed.


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