guardian.co.uk - 11/14/2009
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With the show's charity single ready to secure its dominance into 2010, Simon Cowell's chart stranglehold seems complete Six nights ago, 16.6 million people – more than half of those in Britain watching TV at the time – turned their sets to ITV1 to watch three 18-year-olds battle for their ...
people.com - 11/16/2009
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people.com —
Photo by: Flynet; Donna Ward / Meet the
Famous He's usually the one meting out the criticism,...
but this time it's Simon Cowell who's on the receiving end of some particularly harsh words about his talent – from Sting. The rock star heaped criticism on ...
Simon Cowell and Sting Trade Barbs - Scandals & Feuds, ...
imnotobsessed.com - 11/12/2009
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imnotobsessed.com —
Simon Cowell earned $75 million last year. JUST
LAST YEAR!!!!!!!!!!!!! The music mogul – who judges ‘Britain’s...
Got Talent’ and ‘The X Factor’ in the UK and ‘American Idol’ and ‘America’s Got Talent’ in the US ...
Simon Cowell Named 'Prime Time TV’s Top Earning Man' ...
blog.taragana.com - 11/15/2009
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LONDON - Simon Cowell has started eating his
favourite childhood pudding, Angel Delight, as he struggles to...
cope with the criticism over his treatment of Irish twins John and Edward on the X Factor, according to best pal Sinitta. Sinitta - who used ...
Simon Cowell’s comfort food - Angel Delight
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... trouble in store as the TV schedules conspire against the Chezza And Ash:
Daily Mirror: “Fury as final up against BBC’s sports awards”
BBC bosses are furious after ITV rescheduled the X Factor final to clash with its Sports Personality of the Year awards.
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Gennaro Castaldo Watch: X Factor sells records
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The Guardian investigates if The X Factor is killing music, and naturally, a call to HMV's Factor factotum is required: In a further innovation this year, the Sunday results show has been built around other artists promoting their own singles, leading to a previously unforeseen scale of chart dominance. "In an age when there are very few truly mass-audience platforms left, the X Factor has become pivotal for those labels and artists seeking to reach a family-based audience," says Gennaro Castaldo of HMV, one of the few music retailers that retains a high-street ...
Idol Headlines for 11/14/09
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... to 1 million – had voted on their performances, leaving twins John and Edward Grimes and Welsh teenager Lucie Jones facing ejection on the Sunday results programme. In the end the Grimes twins, who perform as John and Edward, would triumph, leaving Jones sobbing onstage, but the manner by which that result was reached led 3,000 people to complain to the broadcasting regulator, Ofcom – 10 times the number that complained about the BNP leader’s appearance on Question Time.
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