BGT's Simon Cowell plots 'new singing show' ahead of X Factor's 20th anniversary
15.04.2023 - 10:19
/ ok.co.uk
Simon Cowell is planning to launch a new singing show to mark the 20th anniversary of one of his most successful projects, The X Factor. The 63 year old music mogul and multimillionaire record executive has said he is "definitely" looking to set up a new singing competition series and loves finding artists who deserve a big break.
Asked if he had any plans to mark X Factor's special anniversary, he said: "I always want to do something whether it's BGT or another show where you can find artists who need a break. And luckily, over the years, the shows I've made have launched an awful lot of careers." He continued to The Sun: "I think these shows, particularly now with so many kids trying to get attention with 120,000 songs being uploaded every day, everybody needs a secondary platform.
"I don’t know what we're going to do about the anniversary, but in terms of, ‘Are we going to make another singing show at some point?’ The answer is definitely a yes!" Simon's comments come as he admits he'd like to have another baby with his fiancée Lauren Silverman, 45.The couple are already parents to nine year old Eric and would like to give him a sibling. Discussing being a dad again in his 60s, he added: "I am 64 this year, and Eric's nine...
and when I’m playing football with him, my God, I have to get fit just to play with him! His energy is off the chart, it really, really is." The X Factor first aired in 2004 and was created as a replacement for the popular Pop Idol singing competition series which ran from 2001 and 2003 and saw Simon, Neil Fox, Nicki Chapman and Pete Waterman scour the UK for the next singing star. The first winner of Pop Idol was none other than Will Young, with fellow success story Gareth Gates coming second in
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