Simon Cowell

Simon Cowell is a British show presenter, executive producer and judge on Britain's Got Talent. He is the creator of the Got Talent franchise and is the owner of Britain's Got Talent.

Career

Simon is the owner and CEO of Syco entertainment and has judged X Factor UK, US, Pop Idol, American Idol and America's Got Talent before. He is also the producer of the Got Talent franchise, the Idol franchise, and the X Factor Franchise. He has founded popular bands such as One Directon (2011-2015), Little Mix (2011-present) and Fifth Harmony (2012-2018) As a judge, Cowell often makes blunt comments, including insults and wisecracks about contestants and their abilities. Though, over the past few series, he has mellowed out, and much more accepting of the acts.

In 2014, he served as a producer on 'Pudsey the Dog: The Movie'.

He has made an appearance as a judge in every series of the show except for the auditions for Series 5, as he was launching The X Factor US.

In 2016, Cowell joined the American counterpart of the series as a panelist.

In late 2020, Simon was involved in a motorcycle crash before the Semi-Finals of Series 14, and he was subsequently replaced by Ashley Banjo on a temporary basis as a direct result of this occurrence.

In 2021, Simon produced the ITV Show 'Walk The Line' which is a combination of a Game Show and a Talent Show. Cowell was originally planning to judge the show, however, he later left his judging role in order to spend more time with his wife Lauren Silverman and his son Eric, and was subsequently replaced as a judge on Walk The Line by Gary Barlow.

Preferred Acts

Simon is especially a fan of dog acts, including previous winners Jules O'Dwyer and Matisse and Ashleigh and Pudsey. However, as the owner of record label Syco, he is also known to support and give advice to singing talents in the competition, hence why six out of his eleven Golden Buzzers have been singing acts.

Other Appearances

Series 1

Series 2

Series 3

Series 4

Series 5

Series 6

Series 7

Series 8

Series 9

Series 10

Series 11

Series 12

Series 13

Golden Buzzers

• 2014: Bars and Melody
• 2015: Calum Scott
• 2016: Boogie Storm
• 2017: Sarah Ikumu
• 2018: Jack & Tim
• 2019: Kojo Anim
• 2019 (The Champions): Stavros Flatley
• 2020: Fayth Ifil
• 2022: Axel Blake
• 2023 (First Golden Buzzer): Malakai Bayoh
• 2023 (Second Golden Buzzer): Unity
• 2024 (First Golden Buzzer): Cyberagent Legit
• 2024 (Second Golden Buzzer): Duo Stardust
• 2025 (First Golden Buzzer): Vinnie McKee
• 2025 (Second Golden Buzzer): Electric Umbrella
• 2025 (Semi-Finals): Olly Pearson

Judges Golden Moments

• 2022: Voices Of Armed Forces Children’s Choir
• 2023: Elias Jones
• 2024: Amasing (Shared with Bruno Tonioli)

Trivia

• First act to vote 'Yes' to: Damon Scott
• First act to 'Buzz': David Williams
• First act to vote 'No' to: David Williams
• First act to 'Buzz; and still vote 'Yes' to: Cheeky Bits
• He and Alesha Dixon share the same birthdate (7 October, 19 years apart).
• His most successful Golden Buzzer is Series 15 winner Axel Blake.
• His least successful Golden Buzzers are Cyberagent Legit and Duo Stardust, both placing fifth in their respective Semi-Finals.
  • Ironically, both of Simon’s worst performing Golden Buzzers were given out in Series 17. Furthermore, this trait is oddly unique to but Simon’s Golden Buzzers as in most cases when a judge has 2 Golden Buzzer acts, one of them usually tends to place higher than the other.
• With the exception of Unity, Cyberagent Legit and Duo Stardust, all of Simon's Golden Buzzers have reached the top 3 in their Semi-Finals.