American Idol favorite judge to hate, Simon Cowell is leaving the show after season nine.  This information is coming from his brother, Tony Cowell who broke the news on his podcast,

“Meanwhile, Simon prepares for a new season of Idol — or should I say, his last season of Idol. As I sit here with my family in the sunny Caribbean, a press statement is being prepared, which will confirm what everyone expected: Simon will leave Idol at the end of 2010 to concentrate on bringing the American version of X Factor to U.S. TV in 2011.”

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Wow.  It makes sense.  Simon won’t have time for both and why would he want to be on both sides of competing shows?  FOX is still trying to talk Simon into staying with Idol through the next three seasons, but I don’t think they will be able to do it.  SImon has been working on getting his X-Factor over here for a long time.

For me the bottom line is: No Paula Abdul AND no Simon Cowell = NO American Idol.

What do you think?

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