Idol Judge Quits

Simon Cowell, a judge in the TV show American Idol, just today announced that he will be leaving American Idol after this season. It is big news because he was one of the original judges of American Idol. Ironically Paula Abdul left after the last season, which was tragic, but it is even more tragic that Simon Cowell is leaving. Simon was known to be the cruel and insulting judge. He made people cry and on rare occasions he will compliment on a contestants singing. He owns the show called X-Factor and is involved in many other shows and also producing . He makes about 38 million dollars per year from American Idol alone, and he makes approximately 50 million dollars from all the show put together. He has been in the show for about nine seasons. He also produced a show called X-Factor which is like a British version of American Idol. According to him he is quitting because of X-Factor, but I think he is quitting because of Paula Abdul quit.

American Idol was created in the year 2002, and became the number one TV show. Contestants compete in singing in the show and the winner of the show gets a record deal and usually becomes famous. Famous singers such as Kelly Clarkson, Jordan Sparks, and Fantasia all got their start from the show.