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...aware how bad they are". The number of complaints to ITV has reached 4,000, with furious viewers accusing Cowell of fixing the competition and protesting about the elimination of Welsh teenager Lucie Jones. In an interview with Chris...

In this article: Simon Cowell, The X Factor, and Chris Tarrant

...sold 161,000 copies LONDON -- ITV's "The X Factor" series tightened its stranglehold on the U.K. sales charts, securing a double victory for creator/judge Simon Cowell's Sony Music-distributed Syco Music label. The 2007 "X Factor"...

In this article: The X Factor, Leona Lewis, U.K., Simon Cowell, Michael Jackson, Sony Music Entertainment, Black Eyed Peas, Queen, Reality Killed the Video Star, and JLS

Simon Cowell takes a GBP3m pay cut to stay at ITV - Exclusive And he insists he's happy to do it Simon Cowell is to sign a new ITV deal tying him to the channel for another two years - after agreeing a GBP3.5million pay CUT. Instead of...

In this article: Simon Cowell, X Factor, Britain's Got Talent, Revenue, Recession, Philip Green, Syco, and Stephen Gately

...had got into trouble for saying they were "not very good". The prime minister told ITV's This Morning he had "burnt my bridges with 'Jedward'" but hoped the twins would "do well". Life in Jerusalem's heart where three faiths coincide The...

In this article: X Factor, Simon Cowell, George Michael, Wham, Coca, No Matter What, I'm Your Man, and Wonderful Tonight

...of current affairs. Cowell's shameful abdication of responsibility (which will rank with Chamberlain at Munich) prompted over 3,000 complaints to ITV and guaranteed a record audience for this weekend's two live shows. Last Sunday night saw...

In this article: The X Factor, Simon Cowell, David Cameron, Sharon Osbourne, Dannii Minogue, Pop Idol, and Simon Fuller

...'seriously consider its salary structure'. He revealed he preferred ITV's X Factor to the BBC's Strictly Come Dancing and said X Factor judge Simon Cowell 'deserves' to make tens of millions. When asked 'is it right that someone like...

In this article: Gordon Brown, Piers Morgan, X Factor, Strictly Come Dancing, Jonathan Ross, Labour, Simon Cowell, GQ Magazine, and BBC

...Simon Cowell backing for Jedward X Factor broadcaster ITV has confirmed it received 3,000 complaints over Simon Cowell's u-turn in backing twins John and Edward Grimes over Welsh singer Lucie Jones. Published: 9:00AM GMT 10 Nov 2009

In this article: Simon Cowell, X Factor, Daily Mail, and Daily Mirror

...songs?' but I just got on with it really.'' Archer dismissed suggestions that he had planned to quit the ITV show, following disagreements with his mentor, Simon Cowell, over song choices. He added: ''I didn't say I was leaving, I just...

In this article: Simon Cowell, Unchained Melody, Kings of Leon, and London

...as the chart-topping American singer Kelly Clarkson. In 2006, Cowell signed a GBP20 million "golden handcuffs" deal with ITV to make him the highest paid British TV star of all time. Last week, the business website forbes.com named Cowell...

In this article: Simon Cowell, The X-Factor, Syco, Alexandra Burke, Pete Waterman, Leona Lewis, American Idol, and X Factor