Syco

...her lyrics, there should be no American edition of Shakira: You just take her, in all her daffiness, or leave her. "I DREAMED A DREAM" (Syco Music//Columbia) All 12 cuts on Susan Boyle's debut album offer variations on the same aural...

In this article: Rihanna, Kris Allen, Leona Lewis, Susan Boyle, She Wolf, Idol, Shakira, Bleeding Love, and Celine Dion

...X-Factor contestants sign a contract with the 50-year-old giving him first refusal over whether to sign them up to his management company, Syco. The boys survived on the show despite becoming victims of a vicious hate campaign from...

In this article: X-Factor, Disney, Simon Cowell, Britney Spears, Nickelodeon, and Justin Timberlake

...such programmes as: Idols (co-produced with 19 Productions in the US), The X Factor (co-produced with Syco in the UK), Got Talent (co-produced with Syco in the UK and the US), Neighbours, The Bill, Family Feud, The Price is Right, Farmer...

In this article: Susan Boyle, TV Guide Network, TV Guide, FremantleMedia, Britain's Got Talent, Simon Cowell, and Cry Me a River

...reached No. 5. Second track, "Written on Her," featured Jay Sean, peaked at a more modest No. 17. Susan Boyle, "I Dreamed a Dream" (Syco Music/Sony BMG): "Britain's Got Talent" runner-up and internet phenomenon Susan Boyle serves up a...

In this article: Beyonce, Rihanna, Britney Spears, Jay-Z, Susan Boyle, Def Jam, Lil Wayne, and She Wolf

...bid fails again RHYDIAN Roberts has revealed that the X Factor is now such big business that even being on Simon Cowell's record label Syco isn't enough to get you a spot on the show. The white-haired wonder releases his second album O...

In this article: Rhydian Roberts, X Factor, Simon Cowell, Catrin Finch, Wales, and Bryn Terfel

Keith Towler warned that televised talents shows like The X Factor and Britain's Got Talent - also produced by Cowell's company Syco - should make more effort to focus on the well-being of the young people at their heart - the...

In this article: Simon Cowell, The X Factor, Britain's Got Talent, Swansea, Shaheen Jafargholi, and Michael Jackson

...and other snacks, has an official cosmetic dentist. There is also merchandise from T-shirts to mugs. And the shows generate talent for Syco Music, now also part of Bertelsmann but with Cowell sharing profits as he does from other Syco...

In this article: Simon Cowell, The X Factor, ITV, Britain's Got Talent, Susan Boyle, Philip Green, Revenue, UK, and America's Got Talent

...Factor - money, says Roya Nikkhah As part of his deal with ITV for The X-Factor, Cowell has first dibs on signing any of the show's acts to Syco, his entertainment company Photo: PA It was the moment that Simon Cowell - and the public -...

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

Of all the talent-show turns unearthed in the past decade, Leona Lewis is the only one to have parlayed the opportunity, when it knocked, into a significant international career; and judging by this safe, careful follow-up to the...

In this article: Leona Lewis, Brave, Spirit, R&B, Stop Crying Your Heart Out, Taio Cruz, Max Martin, Ryan Tedder, and Timbaland

...is paid a handsome salary to be a judge. Cowell, who left school at 16 for a job in the mail room at EMI, also created his own record label, Syco music, which steps in to offer the winning acts their first contracts. Last year, the Christmas...

In this article: Simon Cowell, Donald Trump, Forbes, US, American Idol, The X Factor, Alexandra Burke, Tax, and Lord Sugar