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Sir Simon Denis RattleOMCBE (born 19 January 1955) is a British conductor with German citizenship.[1] He rose to international prominence during the 1980s and 1990s, while music director of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (1980\u20131998). Rattle was principal conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic from 2002 to 2018. He has been the music director of the London Symphony Orchestra since September 2017. Among the world's leading conductors, in a 2015 Bachtrack poll, he was ranked by music critics as one of the world's best living conductors.[2]\n
Rattle is also the patron of Birmingham Schools' Symphony Orchestra, arranged during his tenure with CBSO in the mid-1990s. The Youth Orchestra is now under the auspices of charitable business Services for Education.[3] He received the Brit Award for Outstanding Contribution to Music in 2001 at the Classic Brit Awards.\n
After organising and conducting a performance of Mahler's Second Symphony while he was still at the academy, he was talent-spotted by the music agent Martin Campbell-White, of Harold Holt Ltd (now Askonas Holt Ltd), who has since managed Rattle's career.[5] He spent the academic year 1980\u201381 at St Anne's College, Oxford studying English Language and Literature.[6] He had been attracted to the college by the reputation of Dorothy Bednarowska, fellow and tutor in English.[7] He was elected an Honorary Fellow of St Anne's in 1991.[8] He was admitted to the degree of Doctor of Musichonoris causa of the University of Oxford in 1999.[9]\n
He joined the Glyndebourne music staff at the age of 20 in 1975. He went on to conduct over 200 performances of 13 different operas at Glyndebourne and on tour during the subsequent 28 years.\n
His time with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (CBSO) from 1980 to 1998 drew him to the attention of critics and the public. In 1980, Rattle became the CBSO's principal conductor and artistic adviser, and in 1990, music director. Rattle increased both his profile and that of the orchestra over his tenure. One of his long-term concert projects was the series of concerts of 20th-century music titled \"Towards the Millennium\". One other major achievement during his time was the move of the CBSO from its former venue, Birmingham Town Hall, to a newly built concert hall, Symphony Hall, in 1991. The BBC commissioned film director Jaine Green to follow him in his final year with the CBSO to make Simon Rattle\u2014Moving On.\n
Rattle strongly supported youth music. He led two attempts at gaining the record for the World's Largest Orchestra, both designed to raise awareness of youth music in schools. The first, in 1996, was unsuccessful. The second, in 1998, did succeed and the record held at nearly 4,000 musicians[11] until it was broken in 2000 by a group in Vancouver.[12]\n
Rattle made his conducting debut with the Berlin Philharmonic (BPO) in 1987, in a performance of Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 6. In 1999, Rattle was appointed as successor to Claudio Abbado as the orchestra's principal conductor.[15] The appointment was decided on in a 23 June vote by the orchestra's members. At the time the vote was considered somewhat controversial, as several members of the orchestra were earlier reported to have preferred Daniel Barenboim for the post.[16] Nevertheless, Rattle won the post and proceeded to win over his detractors by refusing to sign the contract until he had ensured that every member of the orchestra was paid fairly, and also that the orchestra would gain artistic independence from the Berlin Senate.[17]\n
Before leaving for Germany and on his arrival, Rattle controversially attacked the British attitude to culture in general, and in particular the artists of the Britart movement,[18] together with the state funding of culture in the UK.[19]\n
Since his appointment, Rattle has reorganised the Berlin Philharmonic into a foundation, meaning its activities are more under the control of the members rather than politicians. He has also ensured that orchestra members' wages have increased quite dramatically, after falling over the previous few years.[20] He gave his first concert as principal conductor of the BPO on 7 September 2002, leading performances of Thomas Ad\u00e8s' Asyla and Mahler's Symphony No. 5, performances which received rave reviews from the press worldwide[21] and were recorded for CD and DVD release by EMI. Early collaborative projects in the Berlin community with Rattle and the BPO involved a choreographed performance of Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring danced by school children, documented in Rhythm Is It!, and a film project with Mark-Anthony Turnage's Blood on the Floor.[22] He has also continued to champion contemporary music in Berlin.[23] The orchestra has established its first education department during Rattle's tenure.[24]\n
Criticism of Rattle's tenure with the Berlin Philharmonic began to appear after their first season together,[25] and continued in their second season.[26] Rattle himself stated in 2005 that his relationship with the BPO musicians could sometimes be \"turbulent\", but also \"never destructively so\".[27]\n
\nRattle conducting the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra in 2006\n
In 2006, a new controversy began in the German press as to the quality of Rattle's concerts with the Berlin Philharmonic, with criticism from the German critic Manuel Brug in Die Welt.[28] One musician who wrote to the press to defend Rattle was the pianist Alfred Brendel.[29] In 2007, the BPO/Rattle recording of Brahms's Ein deutsches Requiem received the Classic FM Gramophone best choral disc award.[30]\n
Rattle was originally contracted to lead the BPO through 2012, but in April 2008 the BPO musicians voted to extend his contract as chief conductor for an additional ten years past the next season, to 2018.[31] In January 2013, he announced his scheduled departure from the Berlin Philharmonic at the close of the 2017\u20132018 season.[32] His final Berlin Philharmonic concert as chief conductor was at the Waldb\u00fchne on 24 June 2018.[33][34]\n
In 1993, Rattle made his conducting debut with the Philadelphia Orchestra.[38] He returned for guest conducting engagements in 1999[39] and 2000.[40] The musical relationship between Rattle and the Philadelphia Orchestra was reported to be such that Philadelphia wanted to hire Rattle as its next music director after Wolfgang Sawallisch, but Rattle declined.[41] Rattle has continued to guest-conduct the Philadelphia Orchestra, including appearances in 2006[42] and the Philadelphia Orchestra's first performances of Robert Schumann's cantata Das Paradies und die Peri in November 2007.[43][44]\n
In March 2015, the London Symphony Orchestra (LSO) announced the appointment of Rattle as its next music director, effective with the 2017\u20132018 season, with an initial contract of five seasons.[45] He has recorded commercially for the LSO Live label.[46] In January 2021 the LSO announced an extension of his contract to 2023. Rattle stood down as music director of the LSO at the close of the 2022\u20132023 season,[47] and now has the title of Conductor Emeritus with the LSO for life.[48] His last LSO performance came on 27 August the BBC Proms, conducting Mahler's Symphony No. 9.[49]\n
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In 2010, Rattle first guest-conducted the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra (BRSO). In January 2021, the BRSO announced the appointment of Rattle as its next chief conductor, effective with the 2023\u20132024 season, with an initial contract of five years.[50] His inagurual concert as the orchestra's chief conductor took place on 21 September 2023, with a performance of Haydn's The Creation at the Herkulessaal, Munich Residenz.[51]\n
In 2019, Rattle first guest-conducted the Czech Philharmonic. In February 2024, the Czech Philharmonic announced the appointment of Rattle as its next principal guest conductor, effective with the 2024-2025 season, for a period of five years, with the title of 'Rafael Kubel\u00edk Conducting Chair'.[52][53]\n
Rattle has conducted a wide variety of music, including some with period instruments (either actual surviving historical musical instruments or modernly made ones informed by commonly used designs and material of the time), but he is best known for his interpretations of late 19th- and early 20th-century composers such as Gustav Mahler, with a recording of Mahler's Second Symphony winning several awards on its release.[61] He has also championed much contemporary music, an example of this being the 1996 TV series Leaving Home, where he presents a 7-part survey of musical styles and conductors with excerpts recorded by the CBSO.\n
Other recordings in Berlin have included Dvo\u0159\u00e1k tone poems, Mahler's Symphony No. 9 and Claude Debussy's La Mer. The Gramophone Magazine praised the latter as a \"magnificent disc\" and drew favourable comparisons with interpretations of the piece by Rattle's immediate predecessors, Claudio Abbado and Herbert von Karajan. He has also worked with the Toronto Children's Chorus. Rattle and the BPO also recorded Gustav Holst's The Planets (EMI), which was the BBC Music Magazine Orchestra Choice. In addition, Rattle's acclaimed[62] complete 1989 recording of George Gershwin's opera Porgy and Bess was used as the soundtrack for the equally acclaimed[63][64] 1993 television production of the work. It was the first made-for-television production of Porgy and Bess ever presented. Rattle's 2007 recording of Johannes Brahms's Ein deutsches Requiem received praise from BBC Music Magazine, as \"Disc of the Month\" for April 2007, \"as probably the best new version of the Requiem I've heard in quite some years\". Rattle and the BPO have also released recordings of Anton Bruckner's Fourth Symphony (Romantic), and Joseph Haydn's Symphonies Nos. 88, 89, 90, 91, 92 and Sinfonia Concertante.\n
Rattle's recording of Brahms's Ein deutsches Requiem with the BPO received the Choral Performance Grammy Award in 2008. He has won two other Grammy Awards, one Choral Performance Award for a recording of Stravinsky's Symphony of Psalms in 2007, and another for Best Orchestral Performance for a recording of Mahler's unfinished Symphony No. 10 in 2000.[65][66]\n
Rattle's first marriage was to Elise Ross, an American soprano, with whom he had two sons: Sacha, who is a clarinettist, and Eliot, who is a painter.[68] They were divorced in 1995 after 15 years of marriage. In 1996, he married his second wife,[69]Candace Allen, a Boston-born writer.[70] This second marriage ended in 2004, and in 2008 Rattle married the Czech mezzo-soprano Magdalena Ko\u017een\u00e1.[71] The couple live in Berlin[72] and have two sons, Jonas (born 2005) and Milos (b. 2008), and a daughter Ane\u017eka (b. 2014).[73][74]\n
Rattle announced in January 2021 that he had applied for German citizenship, describing it as \"an absolute necessity\" for him in order to continue to work freely around the EU after Brexit.[76]\n
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Simon Phillip Cowell (/\u02c8ka\u028a\u0259l/; born 7 October 1959) is an English television personality, entrepreneur, and record executive. He has judged on the British television talent competition shows Pop Idol (2001\u20132003), The X Factor UK (2004\u20132010, 2014\u20132018) and Britain's Got Talent (2007\u2013present), and the American television talent competition shows American Idol (2002\u20132010), The X Factor US (2011\u20132013) and America's Got Talent (2016\u2013present). Cowell founded the British entertainment company Syco in 2005, as well as its now-defunct predecessor, Syco Music (also known as S Records) in 2002.\n
After some success in the 1980s and 1990s as a record producer, talent agent and consultant in the UK music industry, Cowell came to public prominence in 2001 as a judge on Pop Idol, a talent television show which he and its creator Simon Fuller successfully pitched to ITV Controller of Entertainment Claudia Rosencrantz. He subsequently created The X Factor in 2004 and Got Talent in 2006, which have become successful television franchises sold around the world.\n
Simon Phillip Cowell was born on 7 October 1959[7][8] in Lambeth, London, and raised in Elstree, Hertfordshire. His mother, Julie Brett (n\u00e9e Josie Dalglish, 1925\u20132015),[9] was a ballet dancer and socialite, and his father, Eric Selig Phillip Cowell (1918\u20131999), was an estate agent, property developer, and music industry executive.[10] Cowell's father was from a mostly Jewish family (his own mother was born in Poland),[11] though he did not discuss his ancestry with his children. Cowell's mother was from a Christian background.[11][12] He has a younger brother, Nicholas Cowell; three half brothers, John, Tony, and Michael Cowell; and a half sister, June Cowell.[13]\n
Cowell attended Radlett Preparatory School, Licensed Victuallers' School in Ascot for one year,[14] and the privateDover College, as did his brother, but left after taking GCE O levels. He passed English Language and Literature and then attended Windsor Technical College, where he gained another GCE in Sociology.[15] Cowell took a few menial jobs\u2014including, according to his brother Tony,[16] working as a runner on Stanley Kubrick's 1980 horror film The Shining\u2014but did not get along well with colleagues and bosses, until his father, who was an executive at EMI Music Publishing, managed to get him a job in the mail room. However, after failing to get a promotion, he left to try out other jobs before returning to EMI.[17]\n
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\nIn the early 1980s, Cowell left EMI to form E&S Music with his former boss at EMI but quit in 1983.[18] He then formed Fanfare Records with Iain Burton, initially selling exercise videos, and music from acts such as the Italian orchestra Rond\u00f2 Veneziano.[19][20] He had his first hit song in 1986 with \"So Macho\" by Sinitta. Some of Cowell's early success came through Stock Aitken Waterman, who produced a number of hits in the 1980s.[21][22] However, in 1989 the company went under, with Pete Waterman forced to put a freeze on Fanfare's assets, and taking Cowell's Porsche as compensation for outstanding production and royalties payments.[23][24] Amid the company's implosion Cowell nearly became bankrupt.[25]
Irish boy band Westlife achieved the first official number one on the UK Singles Downloads Chart with \"Flying Without Wings\" in September 2004.\n
He then found a job with BMG as an A&R consultant and set up S Records under BMG.[26][27] He restarted his career in the music business by creating novelty records with acts such as the puppets Zig and Zag, Power Rangers and World Wrestling Federation.[28] In 1995, through his persistence, he persuaded two actors, Robson Green and Jerome Flynn from the UK television drama series Soldier Soldier, to sign with him and record the song \"Unchained Melody\", which they had performed on the show.[29] The recording by the duo, now named Robson & Jerome, quickly reached number 1 in the UK, staying at the top of the chart for seven weeks.[30] It became the best-selling single of 1995, and their self-titled album released later in the year also became the best-selling album of 1995.[31] They released another album and two more singles before disbanding, and sold 7 million albums and 5 million singles in total.[32] According to Cowell, they made him his first million.[33] Later acts he signed included Five, Westlife and Teletubbies.[34]\n
\"On Tuesday 13 February 2001 TV veteran Alan Boyd saw two men he had never met before in his London office and the meeting changed the face of Saturday night entertainment. As Mr Cowell and Mr Fuller rattled through their idea for an ambitious new show to identify an unknown British singing star, Boyd scribbled notes during the hour-long meeting. Pop Idol, as it became, attracted mass family audiences, sold around the world, and it would also act as a template for a host of new shows set to transform Saturday night entertainment, with a mixture of live judging and public voting all in the initial pitch\".\n
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In 2001, Cowell was given the role of judge on the first series of Pop Idol, a show that he and the show creator Simon Fuller successfully pitched to ITV Controller of Entertainment Claudia Rosencrantz.[36] Maggie Brown in The Guardian states, \"the show became a seminal reality/entertainment format once on air that autumn\".[35] Cowell's S Records signed the top two finishers of the first season of Pop Idol, Will Young and Gareth Gates, both of whom went on to have No 1 UK hits, and they were the top 2 best-selling singles of 2002 and the decade of 2000s.[37] He also became a judge on the first season of American Idol in 2002. With his notoriously critical reputation, Cowell has been likened to TV personalities such as Judge Judy and The Weakest Link host Anne Robinson.[38] His closest predecessor was British TV critic Nina Myskow who, in the 1980s, became known for her harsh put-downs in New Faces, a talent show that Cowell cited as an influence.[39][40] Cowell's prominence grew, fed by his signature phrase, \"I don't mean to be rude, but ...\", inevitably followed by an unsparingly blunt appraisal of the contestant's talents, personality, or even physical appearance. A lot of these one-liners were the product of coaching that Cowell received from publicist Max Clifford.[41] Cowell also appeared on the one-off World Idol programme in 2003, in which it became clear that each country's version of the Idol had attempted to come up with its own \"Simon Cowell\" type personality.\n
Cowell formed a new company, Syco, in 2005.[42] The company is divided into three units: Syco Music, Syco TV and Syco Film.[43] Cowell returned to music with his latest brainchild signed to Syco, the internationally successful operatic pop group Il Divo,[44][45] consisting of three opera singers and one pop singer of four different nationalities. Inspired by the success of Il Divo, Simon created a child version, Angelis, beating competition from similar groups emerging at Christmas 2006.\n
On 11 January 2010, Cowell's exit from American Idol was made official. One year after Cowell left American Idol, the show eventually completed eight consecutive seasons of leadership amongst all primetime programmes in the United States, marking the longest annual winning streak in the ratings in U.S. television history. The 2010 season was Cowell's last on the show, and he was replaced by Steven Tyler. It was also announced that FOX had acquired the rights to The X Factor USA, an American version of British show The X Factor that launched in 2011.[46][47]\n
\nOne Direction signed to Cowell's record label after finishing third and being mentored by Cowell on The X Factor in the UK in 2010. The group is one of Cowell's international break-out acts.[48][49][50][51]\n
Leona Lewis, the winner of the third series of The X Factor, was signed to Cowell's label Syco and has had number one singles and album sales around the world.[52][53] Cowell returned for a fourth series on 18 August 2007 alongside Osbourne, Walsh and new judge, Dannii Minogue. Walsh had previously been sacked from the judging panel by Cowell for the fourth series, and he was subsequently replaced by Brian Friedman, who was a judge on Grease Is the Word. Walsh was later brought back by Cowell a week into the auditions when he and Osbourne realised that they missed Walsh and that without him, there was no chemistry between the judges. Cowell returned for the fifth series in 2008, with Walsh, Minogue, and new judge Cheryl Cole, as Osbourne had decided to quit before the show began.[54][55] Cowell returned for series 6 and 7 as well, although series 7 was to be his last, as he left in 2011 in order to launch The X Factor in America. After placing third in the seventh series of The X Factor in the UK, boyband One Direction signed to Cowell's label in 2011, and the group has gone on to top singles and album charts worldwide.[56][57] Cowell was replaced by Gary Barlow. In 2011, UK series eight winners Little Mix signed to Cowell's label. The girl group has sold 50 million records worldwide.[58]\n
\nFifth Harmony signed to Cowell's record label after finishing third on the American X Factor in 2012 and were mentored by Cowell. The group is another one of Simon's successful acts.[59][60][61]\n
Australian The X Factor launched in 2005 on Network Ten, and it featured Mark Holden, Kate Ceberano and John Reid as the show's judges, but it was cancelled after just one season due to poor ratings. However, the show returned in 2010 and performed strongly on the Seven Network until its eighth season in 2016, when its ratings declined. Subsequently, the show was axed for a second time in January 2017.[62]\n
Cowell also launched American The X Factor in September 2011 on American broadcaster Fox. It was originally announced that he would be a judge both on the UK and US editions of the show, which aired at similar times of the year,[63][64] but MTV officially reported on 17 April 2011 that this was not true. Cowell was no longer to be a judge on the UK version,[65] but he would remain a major presence backstage.[66] He was joined by Paula Abdul, L.A. Reid, Nicole Scherzinger and formerly Cheryl Cole. Cowell's act Melanie Amaro won the season, making Cowell the winning judge. Cowell and Reid returned for season 2, while Demi Lovato and Britney Spears joined the judging panel as replacements for Abdul and Scherzinger. This season launched another of Cowell's acts into worldwide fame, the group Fifth Harmony.\n
Cowell returned for a third season of The X Factor in September 2013 alongside Demi Lovato, while Britney Spears and L.A. Reid announced they would not be returning and were replaced by Paulina Rubio and Kelly Rowland. Cowell's last act Alex & Sierra won the season, marking Cowell's second season as the winning mentor after he won with Melanie Amaro in 2011.\n
In October 2010, Cowell signed new three-year deals with ITV for both Britain's Got Talent and The X Factor, retaining them until 2013.[67] On 15 November 2013, the three-year deal was extended by another three years, keeping it on air until 2016.[68]\n
In October 2013, it was reported that Cowell might return to the UK version of The X Factor for series 11 in place of Gary Barlow, and on 7 February 2014, his return was officially confirmed.[69][70] This resulted in the cancellation of the US version after three seasons by Fox. He joined judges Louis Walsh, Cheryl Fernandez-Versini, who replaced Sharon Osbourne, and new judge, former Spice Girls member Mel B, who replaced Nicole Scherzinger. For his eighth series, he was given the Over 25s category. On 13 December, Ben Haenow and Fleur East reached the final two, which meant that Cowell was the winning mentor for the first time since series 3 2006, when he had both Leona Lewis and Ray Quinn in the final. Ben Haenow became the eleventh winner on 14 December.[71] In 2015, Cowell returned to the X Factor for its twelfth series, along with veteran judge Cheryl Fernandez-Versini and newcomers Rita Ora and BBC Radio 1 DJ Nick Grimshaw.\n
In December 2020 it was announced that Cowell will be a judge on The X Factor Israel in 2021.[72] In late May 2021, Cowell announced he will be cancelling his appearance on the show in context of the Israeli aggression against Gaza.[73]\n
Following the success of the Idol and X Factor franchises, Cowell, his company Syco, and its business partners developed a talent show format open to performers of any kind, not only singers, but also dancers, instrumentalists, magicians, comedians, novelty acts, and so on. The origins of the Got Talent format can be traced to the British talent shows Opportunity Knocks (on screen from 1956, with the winner using the now-standard method of a telephone vote) and New Faces.[74] Immensely popular with weekly audiences of 20 million, Opportunity Knocks showcased singers, dancers and comedians in addition to non standard performers such as acrobats, animal acts and novelty acts.[74] Cowell states, \"I was a fan of variety shows Opportunity Knocks and New Faces, and to be able to update that tradition, really was a buzz\".[40]\n
Cowell is the executive producer of America's Got Talent,[75] which debuted in June 2006, along with Fremantle producers of the Idol series. The show was a huge success for NBC, drawing around 12 million viewers a week and beating So You Think You Can Dance on Fox (produced by rival and Idol creator Simon Fuller).\n
Britain's Got Talent debuted on ITV in June 2007.[76] Cowell appeared as a judge alongside Amanda Holden and Piers Morgan. The show was a ratings success, and second and third seasons followed in 2008 and 2009. The third series featured a publicity coup when Susan Boyle made a global media impact comparable to that of any previous talent show series winner with her regional audition performance.[76][77] In December 2019, Cowell signed a five-year deal with ITV ensuring Britain's Got Talent will stay on the channel until 2024.[78]\n
In 2014, Got Talent was named the world's most successful reality TV format by Guinness World Records, with spin-offs in over 68 countries. Cowell stated, \"I am very proud that Got Talent is a home grown British show. We owe its success to a group of very talented producers all over the world who have made this happen. And of course amazing talent.\"[79]\n
In 2015, Cowell launched La Banda, his first US show since his stint with American The X Factor. The show, designed to find male singers to form the \"ultimate Latino Boy Band\", launched on Univision in the US on 13 September 2015. The winner of the show, boy band CNCO, signed to Cowell's record label Syco Music.\n
Cowell was announced as the replacement for Howard Stern on America's Got Talent on 22 October 2015.[80] On 15 July 2020, it was announced that Cowell had bought out Sony Music from their joint venture, Syco Entertainment.[81]\n
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On 16 March 2006, American Inventor debuted on ABC. Cowell co-produced the show with British entrepreneur Peter Jones, who had devised the concept.[82][83] Fledgling entrepreneurs from across the United States competed to see who could come up with the best new product concept. The 2006 winner, Janusz Liberkowski,[84][85] received $1 million and the opportunity to develop his idea into a business. The show returned one more time in 2007 for a second season.\n
Cowell was also the executive producer of Grease Is the Word for ITV. This show set out to find performers to play Danny and Sandy in the 2007 West End revival of Grease. It was hosted by Zo\u00eb Ball and judged by Britons David Ian and Sinitta and Americans David Gest and Brian Friedman. The musical theatre casting concept had already been introduced by the BBC with the ratings hit How Do You Solve a Problem like Maria?, but Cowell's show was not the hoped-for success. He himself said, \"It has been slaughtered by the critics \u2013 and rightly so. It is far too similar to our other formats.\"[88]\n
Cowell collaborated with UK production company Shed Media to produce 2008 ITV drama series Rock Rivals, which is based on an X Factor type show. In 2011, Cowell also created his first game show, titled Red or Black? and hosted by Ant & Dec, for ITV. Series 1 was broadcast from 3 to 10 September. The show was recommissioned by ITV for a second series in 2012, which aired weekly.\n
In 2013, Cowell, in partnership with YouTube, launched a video-sharing competition called The You Generation. In 2013, Simon was executive producer for ITV cookery series Food Glorious Food, which was hosted by Carol Vorderman. He did the same for a game show called Keep it in the Family, presented by Bradley Walsh in 2016.\n
In 2018, it was announced that Cowell created his first show to air on the BBC, titled The Greatest Dancer, which debuted on 5 January 2019.[89] In the show, dancers competed for a \u00a350,000 and a performance on the BBC's Strictly Come Dancing. A second series is scheduled to air in 2020.[90]\n
Cowell has been involved in charity work for many years.[92] He is a patron of Together for Short Lives, the leading UK charity for all children with life-threatening and life-limiting conditions. He was patron of Children's Hospices UK between 2009 and 2011 before it merged to become Together for Short Lives.[93] He donated money to Manchester Dogs' Home in England after it was hit by a large fire.[94] In view of his charitable works, particularly the production of the charity single \"Everybody Hurts\" in aid of victims of the 2010 Haiti earthquake, as well as his services to the music industry, there was considerable media speculation as to whether Cowell would receive a knighthood in the Queen's 2010 Birthday Honours, a proposal allegedly put forward by then Prime Minister Gordon Brown.[95]\n
In November 2003, Cowell appeared on the charity telethon Children in Need where viewers pledged thousands to see him get sawn in half.[96] In December 2003, Cowell published his autobiography titled I Don't Mean to be Rude, but.... In it, he told the whole story of his childhood, his years working in music and experiences on Pop Idol, Pop Stars Rivals, and American Idol, and finally, his tips for being successful as a pop star. In 2010, he was added as a new entry to the latest edition of the UK's Who's Who.[97]\n
Cowell has appeared as a guest voice in an episode of The Simpsons (\"Smart and Smarter\"), in which he gets beaten up by Homer Simpson (while criticising Homer's punches).[98][99] In May 2010, he portrayed himself again in an episode of The Simpsons, \"Judge Me Tender\".[100] His voice was heard on an episode of Family Guy (\"Lois Kills Stewie\"), in which he told Stewie that his singing was so awful that he should be dead.[101][102][103] He made an MTV Movie Award-winning cameo appearance as himself in Scary Movie 3, where he sits in judgment during a battle rap (and is subsequently killed by gunfire for criticising the rappers). He appears in the DVD version of Shrek 2 as himself in Far Far Away Idol and also provided the voice.[104]\n
Cowell was once the fastest \"Star in a Reasonably Priced Car\" on BBC's motoring show Top Gear, driving a Suzuki Liana around the show's test track in a time of 1:47.1. When Top Gear retired the Liana along with its rankings after the eighth series, Cowell was the eighth fastest overall and the third fastest non-professional driver. On 11 November 2007 Cowell yet again appeared on Top Gear, achieving a time of 1:45.9 thus putting him ahead of chef Gordon Ramsay and back at the top of the table.[105] His time of 1:45.9 was then tied with English rock singer Brian Johnson of AC/DC and Grand Designs host Kevin McCloud for the second fastest time, just 0.1 seconds behind Jamiroquai singer Jay Kay.[106] In March 2015, Cowell defended Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson after he was suspended by the BBC for punching a colleague, with Cowell stating on Good Morning Britain: \"He's apologised. But I think what is quite obvious is that the public are behind him, but you know, that's Jeremy.\"[107]\n
Cowell was a partner in the Royal Ascot Racing Club, a thoroughbred horse racing syndicate which owned the 2005 Epsom Derby winner, Motivator.[109] Cowell was chosen as the first subject of the re-launched This Is Your Life, in an episode broadcast on 2 June 2007. He was presented with the Red Book by Sir Trevor McDonald while presenting American Idol.[110]\n
On 1 July 2007, Cowell appeared as a speaker at the Concert for Diana (alongside Randy Jackson and Ryan Seacrest) held at Wembley Stadium, London, to celebrate the life of Princess Diana almost 10 years after her death.[111] Proceeds from the concert went to Diana's charities as well as to charities of which her sons Princes William and Harry are patrons.[111][112]\n
Cowell dated English presenter Terri Seymour from 2002 to 2008.[117] Cowell was engaged to make-up artist Mezhgan Hussainy from 2010 to 2011.[118] In 2013, Cowell allegedly began dating an American woman named Lauren Silverman. In July 2013, Silverman's husband and Cowell's friend, Andrew Silverman, filed for an at-fault divorce, citing adultery by his wife and naming Cowell as a co-respondent.[119] News of the divorce filing became public two weeks later, when it was widely reported that Silverman and Cowell were expecting a baby together.[120][121]\n
Cowell said, \"There are a lot of things I will eventually clear up when the time is right, but I really have to be sensitive because there's a lot of people's feelings involved here.\" The Silvermans released separate statements expressing concern for the well-being of their son during the divorce process.[122] In August 2013, the Silvermans settled their divorce out of court, enabling Cowell to avoid being called as a witness in the divorce proceedings.[123] He subsequently confirmed that Silverman was pregnant with his child, and she gave birth to their son Eric on 14 February 2014.[124][125] The couple confirmed their engagement in January 2022.[126]\n
In 2010, Cowell came out in support for then Conservative Party leader David Cameron for Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, writing in The Sun: \"I believe he is the Prime Minister Britain needs at this time. He has substance and the stomach to navigate us through difficult times.\"[127][128] In 2013, Cowell contravened his previous statement about David Cameron. According to the interview, while he has supported candidates, he has never voted in an election.[129] Cowell was in favour of the UK remaining in the EU in the 2016 EU referendum.[130]\n
In 2019, Cowell became a vegan after doctors advised him to change his diet for health reasons.[131] He was also named one of the wealthiest people in the UK by the Sunday Times Rich List, Cowell was worth \u00a3385 million in 2019.[132]\n
In 2020, Cowell announced he would be writing a seven-book series titled Wishfits with his son. The series is scheduled to launch in 2023.[133] On 8 August 2020, Cowell broke his back after he fell off his new electric motorcycle[134] which many press sources confused with an electric bike. The incident occurred while he was testing it at his home in Malibu, California. Cowell was taken to the hospital, where he underwent back surgery overnight.[135] After the accident, he began eating animal-based food again in order to \"rebuild his strength\".[136]\n
In 2004 and 2010, Time magazine named Cowell one of the 100 most influential people in the world.[1][2] In 2008 he received the Special Recognition Award (presented to him by Andrew Lloyd Webber) at the National Television Awards held at the Royal Albert Hall.[4]New Statesman listed Cowell at number 41 in a list of \"50 People who Matter [in] 2010\".[137]TV Guide named him at number 10 in their 2013 list of The 60 Nastiest Villains of All Time.[138]\n
In 2012, Cowell was featured in the BBC Radio 4 series The New Elizabethans to mark the diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II. A panel of seven academics, journalists and historians named Cowell among the group of people in the UK \"whose actions during the reign of Elizabeth II have had a significant impact on lives in these islands and given the age its character\".[139] Cowell was announced to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on 22 August 2018, in the Television category.[140]\n
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Simon Phillip Cowell (/\u02c8ka\u028a\u0259l/; born 7 October 1959) is an English television personality, entrepreneur, and record executive. He has judged on the British television talent competition shows Pop Idol (2001\u20132003), The X Factor UK (2004\u20132010, 2014\u20132018) and Britain's Got Talent (2007\u2013present), and the American television talent competition shows American Idol (2002\u20132010), The X Factor US (2011\u20132013) and America's Got Talent (2016\u2013present). Cowell founded the British entertainment company Syco in 2005, as well as its now-defunct predecessor, Syco Music (also known as S Records) in 2002.\n
After some success in the 1980s and 1990s as a record producer, talent agent and consultant in the UK music industry, Cowell came to public prominence in 2001 as a judge on Pop Idol, a talent television show which he and its creator Simon Fuller successfully pitched to ITV Controller of Entertainment Claudia Rosencrantz. He subsequently created The X Factor in 2004 and Got Talent in 2006, which have become successful television franchises sold around the world.\n
Simon Phillip Cowell was born on 7 October 1959[7][8] in Lambeth, London, and raised in Elstree, Hertfordshire. His mother, Julie Brett (n\u00e9e Josie Dalglish, 1925\u20132015),[9] was a ballet dancer and socialite, and his father, Eric Selig Phillip Cowell (1918\u20131999), was an estate agent, property developer, and music industry executive.[10] Cowell's father was from a mostly Jewish family (his own mother was born in Poland),[11] though he did not discuss his ancestry with his children. Cowell's mother was from a Christian background.[11][12] He has a younger brother, Nicholas Cowell; three half brothers, John, Tony, and Michael Cowell; and a half sister, June Cowell.[13]\n
Cowell attended Radlett Preparatory School, Licensed Victuallers' School in Ascot for one year,[14] and the privateDover College, as did his brother, but left after taking GCE O levels. He passed English Language and Literature and then attended Windsor Technical College, where he gained another GCE in Sociology.[15] Cowell took a few menial jobs\u2014including, according to his brother Tony,[16] working as a runner on Stanley Kubrick's 1980 horror film The Shining\u2014but did not get along well with colleagues and bosses, until his father, who was an executive at EMI Music Publishing, managed to get him a job in the mail room. However, after failing to get a promotion, he left to try out other jobs before returning to EMI.[17]\n
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\nIn the early 1980s, Cowell left EMI to form E&S Music with his former boss at EMI but quit in 1983.[18] He then formed Fanfare Records with Iain Burton, initially selling exercise videos, and music from acts such as the Italian orchestra Rond\u00f2 Veneziano.[19][20] He had his first hit song in 1986 with \"So Macho\" by Sinitta. Some of Cowell's early success came through Stock Aitken Waterman, who produced a number of hits in the 1980s.[21][22] However, in 1989 the company went under, with Pete Waterman forced to put a freeze on Fanfare's assets, and taking Cowell's Porsche as compensation for outstanding production and royalties payments.[23][24] Amid the company's implosion Cowell nearly became bankrupt.[25]
Irish boy band Westlife achieved the first official number one on the UK Singles Downloads Chart with \"Flying Without Wings\" in September 2004.\n
He then found a job with BMG as an A&R consultant and set up S Records under BMG.[26][27] He restarted his career in the music business by creating novelty records with acts such as the puppets Zig and Zag, Power Rangers and World Wrestling Federation.[28] In 1995, through his persistence, he persuaded two actors, Robson Green and Jerome Flynn from the UK television drama series Soldier Soldier, to sign with him and record the song \"Unchained Melody\", which they had performed on the show.[29] The recording by the duo, now named Robson & Jerome, quickly reached number 1 in the UK, staying at the top of the chart for seven weeks.[30] It became the best-selling single of 1995, and their self-titled album released later in the year also became the best-selling album of 1995.[31] They released another album and two more singles before disbanding, and sold 7 million albums and 5 million singles in total.[32] According to Cowell, they made him his first million.[33] Later acts he signed included Five, Westlife and Teletubbies.[34]\n
\"On Tuesday 13 February 2001 TV veteran Alan Boyd saw two men he had never met before in his London office and the meeting changed the face of Saturday night entertainment. As Mr Cowell and Mr Fuller rattled through their idea for an ambitious new show to identify an unknown British singing star, Boyd scribbled notes during the hour-long meeting. Pop Idol, as it became, attracted mass family audiences, sold around the world, and it would also act as a template for a host of new shows set to transform Saturday night entertainment, with a mixture of live judging and public voting all in the initial pitch\".\n
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In 2001, Cowell was given the role of judge on the first series of Pop Idol, a show that he and the show creator Simon Fuller successfully pitched to ITV Controller of Entertainment Claudia Rosencrantz.[36] Maggie Brown in The Guardian states, \"the show became a seminal reality/entertainment format once on air that autumn\".[35] Cowell's S Records signed the top two finishers of the first season of Pop Idol, Will Young and Gareth Gates, both of whom went on to have No 1 UK hits, and they were the top 2 best-selling singles of 2002 and the decade of 2000s.[37] He also became a judge on the first season of American Idol in 2002. With his notoriously critical reputation, Cowell has been likened to TV personalities such as Judge Judy and The Weakest Link host Anne Robinson.[38] His closest predecessor was British TV critic Nina Myskow who, in the 1980s, became known for her harsh put-downs in New Faces, a talent show that Cowell cited as an influence.[39][40] Cowell's prominence grew, fed by his signature phrase, \"I don't mean to be rude, but ...\", inevitably followed by an unsparingly blunt appraisal of the contestant's talents, personality, or even physical appearance. A lot of these one-liners were the product of coaching that Cowell received from publicist Max Clifford.[41] Cowell also appeared on the one-off World Idol programme in 2003, in which it became clear that each country's version of the Idol had attempted to come up with its own \"Simon Cowell\" type personality.\n
Cowell formed a new company, Syco, in 2005.[42] The company is divided into three units: Syco Music, Syco TV and Syco Film.[43] Cowell returned to music with his latest brainchild signed to Syco, the internationally successful operatic pop group Il Divo,[44][45] consisting of three opera singers and one pop singer of four different nationalities. Inspired by the success of Il Divo, Simon created a child version, Angelis, beating competition from similar groups emerging at Christmas 2006.\n
On 11 January 2010, Cowell's exit from American Idol was made official. One year after Cowell left American Idol, the show eventually completed eight consecutive seasons of leadership amongst all primetime programmes in the United States, marking the longest annual winning streak in the ratings in U.S. television history. The 2010 season was Cowell's last on the show, and he was replaced by Steven Tyler. It was also announced that FOX had acquired the rights to The X Factor USA, an American version of British show The X Factor that launched in 2011.[46][47]\n
\nOne Direction signed to Cowell's record label after finishing third and being mentored by Cowell on The X Factor in the UK in 2010. The group is one of Cowell's international break-out acts.[48][49][50][51]\n
Leona Lewis, the winner of the third series of The X Factor, was signed to Cowell's label Syco and has had number one singles and album sales around the world.[52][53] Cowell returned for a fourth series on 18 August 2007 alongside Osbourne, Walsh and new judge, Dannii Minogue. Walsh had previously been sacked from the judging panel by Cowell for the fourth series, and he was subsequently replaced by Brian Friedman, who was a judge on Grease Is the Word. Walsh was later brought back by Cowell a week into the auditions when he and Osbourne realised that they missed Walsh and that without him, there was no chemistry between the judges. Cowell returned for the fifth series in 2008, with Walsh, Minogue, and new judge Cheryl Cole, as Osbourne had decided to quit before the show began.[54][55] Cowell returned for series 6 and 7 as well, although series 7 was to be his last, as he left in 2011 in order to launch The X Factor in America. After placing third in the seventh series of The X Factor in the UK, boyband One Direction signed to Cowell's label in 2011, and the group has gone on to top singles and album charts worldwide.[56][57] Cowell was replaced by Gary Barlow. In 2011, UK series eight winners Little Mix signed to Cowell's label. The girl group has sold 50 million records worldwide.[58]\n
\nFifth Harmony signed to Cowell's record label after finishing third on the American X Factor in 2012 and were mentored by Cowell. The group is another one of Simon's successful acts.[59][60][61]\n
Australian The X Factor launched in 2005 on Network Ten, and it featured Mark Holden, Kate Ceberano and John Reid as the show's judges, but it was cancelled after just one season due to poor ratings. However, the show returned in 2010 and performed strongly on the Seven Network until its eighth season in 2016, when its ratings declined. Subsequently, the show was axed for a second time in January 2017.[62]\n
Cowell also launched American The X Factor in September 2011 on American broadcaster Fox. It was originally announced that he would be a judge both on the UK and US editions of the show, which aired at similar times of the year,[63][64] but MTV officially reported on 17 April 2011 that this was not true. Cowell was no longer to be a judge on the UK version,[65] but he would remain a major presence backstage.[66] He was joined by Paula Abdul, L.A. Reid, Nicole Scherzinger and formerly Cheryl Cole. Cowell's act Melanie Amaro won the season, making Cowell the winning judge. Cowell and Reid returned for season 2, while Demi Lovato and Britney Spears joined the judging panel as replacements for Abdul and Scherzinger. This season launched another of Cowell's acts into worldwide fame, the group Fifth Harmony.\n
Cowell returned for a third season of The X Factor in September 2013 alongside Demi Lovato, while Britney Spears and L.A. Reid announced they would not be returning and were replaced by Paulina Rubio and Kelly Rowland. Cowell's last act Alex & Sierra won the season, marking Cowell's second season as the winning mentor after he won with Melanie Amaro in 2011.\n
In October 2010, Cowell signed new three-year deals with ITV for both Britain's Got Talent and The X Factor, retaining them until 2013.[67] On 15 November 2013, the three-year deal was extended by another three years, keeping it on air until 2016.[68]\n
In October 2013, it was reported that Cowell might return to the UK version of The X Factor for series 11 in place of Gary Barlow, and on 7 February 2014, his return was officially confirmed.[69][70] This resulted in the cancellation of the US version after three seasons by Fox. He joined judges Louis Walsh, Cheryl Fernandez-Versini, who replaced Sharon Osbourne, and new judge, former Spice Girls member Mel B, who replaced Nicole Scherzinger. For his eighth series, he was given the Over 25s category. On 13 December, Ben Haenow and Fleur East reached the final two, which meant that Cowell was the winning mentor for the first time since series 3 2006, when he had both Leona Lewis and Ray Quinn in the final. Ben Haenow became the eleventh winner on 14 December.[71] In 2015, Cowell returned to the X Factor for its twelfth series, along with veteran judge Cheryl Fernandez-Versini and newcomers Rita Ora and BBC Radio 1 DJ Nick Grimshaw.\n
In December 2020 it was announced that Cowell will be a judge on The X Factor Israel in 2021.[72] In late May 2021, Cowell announced he will be cancelling his appearance on the show in context of the Israeli aggression against Gaza.[73]\n
Following the success of the Idol and X Factor franchises, Cowell, his company Syco, and its business partners developed a talent show format open to performers of any kind, not only singers, but also dancers, instrumentalists, magicians, comedians, novelty acts, and so on. The origins of the Got Talent format can be traced to the British talent shows Opportunity Knocks (on screen from 1956, with the winner using the now-standard method of a telephone vote) and New Faces.[74] Immensely popular with weekly audiences of 20 million, Opportunity Knocks showcased singers, dancers and comedians in addition to non standard performers such as acrobats, animal acts and novelty acts.[74] Cowell states, \"I was a fan of variety shows Opportunity Knocks and New Faces, and to be able to update that tradition, really was a buzz\".[40]\n
Cowell is the executive producer of America's Got Talent,[75] which debuted in June 2006, along with Fremantle producers of the Idol series. The show was a huge success for NBC, drawing around 12 million viewers a week and beating So You Think You Can Dance on Fox (produced by rival and Idol creator Simon Fuller).\n
Britain's Got Talent debuted on ITV in June 2007.[76] Cowell appeared as a judge alongside Amanda Holden and Piers Morgan. The show was a ratings success, and second and third seasons followed in 2008 and 2009. The third series featured a publicity coup when Susan Boyle made a global media impact comparable to that of any previous talent show series winner with her regional audition performance.[76][77] In December 2019, Cowell signed a five-year deal with ITV ensuring Britain's Got Talent will stay on the channel until 2024.[78]\n
In 2014, Got Talent was named the world's most successful reality TV format by Guinness World Records, with spin-offs in over 68 countries. Cowell stated, \"I am very proud that Got Talent is a home grown British show. We owe its success to a group of very talented producers all over the world who have made this happen. And of course amazing talent.\"[79]\n
In 2015, Cowell launched La Banda, his first US show since his stint with American The X Factor. The show, designed to find male singers to form the \"ultimate Latino Boy Band\", launched on Univision in the US on 13 September 2015. The winner of the show, boy band CNCO, signed to Cowell's record label Syco Music.\n
Cowell was announced as the replacement for Howard Stern on America's Got Talent on 22 October 2015.[80] On 15 July 2020, it was announced that Cowell had bought out Sony Music from their joint venture, Syco Entertainment.[81]\n
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On 16 March 2006, American Inventor debuted on ABC. Cowell co-produced the show with British entrepreneur Peter Jones, who had devised the concept.[82][83] Fledgling entrepreneurs from across the United States competed to see who could come up with the best new product concept. The 2006 winner, Janusz Liberkowski,[84][85] received $1 million and the opportunity to develop his idea into a business. The show returned one more time in 2007 for a second season.\n
Cowell was also the executive producer of Grease Is the Word for ITV. This show set out to find performers to play Danny and Sandy in the 2007 West End revival of Grease. It was hosted by Zo\u00eb Ball and judged by Britons David Ian and Sinitta and Americans David Gest and Brian Friedman. The musical theatre casting concept had already been introduced by the BBC with the ratings hit How Do You Solve a Problem like Maria?, but Cowell's show was not the hoped-for success. He himself said, \"It has been slaughtered by the critics \u2013 and rightly so. It is far too similar to our other formats.\"[88]\n
Cowell collaborated with UK production company Shed Media to produce 2008 ITV drama series Rock Rivals, which is based on an X Factor type show. In 2011, Cowell also created his first game show, titled Red or Black? and hosted by Ant & Dec, for ITV. Series 1 was broadcast from 3 to 10 September. The show was recommissioned by ITV for a second series in 2012, which aired weekly.\n
In 2013, Cowell, in partnership with YouTube, launched a video-sharing competition called The You Generation. In 2013, Simon was executive producer for ITV cookery series Food Glorious Food, which was hosted by Carol Vorderman. He did the same for a game show called Keep it in the Family, presented by Bradley Walsh in 2016.\n
In 2018, it was announced that Cowell created his first show to air on the BBC, titled The Greatest Dancer, which debuted on 5 January 2019.[89] In the show, dancers competed for a \u00a350,000 and a performance on the BBC's Strictly Come Dancing. A second series is scheduled to air in 2020.[90]\n
Cowell has been involved in charity work for many years.[92] He is a patron of Together for Short Lives, the leading UK charity for all children with life-threatening and life-limiting conditions. He was patron of Children's Hospices UK between 2009 and 2011 before it merged to become Together for Short Lives.[93] He donated money to Manchester Dogs' Home in England after it was hit by a large fire.[94] In view of his charitable works, particularly the production of the charity single \"Everybody Hurts\" in aid of victims of the 2010 Haiti earthquake, as well as his services to the music industry, there was considerable media speculation as to whether Cowell would receive a knighthood in the Queen's 2010 Birthday Honours, a proposal allegedly put forward by then Prime Minister Gordon Brown.[95]\n
In November 2003, Cowell appeared on the charity telethon Children in Need where viewers pledged thousands to see him get sawn in half.[96] In December 2003, Cowell published his autobiography titled I Don't Mean to be Rude, but.... In it, he told the whole story of his childhood, his years working in music and experiences on Pop Idol, Pop Stars Rivals, and American Idol, and finally, his tips for being successful as a pop star. In 2010, he was added as a new entry to the latest edition of the UK's Who's Who.[97]\n
Cowell has appeared as a guest voice in an episode of The Simpsons (\"Smart and Smarter\"), in which he gets beaten up by Homer Simpson (while criticising Homer's punches).[98][99] In May 2010, he portrayed himself again in an episode of The Simpsons, \"Judge Me Tender\".[100] His voice was heard on an episode of Family Guy (\"Lois Kills Stewie\"), in which he told Stewie that his singing was so awful that he should be dead.[101][102][103] He made an MTV Movie Award-winning cameo appearance as himself in Scary Movie 3, where he sits in judgment during a battle rap (and is subsequently killed by gunfire for criticising the rappers). He appears in the DVD version of Shrek 2 as himself in Far Far Away Idol and also provided the voice.[104]\n
Cowell was once the fastest \"Star in a Reasonably Priced Car\" on BBC's motoring show Top Gear, driving a Suzuki Liana around the show's test track in a time of 1:47.1. When Top Gear retired the Liana along with its rankings after the eighth series, Cowell was the eighth fastest overall and the third fastest non-professional driver. On 11 November 2007 Cowell yet again appeared on Top Gear, achieving a time of 1:45.9 thus putting him ahead of chef Gordon Ramsay and back at the top of the table.[105] His time of 1:45.9 was then tied with English rock singer Brian Johnson of AC/DC and Grand Designs host Kevin McCloud for the second fastest time, just 0.1 seconds behind Jamiroquai singer Jay Kay.[106] In March 2015, Cowell defended Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson after he was suspended by the BBC for punching a colleague, with Cowell stating on Good Morning Britain: \"He's apologised. But I think what is quite obvious is that the public are behind him, but you know, that's Jeremy.\"[107]\n
Cowell was a partner in the Royal Ascot Racing Club, a thoroughbred horse racing syndicate which owned the 2005 Epsom Derby winner, Motivator.[109] Cowell was chosen as the first subject of the re-launched This Is Your Life, in an episode broadcast on 2 June 2007. He was presented with the Red Book by Sir Trevor McDonald while presenting American Idol.[110]\n
On 1 July 2007, Cowell appeared as a speaker at the Concert for Diana (alongside Randy Jackson and Ryan Seacrest) held at Wembley Stadium, London, to celebrate the life of Princess Diana almost 10 years after her death.[111] Proceeds from the concert went to Diana's charities as well as to charities of which her sons Princes William and Harry are patrons.[111][112]\n
Cowell dated English presenter Terri Seymour from 2002 to 2008.[117] Cowell was engaged to make-up artist Mezhgan Hussainy from 2010 to 2011.[118] In 2013, Cowell allegedly began dating an American woman named Lauren Silverman. In July 2013, Silverman's husband and Cowell's friend, Andrew Silverman, filed for an at-fault divorce, citing adultery by his wife and naming Cowell as a co-respondent.[119] News of the divorce filing became public two weeks later, when it was widely reported that Silverman and Cowell were expecting a baby together.[120][121]\n
Cowell said, \"There are a lot of things I will eventually clear up when the time is right, but I really have to be sensitive because there's a lot of people's feelings involved here.\" The Silvermans released separate statements expressing concern for the well-being of their son during the divorce process.[122] In August 2013, the Silvermans settled their divorce out of court, enabling Cowell to avoid being called as a witness in the divorce proceedings.[123] He subsequently confirmed that Silverman was pregnant with his child, and she gave birth to their son Eric on 14 February 2014.[124][125] The couple confirmed their engagement in January 2022.[126]\n
In 2010, Cowell came out in support for then Conservative Party leader David Cameron for Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, writing in The Sun: \"I believe he is the Prime Minister Britain needs at this time. He has substance and the stomach to navigate us through difficult times.\"[127][128] In 2013, Cowell contravened his previous statement about David Cameron. According to the interview, while he has supported candidates, he has never voted in an election.[129] Cowell was in favour of the UK remaining in the EU in the 2016 EU referendum.[130]\n
In 2019, Cowell became a vegan after doctors advised him to change his diet for health reasons.[131] He was also named one of the wealthiest people in the UK by the Sunday Times Rich List, Cowell was worth \u00a3385 million in 2019.[132]\n
In 2020, Cowell announced he would be writing a seven-book series titled Wishfits with his son. The series is scheduled to launch in 2023.[133] On 8 August 2020, Cowell broke his back after he fell off his new electric motorcycle[134] which many press sources confused with an electric bike. The incident occurred while he was testing it at his home in Malibu, California. Cowell was taken to the hospital, where he underwent back surgery overnight.[135] After the accident, he began eating animal-based food again in order to \"rebuild his strength\".[136]\n
In 2004 and 2010, Time magazine named Cowell one of the 100 most influential people in the world.[1][2] In 2008 he received the Special Recognition Award (presented to him by Andrew Lloyd Webber) at the National Television Awards held at the Royal Albert Hall.[4]New Statesman listed Cowell at number 41 in a list of \"50 People who Matter [in] 2010\".[137]TV Guide named him at number 10 in their 2013 list of The 60 Nastiest Villains of All Time.[138]\n
In 2012, Cowell was featured in the BBC Radio 4 series The New Elizabethans to mark the diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II. A panel of seven academics, journalists and historians named Cowell among the group of people in the UK \"whose actions during the reign of Elizabeth II have had a significant impact on lives in these islands and given the age its character\".[139] Cowell was announced to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on 22 August 2018, in the Television category.[140]\n
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+ "page_snippet": "Anthony Tommasini reviews Carnegie Hall concert by Berlin Philharmonic, conducted by Simon Rattle; photo (M)Yet when the announcement came in 1999 that the British conductor Simon Rattle, then in his early 40's, would succeed Claudio Abbado as music director, the entire Berlin Philharmonic organization, from board members to bass players, showed the courage to change. The orchestra's famously rich and dark sound, its technical prowess, its interpretive authority in the masterworks of the 18th- and 19th-century Germanic repertory -- these were not to be taken for granted. But Sir Simon wanted to lead the Berlin Philharmonic into the 21st century, to reinvent it as a risk-taking orchestra with strong ties to living composers. The first movement, a fugue, begins with a haunting theme that creeps around mostly by half-steps within a narrow confine of pitches, played pianissimo by unison violas. Sir Simon kept the sound so self-contained and stilled you were immediately compelled to lean in and listen. Then Sir Simon coaxed the music just as steadily as it unwound its coils and settled back into a single voice. If you were looking for evidence of how in sync he and his players have become, it came in the second movement, the driving Allegro, when Sir Simon conducted a jazzy, biting theme in the piano and percussion by keeping his arms at his side and simply jerking his shoulders to cue to off-beat accents. Here were three astounding works that struck Sir Simon as having common musical resonances. That's what mattered. The Bartok proved a bracing way to open a program. The first movement, a fugue, begins with a haunting theme that creeps around mostly by half-steps within a narrow confine of pitches, played pianissimo by unison violas.",
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Few orchestras have a more storied heritage than the Berlin Philharmonic. Yet when the announcement came in 1999 that the British conductor Simon Rattle, then in his early 40's, would succeed Claudio Abbado as music director, the entire Berlin Philharmonic organization, from board members to bass players, showed the courage to change.
The orchestra's famously rich and dark sound, its technical prowess, its interpretive authority in the masterworks of the 18th- and 19th-century Germanic repertory -- these were not to be taken for granted. But Sir Simon wanted to lead the Berlin Philharmonic into the 21st century, to reinvent it as a risk-taking orchestra with strong ties to living composers.
After a full season on the job, Sir Simon has finally brought the Berlin Philharmonic to New York for three concerts at Carnegie Hall, the first of which was Wednesday night. (The final one comes tonight.) The performance confirmed the exciting reports that have been coming from Europe about the new era of this 111-year-old orchestra. Despite his bushy gray hair, Sir Simon, with his slender frame and boundless energy, still looks youthful at 48. But there are now so many palpably engaged and quite young players in the orchestra that he has taken to calling himself the grand old man of the Berlin Philharmonic. It says much about contemporary Berlin that among the list of players you see so many Eastern European and Asian surnames.
The program, exemplifying Sir Simon's artistic vision, began with Bartok's Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta, composed in 1936. Sir Simon believes it's time for major early-20th-century works like this one to become as central to the orchestra's offerings as the symphonies of Brahms. Then came a ravishingly radical work by a living master, the Violin Concerto (1989-93) by Gyorgy Ligeti. The program concluded with Beethoven's ''Pastoral'' Symphony.
The link was that each work in its way drew from elemental folk-music sources. This was certainly true of the Bartok and Ligeti works. And in depicting country bumpkin dances and lapping brooks, Beethoven's ''Pastoral'' Symphony is filled with faux-folk tunes and ditties. But the thematic link, though real, was loose. Here were three astounding works that struck Sir Simon as having common musical resonances. That's what mattered.
The Bartok proved a bracing way to open a program. The first movement, a fugue, begins with a haunting theme that creeps around mostly by half-steps within a narrow confine of pitches, played pianissimo by unison violas. Sir Simon kept the sound so self-contained and stilled you were immediately compelled to lean in and listen.
The fugue built inexorably to its gnashing climax, with throbbing voices piled on thick. Then Sir Simon coaxed the music just as steadily as it unwound its coils and settled back into a single voice. If you were looking for evidence of how in sync he and his players have become, it came in the second movement, the driving Allegro, when Sir Simon conducted a jazzy, biting theme in the piano and percussion by keeping his arms at his side and simply jerking his shoulders to cue to off-beat accents.
The British violinist Tasmin Little was the formidable soloist in Mr. Ligeti's concerto, a five-movement, 25-minute exploration of astringent harmonies and agitated counterpoint. For all its pervasive wildness, the second movement, an Aria, begins with a wistful melody, luminously harmonized, until a halting brass chorale that sounds as if it has wandered in from another piece intrudes and the music again turns volatile. Following the composer's instruction, Ms. Little wrote her own demonic cadenza, drawn from the elements of the concerto, which brought the work to its blazing conclusion.
Was it having just heard the Bartok and the Ligeti that made the Beethoven sound so exploratory? Or was it just the freshly conceived and glowing performance that Sir Simon drew from his players? Surely both. The performance invited you to forget all about chirping birdies and summer storms and instead hear the ''Pastoral'' as a path-breaking work: those endless repetitions of the short rhythmic riff from the opening theme have never sounded so obsessive.
Tonight's program offers a new work by an adventurous German composer, Heiner Goebbels; an early-20th-century symphony, Sibelius's Seventh; and a colossal masterpiece, Schubert's ''Great'' Symphony. I can't wait.
A version of this article appears in print on \u00a0, Section E, Page 3 of the National edition with the headline: MUSIC REVIEW; For Simon Rattle and the Berlin, a New Century. Order Reprints | Today\u2019s Paper | Subscribe
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Sir Simon Rattle took up the post of chief conductor of the Berliner Philharmoniker in 2002, 15 years after making his debut with the orchestra. He continued the orchestra\u2019s tradition of balancing tradition and innovation until 2018, setting significant personal impulses in the process.
A distinguished conductor of Mahler and the composers of the Second Viennese School like his predecessor Claudio Abbado, Rattle honed the latter\u2019s chamber-music sound ideal \u2013 not only in symphony concerts but also in the series of intimate [Late Night] programmes he introduced. Sir Simon also cultivated the core repertoire of the Karajan era with highly acclaimed performances of great works of the Classical and Romantic periods. In addition, he continued the Berliner Philharmoniker\u2019s music theatre tradition with the Easter Festival in Salzburg and, since 2013, in Baden-Baden.\nAt the same time, the name Rattle is associated with major innovations: for example, the Liverpool-born artist expanded the Berliner Philharmoniker\u2019s Anglo-American repertoire with works by Britten, Elgar, Bernstein and Gershwin. Furthermore, Rattle brought his knowledge of historical performance practice to bear in highly acclaimed performances of Haydn\u2019s symphonies and Bach\u2019s Passion music. And finally, the Berliner Philharmoniker under Rattle became increasingly committed to more recent and cutting-edge music. In addition to his artistic work, classical music outreach work was a central concern of Simon Rattle, which is why he initiated a Philharmoniker education programme when he took office, which among other things caused a worldwide sensation with the cinema film [Rhythm Is It!].\nIn 1971, Simon Rattle won the John Player International Conducting Competition; engagements in England and the USA followed. He rose to international fame as conductor of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra from 1980 to 1998. In 1994, Simon Rattle was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II. In addition to numerous other awards, he received the German Cross of Merit 1st Class in 2009.
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