{"id":167050,"date":"2010-01-11T18:38:06","date_gmt":"2010-01-11T23:38:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.popcrunch.com\/?p=88289"},"modified":"2010-01-11T18:38:06","modified_gmt":"2010-01-11T23:38:06","slug":"official-simon-cowell-leaving-%e2%80%9camerican-idol%e2%80%9d","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/167050","title":{"rendered":"Official: Simon Cowell Leaving \u201cAmerican Idol\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s official &#8212; Simon Cowell is leaving <em>American Idol<\/em>. The judge has confirmed this will be his final season on <em>Idol<\/em>. <\/p>\n<p>Simon announced the news himself at FOX\u2019s Television Critics Association panel in Pasadena, California, on Monday afternoon. The acid-tongued Brit reached a deal early Monday afternoon to bring <em>The X Factor<\/em>, the British reality competition which launched the career of Leona Lewis and Alexandra Burke, to FOX.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.popcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/Simon-Cowell-Leaving-American-Idol.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Simon Cowell Leaving American Idol\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-88290\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"more-88289\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Simon signed an agreement on stage, which will not only bring the show to the State, but will also see Simon executive produce and judge the program, according to AOL TV.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI\u2019m thrilled that we have put a date on the launch of the U.S. version of \u2018The X Factor,\u2019 and delighted to be continuing to work with FOX,\u201d <\/em>Simon said in a statement. <em>\u201cWe have a fantastic relationship, a great team and are all very excited about this.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The X Factor<\/em> will debut in America in the Fall of 2011.  The new season of <em>American Idol<\/em> begins Tuesday on FOX. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Will you watch <em>Idol<\/em> once Simon is gone?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><object width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/D2wAMao08Ws&#038;color1=0xb1b1b1&#038;color2=0xcfcfcf&#038;hl=en_US&#038;feature=player_embedded&#038;fs=1\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/D2wAMao08Ws&#038;color1=0xb1b1b1&#038;color2=0xcfcfcf&#038;hl=en_US&#038;feature=player_embedded&#038;fs=1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allowScriptAccess=\"always\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/-gZMgmxRAP3W6HLicKJ5u7J8jZQ\/0\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/-gZMgmxRAP3W6HLicKJ5u7J8jZQ\/0\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/-gZMgmxRAP3W6HLicKJ5u7J8jZQ\/1\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/-gZMgmxRAP3W6HLicKJ5u7J8jZQ\/1\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s official &#8212; Simon Cowell is leaving American Idol. The judge has confirmed this will be his final season on Idol. Simon announced the news himself at FOX\u2019s Television Critics Association panel in Pasadena, California, on Monday afternoon. The acid-tongued Brit reached a deal early Monday afternoon to bring The X Factor, the British reality [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-167050","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167050","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=167050"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167050\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=167050"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=167050"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=167050"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}