Simon Cowell the next Oprah?
Looks like Simon Cowell is about to surpass Tiger Woods and maybe the sponsors will have a new kid in town. Simon has so much money but I don’t think he’s even tapped in to that income stream yet. I wonder why? By his own admission he does this to make as much money as possible which begs the question, how much money does any one person need? How much is enough? Clearly the motivation is power but when power surpasses wealth as the reason you get up in the morning, we have scary monster. Power wants more power until the frenzy becomes fueled by the desire to dominate. One person is taking over the media, they are about to do whatever he says. Whatever Simon touches turns to gold and we are a society of gold diggers or at least the media is. They are not the miners but they are the mine. ‘Dig me up and give me a career,’ they are saying and if there is a chance to work with Simon Cowell they will. He is their lifeline, grab his coat tails and do as he says, it works. Power to invincible power.
Simon now will be looking at Oprah and thinking, that’s me in two years. As Oprah steps aside at around that very same time, Mr Cowell will be poised. I can see them polishing their silverware. What is left, why not sit on her throne? You have proved your popularity and after all how many more times do you really want to sit through the auditions of American Idol and assemble the first two programs of people humiliating themselves in the name of fame. Famous for being talentless, allowing a baying mob to laugh hysterically and take that laughter to the pub. Film an audition for the sole purpose of entertainment. Since when did nothing mean something?
Arise Sir Cowell I knock you not. I worked with him and I’d be a liar if I said I wasn’t impressed with his relentless pursuit for success. It was always about his confidence in knowing he could deliver. This immovable object, himself. Nothing would deter him from proving everyone wrong. And now there are Facebook groups determined to prevent him getting to number one. We’ll see how powerful power is when that coveted Christmas No 1 comes. But whatever happens it won’t spoil his Christmas. He is Santa Claus, he’s every fucking clause television ever drew up.
Why not give him his own show, damn give him his own network, let him do what he wants. It hardly matters now, if Simon Cowell was to front a show on the significance of hedge trimming for the new decade people will tune in. He has commanded the attention of everyone, if Tiger Woods had a brain he would caddy for him. How can one man do this and survive with his flies zipped up is commendable. Simon has waved his magic wand and it isn’t that one. Dignity reigns!
Simon needs to take a well earned rest and come back safe in the knowledge that no one will take his crown. There is no one coming up behind, no one even close. If it’s power he craves then back off and watch the competition fight for pole position …and then walk on to prime time television once more and tell everyone you are back. All that will happen in between is people will write how much you are missed. They’ll talk about you even when you’re doing nothing, you doing nothing is more newsworthy than others doing anything!
I heard that X Factor, the show that did for the UK what American Idol did for the US has, together with Britain’s got talent(Remember Susan Boyle…) has just being picked up as a joint deal in the US. Now wait and see what happens. He will double his income and his net wort is already 125 million. Nice work if you can get it.
Why would he care about the next series of American Idol? What can it do that it already hasn’t done. Who cares who wins, the final of X Factor attracted an audience of 20 million in the UK last weekend when it was aired. Out of a country of 55 million or so, over a third of the population watched it. And what a time to go an negotiate a contract for the US. Negotiate is hardly the right word, negotiation is a two way thing, this is an open check book. Simon will take no prisoners, sign here I have empires to build.
How much is enough?
