Hollywood Throws Out The Red Carpet For Cowell Of 'X Factor'

 Judge Simon

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - There are not many reality shows in the first phase of its own.

But this is Simon Cowell and his much more aggressively for the new singing competition "X Factor", which rolled out the red carpet in Hollywood Wednesday night before his return to television in the United States next week.

A year after leaving his post as judge in "American Idol" - the most watched show on American television - the brash British did not lose his confidence. His new venture, where he was both creator and executive producer and a judge who was promoted with the slogan simple "He's back."

"I feel excited now. There's always nerves before a launch, but the nerves though ... I always wanted, not a movie premiere, but the first television film. I think it's great, "Mr. Cowell splashy event Wednesday to one of Hollywood's best movie theaters.

Americans get first look at the "X Factor" on September 21. But Hunter hundreds of fans on Twitter, and the winners from all over the United States, was called to see what the fuss was about.

"I've never been the first TV with this many people came out," said Mike Darnell, head of programming of the Fox reality show, as Cowell and his judges came to the movie sound boom in "Live and Let Die".

"X Factor", already a huge success in England offers an unprecedented $ 5 million prize to the winner. Judges are in competition with each other as mentors for singers and groups of artists, aged 12 and over, who auditioned in arenas filled with thousands of people.

Cowell, Abdul United

Cowell is the show that cutting sarcasm Primetime TV and brings him back with his old "American Idol" sparring partner, unpredictable, but interesting, Paula Abdul. Former Pussycat Dolls singer Nicole Scherzinger and record producer Antonio "LA" Reid, a full jury.

"Paula may be a little 'stupid sometimes, but Nicole is not far behind," he joked Cowell, Abdul are going to describe as "I gave back to the old shelter rescue.' A little 'grateful to see you, and the ratio is back to normal. "

Cowell set the bar high for "X Factor", calling it a "game changer" for television, as he says, will thrash and beat the competition "American Idol" - also on Fox - as the show most popular in America.

Fox and advertisers are looking for results. Advertisers have spent up to $ 400,000 for a 30-second spot, and Fox hopes it will help reverse traditionally uneven show the network in the ratings this fall.

According to Cowell, Fox was nervous to take the leap. "The network originally been happier if we were all the" Idol "for the rest of our lives and not have another program," he said before the premiere.

But Cowell said Fox is also confirmed by the success of the show in the UK, a competitor can come along. "There is no need to drag kicking and screaming at the end of the year. But these shows are expensive to produce," he said.

The show ground in the United States is not without challenges. Cowell has rarely made a mistake earlier this year when he chose the English singer Cheryl Cole - an unknown in the United States - as a judge and then quickly removed, while weaker than at the beginning of her tapings.

As such, the Americans will see next week, Cole's first exhibition, but will not play - only a shift in line with the "new city, and a new judge."

"There are many things that went wrong in the way," Cowell said of Cole saga. "Bad things happen when reality shows, but you just have to deal with it."

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