SIMON COWELL’S JUDGEMENTS

 

Simon Cowell’s acidic comments often cause public outrage and, no doubt, emotional effects on the contestants.  Here are some that Simon has uttered over the years.

• Did you really believe you could become the American Idol? Well, then, you're deaf?
• Frank (Sinatra) was the king of cool. If he was a lion, you were a mouse.
• I actually wish you had forgotten the lyrics because it was such a pointless performance to be honest with you.
• I can honestly say you are the worst singer in America
• I don't think anyone in London is as bad as you and London is a big city
• I think that you actually played the clown tonight. I thought the performance was ungainly. I thought the song was a bit gimmicky.
• I think you invented notes never ever heard before in music
• I think you just killed my most favourite song of all time
• I think you may have just blown a massive opportunity by being forgettable.
• If we were searching for the best hotel singer in California then that would have been quite good. The simple truth is your voice is not good enough for that song.
• If you win this competition, we will have failed.
• If you’ve got a big mouth and you’re controversial, you’re going to get attention.
• It was a little bit like a Chihuahua trying to be a tiger.
• It was almost like you were giving birth up there at the end.
• It would be like coaching a one-legged man to win the 100 meter sprint. I may be a great coach, but if you haven't got it, you haven't got it.
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• Last year I described someone as being the worst singer in America. I think you`re possibly the worst singer in the world ... I`ve never, ever heard anything like that in my life, ever.
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• Let me throw a mathematical dilemma at you - there`s 500 left, well how come the odds of you winning are a million to one?
• lf you would be singing like this two thousand years ago, people would have stoned you
• lf your lifeguard duties were as good as your singing, a lot of people would be drowning
• My advice would be if you want to pursue a career in the music business, don't.
• My only issue with you is that I don't think you have, at the moment, any star quality.
• Phone up your vocal coach and demand a refund
• Shave off your beard and wear a dress. You would be a great female impersonator.
• That was distinctly average
• That was extraordinary. Unfortunately extraordinarily bad
• That was terrible, I mean just awful
• There are only so many words I can draw out of my vocabulary to say how awful that was
• We've had the musical version of Valium
• When you stopped singing, that was the best part
• You had about as much passion as a kitten mewing
• You have just invented a new form of torture
• You have to have a talent to progress it. I don't believe Cassandra has a singing talent. She's completely wasting her money. Sorry.
• You sang like you were in a dentist's chair
• You sing like a ventriloquist's dummy
• You sing like Mickey Mouse on helium
• You sing like someone who sings on a cruise ship. Halfway through I imagined the ship sinking
• You sounded like Cher after she’s been to the dentist.
• You sounded like Dolly Parton on helium.