Simon says
Maybe he’s not shocked. But there’s a chance Taylor Hicks is a little upset with the judge from across the pond.
During an interview via satellite with Oprah earlier this week, Simon Cowell said he preferred Chris Daughtry to the Season 5 winner. He threw out some insults, even though he tried to say they were not meant to be insulting. Yeah, right.
“Were you not a big fan of Taylor’s?” Oprah asked.
“I’m going to be honest with you, no,” Simon answered. “Um, I’ve heard a lot of singers like that before and I, and I, and this is going to sound terrible, I think if he didn’t have silver hair, he wouldn’t have won. Um, I don’t. I really don’t. I, I would have voted for Chris.
“I’m not saying anything bad about Taylor. You know, he’s a nice guy, he’s got a good voice. I think it became more of a popularity contest with him rather than talent.”
Is someone talking all over himself? Maybe just a little. Or maybe not. What does Simon really have to lose?
Simon also told Oprah this season has been rough for finding good talent in America. I think we’ve seen that this week. He did say there were two or three girls who have potential. Also, “there’s one guy who does stand out, but he doesn’t look like an American idol,” Simon added.
The talent, at least in previous years, has been regionally unbalanced, Simon told the daytime diva.
“Normally, in the South, we get better singers than say the West Coast or the North,” he said. “But I think, to be fair, everyone was as bad as each other this year. But the gold medal goes to Seattle.”
I’m not sure I can agree. I think the gold medal this year really may go to Minneapolis, Minn.
January 19th, 2007 at 9:51 pm
Ha ha ! No wonder Simon was not fond with the hairdresser that was the Taylor Hicks wannabe:)
January 20th, 2007 at 2:39 pm
HAHA babylinda….the security on that episode was so funny, i was out of my chair laughing…that guy was out of his mind.
and on that note, oprah is the suck.
January 20th, 2007 at 11:11 pm
That hairdresser guy was weird and I would have called security too. I love Simon and although he is harsh at times, he is honest and delivers the lines.
January 21st, 2007 at 2:42 pm
He was just giving Simon some style ! Really though I have always hated Simon’s hair!
January 22nd, 2007 at 8:11 pm
Simon was just being honest about Taylor. Chris was/is better.