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Everything you need to know about the man behind of the UK’s biggest music and TV brands including X Factor and Britain’s Got Talent.

  • Ben Haenow Dropped By Syco Is Louisa Next

    Odds aren’t looking for Simon Cowell’s roster at Syco as Ben Haenow gets the chop and Louisa’s future hangs in the balance.

    Plummenting viewing viewers and even poorer record sales Simon Cowell’s winners aren’t doing well.

    Ben Haenow who won the X Factor in 2014 has been dropped from Simon’s Sony imprint Syco following in the footsteps of Steve Brookstein, James Arthur and Leon Jackson.

    William Hill is offering odds of 5/1 that 2015’s winner Louisa Johnson is dropped before the end of 2016.

    “There has been a growing voice suggesting that the X Factor should at the very least be given a rest,” said William Hill spokesman Joe Crilly. “The fact that the winner from just 12 months ago has already been dropped is only going to add fuel to that fire.”

     

  • New Trailer From X FACTOR Is Here and It Is A Bit Creepy

    Wow… there’s something extremely disturbing about the new X FACTOR promo released by ITV.

    Deep underground, we’re thinking it’s actually Simon Cowell’s lair, Caroline Flack and Olly Murs discover the factory that is in charge of the secret formula for winning the UK’s biggest Karaoke competition, proving the countdown to Christmas is nearly here.

    Nick Grimshaw, who is a “new judge from scratch” is fitted with a microchip which makes him sound like Louis Walsh, where as Cheryl has been turned into a robot, which looks very convincing.

    Finally, Simon Cowell is absolutely sure he’s found the winner of this year’s competition.

     

  • Ex Policeman Wows Simon Cowell With Beyonce Drag Act

    Aaron Carty a 29-year-old ex-policeman from London went full-on Sasha fierce in the last episode of Britain’s Got Talent.

    Aaron wowed the judges with his drag dance act to a medley of Beyoncé hits.

    https://vimeo.com/127143487

     

    Even Alesha got up and had a wiggle.

  • Louis Walsh Axed From X FACTOR?

    Has the Irish judge Louis Walsh has been given the shove as Simon Cowell’s desperate revamp to keep viewers tuning in to X FACTOR continues?

    Louis has been a fixture on the X FACTOR for eleven years, now in an attempt to shake up the format, Simon Cowell has seemingly axed him according to the Sun On Sunday.

    First it was Dermot now Louis. But is Simon Cowell really dumping the right people? Last year we revealed that the majority of viewers thought that Cheryl should be the one to be dropped from the show which has been suffering a decline in audience since its hey day in 2010. Nearly 60% of Heat magazine readers thought that the Geordie pop singer should be let go from the show.

    Louis is quoted as saying that he now wants to concentrate on being a music manager again, saying:

    “I want to go back to being a manager – that’s my day job and I’ve neglected it for a long time because I’m away so much.

    “At the moment, I’m working with Shane Filan – he’s got a new record coming out, and I’m also working with Hometown.

    “I’d like to get back to where I started off… I never even wanted to be on TV, it just happened.”

  • Simon Cowell’s rep responds to gay claim

    Yesterday, Jurors in the Tulisa Drug Trial heard claims from Tulia’s manager that the record exec was gay, today Simon Cowell’s camp responds.

    Yesterday an undercover, secret recording emerged in which Tulisa’s manager Gareth Varey, speaking to Mr Mahmood stated that X Factor boss Simon Cowell was gay.

    In an undercover and off camera recording Mr Mahmood asked Mr Varey whether Cowell was gay, in which the manager replied ‘Yes’.

    Mr Mahmood then asked,‘Have you slept with him?’, Mr Varey replied: ‘No’.

    When questioned on why he hadn’t slept with Mr. Cowell Mr Varey replied, ‘One day I will when I make my move’. Mr Mahmood said: ‘Do you fancy him or not?’

    Mr Varey answered: ‘No’. Mr Mahmood then questioned: ‘How do you know he’s gay?’

    Mr Varey replied: ‘I know people who have’.

    Cowell’s camp has since stated: ‘We are bound by contempt of court rules so cannot respond to these claims in the manner we wish to.

    ‘We are speaking to the Attorney General’s office – and we intend to make a statement in court as soon as possible.’

  • Court Hears Simon Cowell ‘Outed’ By Tulisa’s Manager

    During the former X Factor Judge’s drug trial, the court hears a secret recording that ‘outs’ Tulisa’s former boss, Simon Cowell by her manager.

    Jurors for Tulisa Contostavlos’s drug trial heard her manager Gareth Varey telling ‘Fake Sheik’ Mazher Mahmood that Simon Cowell was gay in a secret recording.

    In an undercover and off camera recording Mr Mahmood asked Mr Varey whether Cowell was gay, in which the manager replied ‘Yes’.

    Mr Mahmood then asked,‘Have you slept with him?’, Mr Varey replied: ‘No’.

    When questioned on why he hadn’t slept with Mr. Cowell Mr Varey replied, ‘One day I will when I make my move’. Mr Mahmood said: ‘Do you fancy him or not?’

    Mr Varey answered: ‘No’. Mr Mahmood then questioned: ‘How do you know he’s gay?’

    Mr Varey replied: ‘I know people who have’.

  • James Arthur Dumped By Record Label

    So long, farewell.

    It’s got to be said we’re not particularly saddened by the news that James Arthur has been dropped by label Syco.
    Last year Arthur’s career took a down turn after a homophobic rap was released.
    He failed to impress X Factor audiences with his apology, after releasing a ‘diss rap’ to an unknown troll on Twitter – which used anti-gay language.
    According to The Sun On Sunday, the Impossible singer’s last Mix Tape was the last straw for the SonyBMG owned label. A source close to the label said:

    ‘He’s blown it now. James was given a lot of special treatment that no other artist signed to a record label like Syco would get.

    ‘It’s a very sad and messy way for this to all end.’

    Recently Simon Cowell hit out at Arthur saying he should have just shut up. A few weeks later the former X Factor winner was owned by Paul Potts, after he chastised his PR people for promoting him in the wrong way.

    We’d like to say we reached out to JA’s PR for comment, but really don’t care enough to ask.

    However TheGayUK’s editor in chief, Jake Hook said:

    ‘Hopefully this is the last time we’ll hear about James Arthur. I find him deeply disingenuous and his behaviour insulting. Not just to the LGBT community, but to anyone who has ever bought into X Factor. It’s because of their votes – and their hard earned money that made him the winner.’

  • COWELL: James Arthur Should Have Shut Up

    Simon Cowell has his claws out for past winners, Sam and James Arthur

    So it’s been announced that Simon Cowell and Cheryl will be returning to XFactor this year and Mr Cowell is wasting no time reminding people why they love him in the first place. He’s a complete bitch! Well done that man.

    First he had a swipe at Sam Bailey, he doesn’t hold out much hope for success it seems after it was reported in the Metro he said:

    Sam, we will wait and see,

    ‘She will have a very successful debut album. (Is she) going to be as good as the final year we did? No. That was a very special year. I would love to find another Olly Murs or something similar to Olly.’

    But it was on James Arthur he truly vented saying:

    ‘I think James, unfortunately, has had so many issues with what he has done publicly – which is a real issue with me. Somebody should have told him to shut up and just put the records out.’

    Last year James Arthur caused controversy after using an anti-gay slur in a rap he recorded in retaliation to a diss he received from an online troll.

     

  • Simon Cowell’s New Boy Anttix

    Simon Cowell’s New Boy Anttix

    Introducing Simon Cowell’s new lad: Anttix

    New kid on the block, Anttix is preparing to storm the charts like some kind of music bad ass with his song ‘Tornado’ which you can listen to here:http://www.videos.thegayuk.com/anttix Is it any cop?

    TheGayUK jury is out on this one, but the chorus is a catchy one.
    Easy on the eye — Check

    T-shirt that looks like he’s been pebbledashed with 100s and 1000s — Check

    Catchy chorus — Check

    Doing every gay pride going —- Check
    Oh ok then… here’s another picture

    Anttix

    The new single is out 26th May 2013
    http://www.officialanttix.com

  • US X Factor In Underway

    All is not well at the X FACTOR USA camp as the Simon Cowell format suffered a 3m drop in viewers in comparison to last year’s season premiere.

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