July 21st, 2012 by Anna Howell.
It would seem that 80′s one hit wonder, Sinitta, has finally given hope that her ex-boyfriend, Simon Cowell, will reinvent her and resurrect her far from fabulous singing career, and is threatening to make a come-back all by herself, according to the Daily Star newspaper.
Sinitta, who dated the music mogul back in the day of yester-year, has made a regular appearance on his popular ITV talent show, The X Factor, as a mentor to both him and Louis Walsh, but has spoken out recently about how she was disappointed at continually being passed up for any of the many vacant X Factor judging positions, both in the UK and the US versions.
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June 30th, 2012 by TV Writer Lynn.
There was a time when Stock, Aitken and Waterman mogul Pete Waterman was – in a television sense – like s**t in a cow field; you simply couldn’t avoid him, no matter what channel you tuned in to.
He had pivotal roles in Popstars: The Rivals, The Hit Man and Her – with Michaela Strachan as his co-host – and Pop Idol, but it seems his decision to suddenly quit reality TV came when Spice Girl Geri Halliwell brought her dog on to the set of Popstars, prompting Pete to ask himself, “When she came in and put the dog on her lap, I thought: ‘What am I actually doing here?’”
Adding that he felt reality TV had become “a pantomime” and in particular, of Popstars, Pete went on to say, “In our contract with ITV, there were all these rules about what you could and could not do on screen… Read more & comment »
July 10th, 2011 by Lisa McGarry.
Pete Waterman has commented that if Cheryl Cole ever wants to stand a chance of achieving happiness, she needs to give up on her TV and music career and concentrate on her personal life.
The 64 year old record producer – who was the original Mr Nasty when he first discovered Cole on Popstars: The Rivals – told The Sunday Mirror that he thinks Cheryl needs to get over her recent X Factor sacking and settle down with her ex-husband Ashley.
He explained:
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March 12th, 2010 by Lisa McGarry.
Music producer Pete Waterman was hired to write this year’s British entry for the Eurovision song contest and is due to give the public their first listen of the track tonight. However, yesterday the former Pop Idol judge admitted that he still hasn’t finished writing the tune.
The song is due to be played during tonight’s BBC1′s Eurovision: Your Country Needs You at 8.30pm.
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February 23rd, 2010 by Lisa McGarry.
Pete Waterman has revealed that Simon Cowell has one big ambition…..he wants to win the Eurovision Song Contest.
Pete is penning this years UK entry and reveals that he knows Mr Cowell will be desperately jealous of his newest project.
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January 29th, 2010 by Lisa McGarry.
The man responsible for the pop careers of Jason Donovan, Rick Astley, Big Fun and Sonia will produce this year’s UK entry for the Eurovision Song Contest.
Pete Waterman will write the song, which will then be performed at Eurovision 2010 in Oslo this May.
The former Pop Idol judge said: “Eurovision is one of those iconic competitions that has stood the test of time and keeps coming up with great acts, great tunes and great performances.
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December 11th, 2009 by Lisa McGarry.
Former Pop Idol judge Pete Waterman has claimed that Simon Cowell will be the real winner of this year’s X Factor and that the actual winner will find him or herself retreating into ‘musical oblivion.’
Waterman wrote in The Daily Mail: “I haven’t ever seen any of the finalists. I haven’t heard them sing.
“But I can guarantee they all have decent but unremarkable voices, no discernible personalities – and some heart-rending tale to tell about a granny who’s died, a distant cousin with a drug habit or some other such sob story.
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November 30th, 2009 by Lisa McGarry.
Former Pop Idol judge Pete Waterman, has hit out at ITV’s X Factor saying that it has nothing to do with music or talent.
In an interview with NME.com Waterman was asked if he minded not being a judge on the show. He replied:
“No! No, because I was offered it and turned it down. People see these talent shows as ‘the way to do it’. But they’re not.”
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November 11th, 2009 by Lisa McGarry.
This evening on Live From Studio Five, music mogul and ex-Pop Idol judge, Pete Waterman, held nothing back when commenting on Simon Cowell’s ruthlessness following the shock decision to go to deadlock on Sunday’s X Factor, resulting in Welsh favourite, Lucie Jones being booted off the show.
Waterman said: “I think everybody’s got the show wrong, there is only one star in the show and that’s Simon Cowell. It’s the Simon Cowell show and that’s what people watch, all the rest is irrelevant.”
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November 5th, 2009 by Lisa McGarry.
Pete Waterman has hit out at ITV’s X Factor, saying that it is more about the judges than the contestants.
Writing in The Independent, Waterman described The X Factor as “the greatest television show in the world – but that’s not talent”.
He continued: “The problem for me is that kids believe that this is a talent show. It’s not. It’s a freak and geek show. It’s about ratings. That Cheryl Cole has sold more downloads as the judge than the winner of The X Factor proves that it’s a bigger promotion for the judges than it is the contestants on the show.”
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