Kasabian’s Tom Meighan has blasted Simon Cowell for “destroying people’s lives” with shows such as The X Factor and Britain’s Got Talent.

The singer branded The X Factor “retarded” and “wrong” for promising people a viable music career.

Tom told The Mirror: “I don’t watch any of it, the design on X Factor – it’s retarded – it’s very backwards.”

He went on: “Look what they do to people, pop moguls like Simon Cowell, they take people and then destroy them.”

Meighan added: “Not just Simon Cowell, there’s loads of them out there. I just think it’s a very strange show.

“Poor Susan Boyle, it’s unbelievable what’s happening I just can’t get my head round it. It’s wrong.”