Simon Cowell is opening up about reviving The X-Issue within the U.S. as he says there are networks thinking about bringing again the singing competitors.
Fox aired the fact present for 3 seasons within the U.S. between 2011 and 2013. Though it’s tv run was short-lived, Cowell was capable of uncover the pop group Fifth Concord throughout season 2 of the collection. With nearly 10 years off the air, Cowell instructed The Solar that networks within the U.S. have expressed curiosity in reviving the competitors.
Though Cowell didn’t reveal how critical the talks are for The X-Issue to return to the U.S., he did say that the U.Ok. model would “extra probably than not” have a comeback in 2024. The OG model of the present found acts like Leona Lewis, Little Combine and One Path over the course of 15 seasons.
The music mogul is at the moment centered on StemDrop, a mission on TikTok that helps artistic folks be seen. Nonetheless, Cowell continues to be principally acknowledged for being a decide and producer on The X-Issue.
“The humorous factor is that when younger folks strategy me on the road, all they wish to know is when X Issue is coming again,” he says. “All of them watch it on YouTube. Once we stopped the present, I genuinely thought there was no want for it — that everybody can be signed from YouTube. However there are such a lot of folks eager to be signed that we might use that additional platform.”
Cowell mentioned that he “would solely do it once more” if The X-Issue returns “to the place the present began” and discover “some nice folks and create these TV moments that stay without end.”
“There must be a real alternative to make it the way it was within the early years, and I might solely do it with somebody who was genuinely passionate about it,” he added. “I might additionally carry again the managers and the A&R [artists and repertoire] folks as a substitute of getting artists decide the expertise as a result of I don’t suppose that’s nice.”
Cowell admitted that if the proposals to have The X-Issue come again fall by means of he would “love to do extra mentoring.”
“If X Issue doesn’t come again, I gained’t be searching for different exhibits to look on. I don’t wish to be only a TV character,” he defined. “The thought of The X Issue not being on so I am going on a recreation present . . . I feel I’d soar off a cliff. I genuinely can’t consider something worse.”