Simon Cowell reveals why he cut back on work and if there will be X Factor revival

Britain’s Got Talent fans have been continuously baffled by one of this year’s acts who have never shown their face.The Phantom is known for his magic and trickery, but has yet to reveal his or her identity to the audience.They represent themselves as a vintage brown office chair and often call upon the judges to come up on stage and help them with their performance.However, despite their best efforts and baffling tricks, they didn’t manage to win over the judges and dance troupe Five Star Boys landed a place in the semi finals.The Phantom’s semi-finals performance received much scrutiny from audiences as they took to Twitter to talk about the act.Many said that they were confused at the attempt which saw Amanda Holden “disappear” and then “read David Walliams’ mind”.Audiences at home also said that the hard-to-follow show went on for too long and left them wondering why they had so much air time.Since The Phantom’s departure, fans of Britain’s Got Talent have been racking their brains and trying to figure out who is behind the deceit.During the show, Simon Cowell was visibly confused and stated that it was “pointless” while David tried to defend the magician, but to no avail.Many viewers agreed with Cowell and turned to Twitter once more to complain about The Phantom.An irritated fan had a lot to say: “Phantom messed up that act big time. Simon was right, it was never explained at the end.”Another couldn’t seem to understand the reveal: “The Phantom’s act made no sense, there were loads of things left unfinished.

Britain's Got Talent judge Simon Cowell apologised to a young girl during tonight's last semi-final after he made her cry.The music mogul, who is normally not afraid to give incredibly harsh critiques to artists on the show, regretted his comments on this occasion when he realised one of the young members of Matrick's Illusion had been left in tears. Simon was unimpressed by the performer's latest act, and didn't hesitate to call it "not magical enough".The group's disappearing act was dedicated to Simon, as versions of him were used on-stage in the live semi-final. At one point, a cardboard cutout of the judge was even produced in a quick move from the act.

Britain's Got Talent fans were left stunned as head judge Simon Cowell apologised after leaving a young girl in tears.First up on the talent show's roster for the fifth and last semi-final were Matricks Illusion, who performed a disappearing act that saw Simon brought onto the stage.A man dressed as the music mogul was seen being pushed into a trash compactor and wheeled out as a floppy paper cutout, before a drum-kit seemingly appeared out of thin air.But Simon wasn't impressed, as he told them afterwards: "I buzzed because I didn't feel it was magical enough. There was a lot of chaos, and whereas I like these big magic acts compared to cards, we had a magician on a few days ago who I thought was so much better."He added: "I didn't think this...

Simon Cowell and his fellow Britain's Got Talent judges appeared on This Morning in an exclusive interview on Friday, but it wasn't anything he had to say that had people interested in – it was his face. Viewers of the ITV show were left baffled by his changing face, with some asking what he'd done to it.The much-loved talent show returned in 2022 after it was forced off the air for two years running due to the coronavirus pandemic.

A week of Britain's Got Talent live shows is almost over and the penultimate show caused all kinds of drama, specifically around Simon Cowell and one act in particular. The 63-year-old was back on the judging panel for the fourth of five semi-final shows as several more acts took to the stage to try impress Simon, Alesha Dixon, David Walliams, and Amanda Holden as well as viewers in a bid to make it through to the BGT final on Sunday (June 5).

Simon Cowell was quick to respond to 'fix' claims as the penultimate semi-final show of Britain's Got Talent took place. Thursday night saw several more acts take to the stage in a bid to make it through to the ITV talent show's grand final on Sunday (June 5).

Britain’s Got Talent judge Simon Cowell has envisioned how he would react if his son Eric was bullied, and it seems he can’t fathom the thought. On Thursday’s live show of the ITV competition, the fourth semi-final of the week, dance group Five Star Boys were the second act to take to the stage after pantomime dames Dame Nation ahead of Sunday’s final. Five Star Boys wowed the judges and public alike during their first audition, when they explained that they went on the show ‘to spread the word for boys who can dance’, while admitting that ‘it’s not always easy for us’.

Britain's Got Talent fans think they have worked out The Phantom's magic trick after their performance on Thursday's semi-final left judge Simon Cowell baffled. During the show, The Phantom left the judges — Simon, Amanda Holden, Alesha Dixon and David Walliams — mystified with their mind-bending magic. At the start of the performance, The Phantom asked David to think of a childhood memory and write it on a piece of paper, as well as the time it took place.

Britain’s Got Talent was off to a dramatic start on Wednesday's live semi-final after Simon Cowell disagreed with co-judge David Walliams over Les Sancho's performance. During the opening of the show, Les Sancho put on an energetic performance to which Simon, 62, buzzed the act off by pressing the dreaded red button.The judge, who was called "Mr Grumpy" by hosts Ant and Dec, then told the booing audience: "Shut up!" Delivering his feedback, Simon told Les Sancho that their first audition was full of "fun" and "personality" whereas their performance on Wednesday's semi-final was "everything he has seen before with a dance group".

Britain’s Got Talent viewers have called out the show for reaching an “all time low” after Simon Cowell demanded that act Ranger Chris and his dancing dinosaurs win in the final. Fans immediately condemned the judge for making the statement after the act’s bizarre performance on Tuesday’s live semi final episode, which saw the ranger get up and dance in between two giant dinosaur figures onstage.

Liam Payne has claimed that a promise Simon Cowell made to him personally was behind the X Factor's decision to put he and his One Direction bandmates together instead of cutting them from the show.After forming during the Boot Camp stage on the 2010 series of the popular ITV show, One Direction went on to become one of the biggest boy bands in history, releasing five studio albums and touring worldwide.The band were put together after a controversial decision to axe its five members was taken during Boot Camp, with the young lads dramatically recalled and told the good news by the judges.Now, speaking on the Impaulsive podcast, Liam has suggested that his first appearance on the X Factor two years earlier may have been behind Simon Cowell’s theatrical change of heart.“I had already been on the show two years prior to the band being made. What happened when I was on the show the first time, I went on and I sang and I got from 180,000 people down to the last 24,” he observed.“So it’s a step before you’re making it, and Simon kicked me off.