Simon Cowell

The New Elizabethans by BBC

Sep 6, 201211:29Society & Culture

Simon Cowell is today's New Elizabethan. Cowell started out on Pop Idol in 2001, before devising X-Factor and Britain's Got Talent. Franchised around the world, these programmes have helped Cowell into the top ten of the...

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