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Cowell re-signs
By CMU Editorial | Published on Wednesday 12 August 2009
That’s ‘re-signs’ not ‘resigns’. It may only be a hyphen, but it makes a world of difference. Abdul may be out, but Cowell has signed on the dotted line to keep him inside the ‘American Idol’ franchise for at least three more seasons. By which point civilisation as we know it will probably be dead, so that’s basically him signing up forever.
Cowell’s three year involvement in the US pop talent show was confirmed by Robert Sillerman, the boss of CKX, the American media firm that owns Idol makers 19 Entertainment. He didn’t discuss how many zeros appeared on the fee line of Cowell’s new contract, though I hear that it was him getting rights to the axed Abdul’s former hair products budget that clinched the deal.
