S. COWELL: I came over with the other Simon (1)____ from the show to try and sell it to America even before we put it out in the U.K.KING: It was your baby?S. COWELL: It was mine and Simon's baby, yes, and we were sure that it could be a hit in America and we offered it to a number of networks and we got kicked out of every meeting. So, I never expected it funny enough to be on American TV. Then we put it on in the U.K. and it was a big hit and then Rupert Murdoch's daughter Elizabeth called her dad and said, "Look, I think this show is going to be a hit." The FOX Network were already kind of interested and the show was sold and I was asked to be on the show. And, first of all, I said yes and then I thought, oh, I don't want to go through this again. I've done it once in England. Let somebody else do it. And then I was eventually talked into it.KING: Is there now still a British show?S. COWELL: Not called Idol. We put another show on, another (2)____ show called "The X-Factor" which I do with Sharon Osbourne. We put that on two years ago.KING: So you fly (3)_______?S. COWELL: Yes, yes (4)_______.KING: Are you the same kind of character on "The X-Factor"?S. COWELL: Yes, pretty much so but I've got Sharon on my right this time.KING: Why does it work?S. COWELL: God I wish I knew. Do you know I don't know actually, it's -- it's...KING: When you tried to sell it in America obviously you had faith in it.S. COWELL: I sold it initially or tried to sell it initially as the great American dream, which is somebody who could be a cocktail waitress one minute, within 16 weeks could become the most famous person in America. But I mean to answer your question why does it work I think the audition shows are probably the most important reason why it works and it is a very, very politically incorrect show and I think a lot of TV executives at the moment are being too PC.
But, you know, the kind of people I hang out with in bars and restaurants are not PC at all and I think that applies to most of America, most of the U.K. So, it stands out, the show.
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