Did you know these Simon Cowell Facts?

Did you know that Simon Phillip Cowell was born 7 October 1959, Brighton, East Sussex, England?

Did you know that Cowell Nickname is Mr. Nasty, Judge Dread?

Did you know that his Height is 5' 9"?

Did you know that his parents' names are Julie Cowell and Eric Cowell?

Did you know that Cowell made his screen debut in 1990, on the UK TV series 'Sale of the Century', his prize for winning - Kitchen Utensils?

Did you know that following the success of the 'Popstars' TV series, Simon joined forces with Simon Fuller to produce a 'talent' show where the public decides who wins. This show became the TV phenomenon, 'Pop Idol'?

Did you know that he first made a TV appearance on UK's Pop Idol?

Did you know that America's American Idol was a spin off from UK's Pop Odol?

Did you know that Cowell dropped out of school at 16?

Did you know that he has 3 half-brothers, John, Michael and Tony, a half sister, June, a biological sister, Lindsay Elizabeth and a younger brother Nicholas Cowell who is now a millionaire property magnate?

Did you know that his first encounter with the entertainment business was in 1976 when he had gotten a job as a runner on the set of "Return of the Saint" when he was 17 years old?

Did you know that Simon started out in 1979 as a mail room clerk for EMI Music Publishing, where his father was an executive?

Did you know that Simon Cowell once wrote a check on the spot for $19,000 for a Barbados animal refuge, while vacationing on the island.?

Did you know that If he had the chance to invite six people, living or dead, to dinner, Simon Cowell would choose Bill Clinton (whose autobiography sits on his bookshelf), Natalie Wood and Frank Sinatra; then he'd tell Frank to pick the other three?

Did you know that Simon Cowell told Esquire that Christina Aguilera's "Beautiful" is one of the greatest pop records of all time?

Did you know that In London at Madame Tussauds wax museum, Simon Cowell's likeness takes a step closer to reality by hurling insults at museum visitors: "That was extraordinary," the figure says. "Unfortunately, extraordinarily bad?

Did you know that his sister's husband is the cousin of pop star Robbie Williams?

Did you know that he has 2 nieces and a nephew, namely: Tanyette Chantel (born October 18, 1981), Melissa Lee (born July 10, 1984), and Joshua Aaron, (born April 15, 1986) all 3 of whom have appeared in the audience during various episodes of Pop Idol Season 1?

Did you know that his best friend is his London neighbor Jackie St Claire?

Did you know that during an auditioning, a female participant told Simon and the other judges that she quit her job at a hair salon so she can pursue her dreams on American Idol; when getting rejected, Simon had asked for the phone and called the owner of the participant workplace where the rejected contestant got her job back?

Did you know that Cowell being brutally honest has made him the person you love to hate? Did you know that in 2007, Forbes Magazine estimated his U.S. earnings at $45 million for the year?

Did you know thatHis father Eric Cowell was a record company executive with EMI?

Did you know that His father died at home in 1999 of a massive heart attack on the very day that Simon got his first Number One with a then-unknown band called Westlife who his dad had predicted would become big?

Did you know that His band 'Westlife' has achieved an impressive 10 Number 1 hits alone? I guess his father was right!

Did you know that Simon made records, he also breaks them: over a ten year period, via his company 'S Records', he has achieved sales of over 25 million albums, over 70 top 30 records, and 17 Number 1 singles?

Did you know that Cowell is allergic to lambs' wool so he prefers to buys expensive cashmere jumpers?

Did you know that he is Ranked #6 in the 2008 Telegraph's list "the 100 most powerful people in British culture"?

Did you know that in 2007, he earned an estimated $72 million in income from his various projects. $45 million from American Idol, $15 million from Britain's Got Talent and X Factor, and $12 million from his record label?

Did you know that During auditions for 'The X Factor', he made a bet with auditionee Paul Holt that he would pay him £50,000 if he got a #1 single. Holt was quickly signed by a record label - and backed by X Factor judge Sharon Osbourne - to release "50 Grand for Christmas" in December 2004, which only charted at #35 in the UK?

Did you know that he signs his then-girlfriend Sinitta and scores the smash hits "So Macho" and "Toyboy."?

Did you know that he also releases the Power Rangers theme single?

Did you know that despite his successes, Simon has also turned down many bands that went on to find success elsewhere – most notably 'The Spice Girls' and 'Take That', simply because he thought Gary Barlow was too fat to be a star!?

Did you know that Simon has now become a celebrity in his own right, serving as a judge on both the UK and US version of the 'Pop Idol' show. He spends his time between the UK and America, and has set up his own production company, Syco TV, which co-produced the latest breed of talent show – 'The X Factor'?

Did you know that in 2007, Simon was offered £1 million to become the face of Viagra. Feeling insulted by the offer, he turned it down?

Did you know that Simon is a vegetarian?

Did you know that Paula, Randy, and Ryan all have their own stars on the "Walk of Fame", Did you know that Simon is the only American Idol judge/host to not have a star?

Did you know that his western astrological sign is Libra and his chinese astrological sign is Pig?

Did you know that Simon was on Scary Movie 3 where he played a judge of a rap contest?

Did you know that in the DVD release of Shrek 2, Simon was featured as an animated character judging the movie characters in a show similar to American Idol?

Did you know that Simon maintains a lavish lifestyle with several houses in San Francisco, California and one in London, England?

Did you know that in 2006, Simon, as well as American Idol, were satirised in the film American Dreamz in which Hugh Grant played an essentially useless host and obnoxious judge of an American Idol-type show. In the same year, they were parodied in the Nickelodeon television episode "Fairy Idol" from The Fairly Odd Parents produced by Butch Hartman?

Did you know that after Simon was "Punk'd" by Ryan Seacrest and Randy Jackson on the season Five premiere, he became the seventh resident of a country outside of North America to get "Punk'd"?

Did you know that he can also be credited with the emergence of TV hits from the likes of cartoon puppets 'Zig & Zag', 'The Teletubbies' and 'Robson & Jerome'?

Did you know that Simon cllaims he deserves to be paid more than Bruce Springsteen? I sell more records than Bruce Springsteen... If he got 100, I should have got 500.

Did you know that in the last five years, I've probably sold over 100 million records.By doing Idol I signed the biggest artist on the planet and it's called Idol because every single Idol winner is now signed through Sony BMG?

Did you know that Simon Cowell's paid a$1 million dollars for that car?

Did you know that his girlfriend is Terri Seymour end her relationship with Cowell in 2008?

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