TV personality and judge Simon Cowell reflects on his brutal critiques on American Idol and finally apologizes for crossing a line into cruelty.

After auditioning for The X Factor solo, teenagers Payne, Harry Styles, Louis Tomlinson, Niall Horan and Zayn Malik were put together as a group by judges including Cowell, and formed the world famous ...

I don’t know whether former Girls Aloud singer Cheryl Cole’s judging skills will get me to actually watch Simon Cowell’s new American Idolish show The X Factor, but at least I’ll consider it now: ...