![]() Anytime she’s asked me to do something, I always do it, as she’s always been the first to hold her hand up when something’s happened to me, So, I think it’s sort of naturally going to happen one day.American Idol just wrapped its 21st season, after months of looking for the latest aspiring singer to join its long history of superstars that have gained successful careers from the competition since it launched in 2002. “I think if the right show came about, then yeah, I would say, ‘Why don’t we do something together?’”Ĭircling back to Clarkson’s momentous career milestone getting a star on the Walk of Fame, Cowell says, “20 years after all this happens, who’s to say what’s going to happen in the future? I would love to work with Kelly on something. “I love the panel ,” he adds, but “if I was to do a new music show - and I think there is a strong possibility that we will - then 100%, I would call her in a heartbeat.”īeyond that, Cowell stays mum. So, I have a feeling she and I will end up doing something together one day,” Cowell says. “She actually has guest-judged on our show, and she did brilliantly. ![]() “And then, at the point when she had chosen to do ‘The Voice,’ I was kind of thinking, ‘Shit, we probably should have called her.’” “First of all, I never thought she would want to do something like this,” he says. ![]() Of course, Cowell then admits that he didn’t actually ask her to be on “America’s Got Talent.” “I mean, thanks for doing the opposition show, Kelly,” Cowell says with a laugh. And she’s hosted eight seasons of “The Voice.” When ABC rebooted “Idol” in 2018, producers wanted her to be a judge, but she had already committed to “The Voice.”Ĭowell, the creator of the global “Got Talent” format, wishes he had nabbed her first. To date, Clarkson has released nine studio albums. “They were like, ‘There’s, like, a lot of guitars on here.’ And they were freaking out because they thought I was going to sing ballads all the time. “Whenever I played ‘Miss Independent,’ they were not excited,” she recalls. “I don’t think anybody at the label really was prepared for how successful she was going to be - maybe apart from Kelly,” Cowell says.Ĭlarkson remembers having to prove to her producers what kind of artist she really was. ![]() ![]() “Where we were very lucky with Kelly was that not only could we find someone with a hell of a good voice, but she also had this amazing sense of humor, personality, charisma,” Cowell says, noting that “Idol” may not have been such a popular TV show had the public not fallen in love with Clarkson during its inaugural season.Ĭowell recalls working with the singer in 2003 on her first album, certified double platinum in the U.S., and marveling at how the then 20-year-old already had a command of her voice and image. He believes she would have found fame even without the show, and not just because of her great pipes. That was a lifetime ago.”Ĭowell is not at all surprised by Clarkson’s success. “It’s crazy!” Clarkson exclaims when looking back on 20 years. It’s the passing of the baton for the unlikely duo - a hard-nosed Brit and a sunny Texas girl - who have known each other since Cowell helped discover Clarkson as that first American Idol. In 2018, Clarkson presented Cowell with his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and four years later, Cowell will return the favor at Clarkson’s ceremony. Also set to be in attendance: original “Idol” judge Simon Cowell. ![]()
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