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Simon Cowell has fuelled speculation he is about to quit the UK version of his hit show The X-Factor.
In an interview with chat-show queen Oprah, he said, ‘I asked a successful guy, “What’s the best advice you can give me?” He said, “Simon, know when to leave the fair.”
‘I think that’s good advice – one year, I actually found myself thinking, “I’ve run out of insults, I don’t know how I’m going to tell people they suck.”
‘Something inside you says, “You know what, it’s time to go.”
Cowell signed a new £100m three-year deal with ITV in October last year to ensure Britain’s Got Talent and X-Factor remained on the channel until 2013 however there was no guarantee that the 51 year old would remain on them. He has already been replaced on the judging panel by comedian Michael McIntyre.
Simon’s new show X-Factor USA launches later this year for a reported £150m and will likely be viewed by 30m people a night, more than double X-Factor UK’s average 12m audience. If he decides he can’t do both then its likely he’ll end his role on X-Factor UK.
Any idea of potential judges?