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It's more fun near the beginning, the cattle calls are hilarious, with the judges (all of whom know what they're talking about, they've all been very successful in aspects of pop music) telling somebody they're no good and the person argues. Simon, who's also the producer of the show and a BIG dog at BMI the company that give the winner a contract, is amazingly brutal but usually right and can admit when he's wrong (for a while there was something wrong with the stage setup and he couldn't hear well, he watched the ep on tape and apologized for some of his comments the next day admitting things sounded much better than he'd heard).

Dr. Pepper is epidemic down here, came out of Waco Texas, just down the road by Southwestern measurement. I used to be an RC junkie but when I first got to Tucson it wasn't down here (that was the era when RC advertised how hard it was to find). Can is alright, it doesn't soak up that tinfoil taste like other sodas, fountain is better.

I believe Simon Cowles the judge is not a producer of the show. He is not listed on the credits as a producer.

Simon Fuller and another guy brought the deal to FOX from England, where the other Simon was also a judge. Open to other info.............