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"He critiqued American Idol&amp;apos;s wannabe singers for nine seasons, but don&amp;apos;t ask Simon Cowell to offer a lengthy assessment on the show&amp;apos;s newest judges, Jennifer Lopez and Steven Tyler.\r\n&amp;quot;I haven&amp;apos;t seen a full episode yet, I saw a three minute sort of recap last week,&amp;quot; Cowell told reporters Monday of the 10th season of Idol, the series he bowed out of last spring. &amp;quot;From what I&amp;apos;ve seen and what I&amp;apos;ve heard, it all seems to be going well. I always thought that would be the case. What I was more concerned about was the ratings falling off a cliff, meaning that that whole genre is now over.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nSo why hasn&amp;apos;t Cowell made Idol appointment television? He&amp;apos;s currently across the pond in London, and told the Today Show&amp;apos;s Matt Lauer he has yet to tune in due to a sheer time difference.\r\nFrom the footage the former judge has seen, though, Cowell says Lopez and Tyler appear to be doing him proud.\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;I think they&amp;apos;re doing fine. They have a different approach to what I used to do, but the show had to reinvent itself. It&amp;apos;s a different show than what we made before,&amp;quot; he told Lauer when promoting the U.S. launch of his mega-smash U.K. series X Factor. &amp;quot;I left [Idol] on fantastic terms. I still talk to Randy [Jackson] and Ryan [Seacrest]. We&amp;apos;re still good friends, but we&amp;apos;re going to be competitive with each other, make no mistake.&amp;quot;\r\nAnd as the music exec assumes a seat on X Factor&amp;apos;s judging panel when the series debuts Stateside this fall, he suggests his days of being the so-called &amp;quot;mean judge&amp;quot; may be over.\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;I started to cringe over the years when I started to see people being booked as the so-called mean judge and just being rude for the sake of it. I don&amp;apos;t like that. I have my own style,&amp;quot; says Cowell, who endured the nickname &amp;quot;Mr. Nasty&amp;quot; during his years on Idol.\r\n&amp;quot;I wouldn&amp;apos;t sugarcoat something just to make myself popular and I&amp;apos;m going to try to be consistent,&amp;quot; he adds. &amp;quot;People know what to expect if I&amp;apos;m on the judging panel, so I don&amp;apos;t think things are going to change too much.&amp;quot;\r\nBy Allison Corneau for UsMagazine.com. For more Channel Surfing, click here."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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