It was a bittersweet start to American Idol‘s season nine, as judge Simon Cowell announced Monday that that this will be his last season on the show.
“I’m very sad,” Cowell told Ryan Seacrest during a call to his radio show Tuesday. Cowell explained he will be leaving Idol to focus on launching the American version of his UK show The X Factor this fall, where Cowell will serve as both judge and executive producer.
“I’ve always wanted to bring this other show over here,” Cowell told Seacrest. “At one point I was going to do both. But you know about overexposure, Ryan. You can’t be on TV too much.”
“I have had the best 8 or 9 years of my life doing this show,” Cowell later Tweeted.
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