Simon Cowell has opened up about the end of The X Factor USA, saying that the amount of talent shows currently airing in the US is "a joke".
The American version of X Factor was axed after three seasons last Friday (February 7), following Cowell's announcement that he will be coming back to the UK panel this year.
Speaking to Digital Spy and others at Britain's Got Talent auditions in London's Hammersmith Apollo yesterday (February 11), Cowell claimed that The X Factor USA would have been renewed if he had stayed on as a judge.
"They would have taken the American show, but they wouldn't take it without me, so we sort of booted them off, I suppose," he said.
"But it's not like that. I don't know why any show wants to compete in America right now. It's too flooded, the market. There's going to be... something like 14 talent shows on American TV [this year]. It's becoming like a joke."
"Talent shows are a joke" would be a more accurate title, and he's right. There are way too many now. Talent shows were better when there were only a few around, and actually produced successful talent.
