‘The X Factor’ USA: Simon Cowell talks Fifth Harmony, Emblem3, changes to show

When Simon Cowell tweets, he tweets big. If there is one thing that we have learned about the guru of singing competitions following this latest rant overnight, this is it. Cowell has been more or less off of the social-media site for the past month with a few tiny exceptions, but in his latest series of posts, he talks about everything from the future of “The X Factor” to some of his acts to even his family life. It’s quite a lot to get through, and we don’t want to bury the lead here.

Note that rather than trying to post a series of individual tweets here, we’ve bundled them together and presented them in a format that feels like a little bit more of a natural statement:

“Just finished my calls to la. I wanted to apologise about not tweeting recently. I have been focusing a lot on work. There will be a lot of changes on X factor uk and USA. But good changes. I feel excited for both shows this year.

“One direction continue to amaze me. Hard workers but still the nicest guys you could hope to work with. The first emblem 3 single arrived a week ago. It is fantastic. And fifth harmony are going from strength to strength. Single soon. Tates album is finished. Did some radio with him last week. He is the most genuine guy. On syco uk we are working hard on James and Ella. I have a very good feeling about these two. Please check out you generation this week. It’s worth it. Seen some early footage on the one d movie. Very very exciting.

“And still on movies the Paul Potts movie from what I have seen is brilliant. Have just finished the britains got talent auditions. We still have a lot of talent in this country. And with everything I have been working on it made me realise that your friends and family are still the most important things in your life. Sorry to cram all this in. Have read some strange things about me recently. I am happy. Healthy. And enjoying life. Hope you are too. What I have realised is there will be bumps in your life but the fun is fixing them. If it was always easy life would be boring. And for everyone who has bothered to follow me. Thank you. I have learnt a lot from you guys. That’s about it for now. I hope to announce something very close to me that I have been working on soon. I was a little deep tonight but it was one of those nights you realise you have a lot to be thankful for.

A couple of things that are interesting about this series of posts:

1. Simon makes no mention of any of the judges on either the British or American shows, as there are decisions set to be announced soon.

2. He also declines to mention season 1 champion Melanie Amaro, whose release date for her album “Truly” has been delayed indefinitely. There’s also no mention of Carly Rose Sonenclar, who is still waiting to finish off a record deal after joining Syco Music.

3. It’s a more humble Simon than we’ve seen in the past, likely brought on by the fact that his shows are not the ratings monsters that they once were, and he cannot just rely on putting forward this persona of owning and dominating everything.

What do you think about Simon’s new comments, and do they make you excited for Emblem3, Fifth Harmony, or any other one of his popular acts? If you want to read some more “X Factor” news, you can do so over at the link here.

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