SIMON COWELL DROPS OUT OF X FACTOR ISRAEL AS JUDGE

Tue 01 June 2021:

Simon Cowell has officially pulled out of his judging duties in the upcoming season of X Factor Israel.

The British producer, who currently assesses contestants in America’s Got Talent, was set to appear as a judge on the Israeli version of X Factor.

However, the company producing the show, Reshet, confirmed that the TV personality will not be making his now-canceled appearance on the show.

Rumours of him pulling out began to circulate in the backdrop of Israel’s renewed violence against Palestine.

While he did not give a solid reason, a source close to him told Jewish News that he could not partake in the show for “a number of reasons” and was left “bitterly disappointed” over his subsequent exit.

A spokesperson for the show’s network Reshet told Variety today that “Cowell was canceling ‘for his own reasons.’” The network told Variety that “members of Cowell’s staff had reached out with ‘legitimate concerns’ over his participation in the show after the recent violence between Israel and Hamas in Gaza,” but representatives for Cowell have not replied to requests for comment.

In December of last year, Cowell signed on to appear on the series. In a statement at the time, Cowell said, “I can barely wait to see what the Israelis have to offer.” This would have been Cowell’s first time judging an international X Factor outside of the U.S. and U.K. versions.

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