The many, many faces of Simon Cowell: A have a look at his various visage
Not a lot has modified about Britain’s Got Talent over time, with a brand new collection at present being filmed.
The normal combination of hopeful contestants, straight-talking judges and tear-jerking backstories mixed with the heady promise of potential fame and fortune has earned the failsafe format tens of millions of viewers – and a close to everlasting air of predictability.
If solely the identical could possibly be mentioned of its creator.
An look through the opening episode of the final ever collection of Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway on Saturday 24 February prompted some questioning feedback from viewers.
Fans of the present have been left addressing the elephant Simon Cowell had inadvertently let into the room – specifically, his radically completely different and seemingly ever-changing options.
Simon Cowell made an look on Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway this weekend to talk a few prank he was subjected to however viewers discovered it tough to deal with what he was saying and have been extra involved about his look
Simon Cowell in an early publicity picture from 2002 (L) and showing on Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway in February 2024 (R)
The music mogul, now 64, was pranked by hosts Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly as that they had him pulled over by faux police whereas on his bike in Malibu, earlier than he was locked in a metallic field throughout a staged mishap whereas filming America’s Got Talent auditions.
Simon made an look within the studio to talk in regards to the prank however viewers discovered it tough to deal with what he was saying and have been extra involved about his look.
TV star Simon has beforehand denied having a face elevate however admitted to regretting his intensive use of Botox.
Taking to X, a number of viewers commented on his appears, with one writing: ‘Is that undoubtedly Simon Cowell? He appears like a melting Ken Doll?’
Fellow visitor Stephen Merchant additionally could not resist commenting on Simon’s look through the present.
Commenting on the clip, Stephen, 49, joked: ‘I did not prefer it… I liked it. That was my Simon impression. It wasn’t very convincing as a result of my face moved.’
Has he actually modified? Or is it simply our creativeness?
Fear not, MailOnline has the reply. Join us as we solid a cautiously chronological look again on the many, many faces of Simon Cowell.
1985: Cowell’s dashing options turned loads of heads throughout an evening out with girlfriend Sinitta at London nightclub Legends
1987: The then little-known report producer regarded youthful and fresh-faced on this TV look from the late eighties
1990: Cowell appears good-looking whereas posing alongside his then girlfriend Sinitta, a continuing in his life, at a London occasion
1999: Cowell, aged 40, with Ray Hedges and Kate Thornton whereas judging the This Morning Boy Band Competition
1994-2007: Cowell modelled a pair of round spectacles on the BRIT Awards in 1994 (L), whereas the enamel gave the impression to be slightly whiter in Britain’s Got Talent publicity photographs from 2007 (R)
2001: Cowell appears suave on Pop Idol, a prototype for The X Factor and the present that helped set up him as a family identify
2001-2003: The mogul developed a repute for delivering caustic remarks to hapless company on Pop Idol following its launch (left, on the Pop Idol panel in 2001 and proper, attending the Love Actually movie premiere in 2003)
Don’t thoughts me: The pose is comparable however the face appears marginally completely different as Cowell poses for an X Factor publicity picture in 2005 (L) and at an American Idol get together in 2006 (R)
2012: Cowell as soon as once more instructions consideration whereas attending Britain’s Got Talent auditions in London’s Hammersmith
2014-2019: Cowell’s gleaming enamel seem to have been straightened and whitened over time (L-R at The X Factor in 2014 and having fun with an evening out in 2019)
Say cheese: Cowell’s options have radically modified down the years (L-R attending American Idol auditions in 2008, at an NBC press day in 2018, and extra not too long ago on the Variety Club Showbusiness Awards in 2022)
2015: Career-smoker Cowell prepares to mild up a cigarette as he leaves a personal operate in London
2015: The British star stepped out with some uncharacteristic facial hair simply two months later whereas launching The X Factor in London
2021-22: Cowell seems to have misplaced weight over the past 12 months, whereas the strains that beforehand outlined his options have been smoothed out (L-R at America’s Got Talent Extreme and extra not too long ago in a Britain’s Got Talent social media put up)
2022: The music mogul raised eyebrows throughout his look on the Variety Club Showbusiness Awards in November, the place he was accompanied by glamorous companion Lauren Silverman
2022: An in any other case easy look at this yr’s pre-recorded Royal Variety efficiency on December 2 prompted extra undesirable questions than solutions
2022: More quizzical eyebrows have been raised simply days later, when Cowell’s face was curiously obscured by shadow as he eulogised about eight-year outdated son Eric throughout a distant look on ITV chat present Loose Women
