You made the others look like good amateurs. ... You looked like a returning pro.

my good friend Simon Fuller.

You've got quite a good voice, the problem I have is this looks to me like 10 years ago.

I don't like kids that are pushed into things by stage mums, but when I can see they are having a good time, they're excited and enjoying the process, then I think it's wrong to discriminate.

I don't have sophisticated tastes. I have average tastes. If you looked in my collection of DVDs, you'd see 'Jaws' and 'Star Wars.' In the book library, you'd see John Grisham and Sidney Sheldon. And if you look in my fridge, it's, like, children's food - chips, milkshakes, yogurt.

If your lifeguard duties were as good as your singing, a lot of people would be drowning.