Simon Cowell says meeting Pete Waterman was ‘the most important day of his career’

X Factor guru Simon Cowell bans use of Auto-Tune

Pop producer Mike Stock, of Stock, Aitken and Waterman, is convinced producers have been making contestants sound even worse on purpose. He said: "You can mess somebody's vocals up by the use of Auto-Tune.". [Read full article]

Pete Waterman about Simon Cowell

Mr Waterman, 61, the music mogul who discovered Kylie Minogue, appears in the Channel 4 series as a judge. He said that Simon Cowell was not amused and was refusing to take his calls.
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"Simon doesn't have a sense of humour, we're best mates but he's fallen out with me" he said.

"I rang Simon so he could say, 'Your comedy acting is genius, Pete'. But it seems he doesn't think it's at all funny."

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Mr Waterman, who was a judge on Cowell's previous show Pop Idol, said he has never watched the X Factor and vowed not appear on a talent show again. ... [continue]