Simon Cowell appeared to preempt the inevitable cut up of his subsequent boyband as he stated that it will be an avenue to a “actually profitable solo profession”.
The music mogul behind actuality TV contests The X Issue and Britain’s Bought Expertise is launching a nationwide seek for a model new pop group, as he lamented the absence of an act that has been capable of replicate One Path’s success.
It has been 14 years since Cowell and his fellow judges shaped One Path on The X Issue. After coming in second place in 2010, the group shot to worldwide fame and launched a number of hit albums earlier than their indefinite hiatus in 2016.
Since then, its 5 members Harry Kinds, Niall Horan, Zayn Malik, Louis Tomlinson and Liam Payne have launched into solo careers with various levels of success.
Cowell instructed the PA information company that he’s praying he’ll discover a band “pretty much as good as One Path and to seek out the information pretty much as good as they made”.
“You may’t faux this, regardless that I am the one going out to do the auditions, it actually depends upon the people. For those who discover the precise individuals I am not somebody who says costume like this, say this, do that, it’s simply not my model and I by no means as soon as did that with One Path,” he stated.
The 64-year-old stated that the decline in UK artists breaking by means of internationally was “stunning”, as he claimed there hadn’t been a profitable boyband since 1D.
“The one solution to do it’s do what I used to do, exit and do it and audition and do it nose to nose and haven’t any pre-casting,” he stated. “In different phrases, do not have individuals select individuals prematurely, it truly is first come first served.
“You need to see lots of people, the auditions are fast and you must pray and hope sufficient individuals flip up and the precise individuals flip up. If we’re fortunate sufficient to seek out the precise individuals then there has by no means been a greater time to be in a band proper now.”
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Cowell was dismissive of aspiring artists who attempt to discover fame by means of social media platforms akin to TikTok.
“I’ve no real interest in these individuals in any respect,” he stated. “I am solely excited about individuals who wish to present up and inform us why they wish to do that.
“And if they cannot be bothered to do that, then they’re the unsuitable individuals to be within the band, as a result of it is exhausting work being in a band.”
He continued: “Posting movies in your bed room, it is not sufficient and I am attempting to show some extent right here that to reach the music enterprise, you bought to rise up, you have to flip up, you have to present up.
“And by exhibiting up, it reveals that you’ve ambition. As a result of the decline in UK artists breaking internationally proper now’s stunning.
“I’ve by no means ever seen such a nasty, sorry state of affairs. And I am not doing this as a campaign however I hope to show some extent that this is likely one of the methods of getting a profession within the music enterprise. As a result of if the band’s profitable, as One Path has proven, you do have an opportunity of getting a very profitable solo profession.”
He can be joined for the auditions by “individuals he trusts” from his report label and TV firm, who he believes “genuinely made a distinction in One Path’s profession”.
He added: “I am praying that that is going to work and even when it would not work, no less than I can say, ‘Properly, I attempted.’ I am actually obsessed with this. And I all the time all the time believed that there are gems on the market ready to be found.”
The search is being documented by a TV crew from Field To Field Movies, the corporate behind Method 1: Drive To Survive. Cowell stated he’s “getting shut” to asserting the format it’ll take.
Auditions are going down in Newcastle on 4 and 5 July, Liverpool on 7 and eight July, Dublin on 28 and 29 July, and London on 1, 2 and three August, with registration open at simonneedsyou.com.
Further reporting by PA.
