Celebrity Duets is an American reality television show, of the progressive game-show type, which combined celebrities of different backgrounds with professional singers in a weekly elimination competition.
Celebrity Duets
Simon Phillip Cowell is an English television personality, entrepreneur, and record executive. He has judged on the British television talent competition shows Pop Idol (2001–2003), The X Factor UK and Britain's Got Talent (2007–present), and the American television talent competition shows American Idol (2002–2010), The X Factor US (2011–2013) and America's Got Talent (2016–present). Cowell founded the British entertainment company Syco in 2005, as well as its now-defunct predecessor, Syco Music in 2002.
Cowell in 2011
Irish boy band Westlife achieved the first official number one on the UK Singles Downloads Chart with "Flying Without Wings" in September 2004.
Cowell alongside Cheryl Cole as judges on The X Factor UK's seventh series on 21 June 2010
One Direction signed to Cowell's record label after finishing third and being mentored by Cowell on The X Factor in the UK in 2010. The group is one of Cowell's international break-out acts.