TV star Simon Cowell pulls out of ‘X Factor Israel’ jury obligation

By PTI
LOS ANGELES: Record producer and tv persona Simon Cowell has cancelled his scheduled look as a decide on the upcoming season of “The X Factor Israel”.

The 61-year-old music mogul final December signed a deal to function one of many judges on the fourth installment of the Israel model of singing actuality present.

On Sunday, a spokesperson for Reshet, which produces “The X Factor Israel”, instructed Variety that Cowell, who’s the creator of the British unique collection “The X Factor”, was cancelling the looks “for his own reasons”.

Amid rumours of his cancellation final week, a consultant for the community stated that members of Cowell’s workers had reached out with “legitimate concerns” over his participation within the present after the current violence between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, however that on the time he had made no closing resolution.

Representatives for Cowell didn’t reply to a number of requests for remark.

Cowell broke his again in a motorcycle accident final yr and needed to take a break from work for surgical procedure and intensive rehab and restoration.

TV presenter Liron Weizman will host “The X Factor Israel”, which is slated to start capturing this summer time.

In the brand new season, Mizrahi singer Margalit Tzan’ani, singer-songwriter Aviv Geffen, and singer and eurovision 2018 winner Netta Barzilai will function judges.

After Cowell’s exit, a fourth decide is but to be named.

Cowell at present seems as a decide on “America’s Got Talent”.