Popjustice
  • Home
    • Briefing archive
  • Features
  • Playlists
  • Get Popjustice emails
  • About Popjustice
    • About
    • Popjustice: Est 2000
    • The Popjustice Twenty Quid Music Prize
  • Contact
    • General contact details
    • Submit music
  • Forum
Recent Posts
  • Congratulations to Charli XCX and Lorde: winners of the 2024 Popjustice Twenty Quid Music Prize
  • The 2024 Twenty Quid Music Prize: Shortlist
  • The 2023 Popjustice Twenty Quid Music Prize: Shortlist
  • Fine, let's do a Substack then.
  • The 2022 Popjustice Twenty Quid Music Prize: shortlist
Hello! In theory you should only be seeing this if you're using a mobile or tablet. How's the site looking? If anything's wonky click here and tell us so we can fix it. Thanks! x
Popjustice
  • Briefing
  • Features
  • Playlists
    • New Music Friday: The Popjustice Edit
    • Big Hit Energy
    • 21st Century Pop
    • 2018% Solid Pop Music
    • Full archive
  • About
    • About Popjustice
    • Contacting Popjustice
    • Send music
    • Popjustice: Est 2000
    • The Popjustice Twenty Quid Music Prize
  • Forum
  • The News

Simon Cowell's DJ Idol thing isn't happening any more :(

  • October 1, 2012
  • Brad O'Mance

According to the New York Post, Simon Cowell's search for a DJ Idol or the person with the Decks Factor or whatever it was has been scrapped.

It was reported in January that Cowell was in talks to produce a TV talent show that would aim to find a new DJ 'sensation', with Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith's pro­duc­tion company Overbrook Entertainment also involved.

Rumours are that the two enter­tain­ment titans couldn't decide who should get top billing on the credits, so the whole thing has come to an unedi­fy­ing end.

"It’s not happening anymore because of Simon," a fairly blunt 'source' explained. "There were some deal points that couldn’t be worked out, and Sony and Overbrook walked away."

Well all's well that ends well, we suppose.

  • simon cowell
  • Will Smith
Previous Article
  • The News

PSY's Number One on the singles chart and bloody Mumford & Sons are album 'chart-toppers' this week

  • October 1, 2012
  • Brad O'Mance
Have a read
Next Article
  • The News

Robbie Williams is playing some 'gigs' at the 02 in November

  • October 1, 2012
  • Brad O'Mance
Have a read
Further listening
Greatest hits
  • Nicola Roberts interview: "I feel like I discovered the singing again"
  • Calvin Harris interview: "I don’t work on anyone else’s songs any more. I’ve had enough of all that"
  • Halsey interview: "I don't believe people who say they're themselves all the time"
Further reading
  • 1
    Congratulations to Charli XCX and Lorde: winners of the 2024 Popjustice Twenty Quid Music Prize
  • 2
    The 2024 Twenty Quid Music Prize: Shortlist
  • 3
    The 2023 Popjustice Twenty Quid Music Prize: Shortlist
  • 4
    Fine, let's do a Substack then.
  • 5
    The 2022 Popjustice Twenty Quid Music Prize: shortlist
  • 6
    2021 Popjustice Twenty Quid Music Prize: Laura Mvula wins
Est 2000. Still going.
Socials

 Spotify
 Facebook
 Twitter
 Instagram
 Soundcloud

'Quick links'

About Popjustice
Contact Popjustice
Sign up for the newsletter 
Submit music
Est 2000
Twenty Quid Music Prize 

Playlists

21st Century Pop 
New Music Friday: The Popjustice Edit 
2018% Solid Pop Music 
The Sound Of Popjustice 
Playlist archive

© 2020 Popjustice Ltd. Scrolled to the bottom now you're here
  • Privacy, Ts & Cs, cookies etc
  • Corrections

Input your search keywords and press Enter.