A taste of his own 薬／医学: 酸性の-tongued X Factor 裁判官 Simon Cowell gets a 厳しい 拒絶 from Fatboy わずかな／ほっそりした over new DJ talent show

By Ryan Smith

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Thanks to the hugely successful empire h e's built over the years, it's probably not often that Simon Cowell's 商売／仕事 ideas get rebuffed.

But the man behind such ratings juggernauts as The X Factor and Britain's Got Talent 攻撃する，衝突する one such つまずくing 封鎖する when he approached Fatboy わずかな／ほっそりした about his new talent show.

Simon has been developing the 近づいている US show Ultimate DJ, which will 捜し出す out the 最高の，を越す aspiring 跡をつける-spinners - and when he approached Fatboy わずかな／ほっそりした with his idea, he was told in no uncertain 条件 that he was far from 利益／興味d.

Not impressed: Fatboy Slim has revealed that he wasn't exactly enthusiastic when Simon Cowell approached him about his upcoming talent show Ultimate DJ

Not impressed: Fatboy わずかな／ほっそりした has 明らかにする／漏らすd that he wasn't 正確に／まさに enthusiastic when Simon Cowell approached him about his 近づいている talent show Ultimate DJ

'Simon Cowell was talking about doing a show and everyone in the 商売／仕事, he 肉親，親類d of started approaching us, and we were like, "F**k off. No - that's a terrible idea!!"' Fatboy わずかな／ほっそりした, real 指名する Norman Cook, told 数字表示式の 秘かに調査する.

'That's the good thing about dance music; it grows organically through drunk people late at night coming up with stupid ideas.

'It's not something that can be scripted or 輸送（する）d into a TV studio."

Flipping the script: Simon has built up a reputation for himself as being quite direct in his critiquing of talent show hopefuls

Flipping the script: Simon has built up a 評判 for himself as 存在 やめる direct in his critiquing of talent show 希望に満ちたs

The Eat Sleep Rave Repeat hitmaker, 51, continued: 'I get 申し込む／申し出d 負担s of TV shows and they're like, "Can you 成し遂げる for five minutes?"

'But DJ-ing takes two hours and an audience. It's not like you can go out there and sing your 最新の song. Because of that, it will always remain わずかに outside the mainstream.

'At the end of the day, it's about taking a big bunch of high people and trying to get them higher, which you can't do on TV.'

Making merry: Fatboy Slim, real name Norman Cook, believes his skills are better reserved for revellers at clubs and parties

Making merry: Fatboy わずかな／ほっそりした, real 指名する Norman Cook, believes his 技術s are better reserved for revellers at clubs and parties

A 解放（する） date for the 近づいている show has yet to be 発表するd.

For now, 54-year-old Simon is focussing on his return to The X Factor later this year after an 延長するd absence while he worked on the now-cancelled US 見解／翻訳／版 of the show.

He will also be joined by show 正規の／正選手 Louis Walsh, new 新採用する Mel B and Cheryl Cole, who left the show in 2011 to work on the American ed ition, only to get canned soon afterwards.

Ready to return: Simon is heading back to The X Factor later this year, after a three-year absence

Ready to return: Simon is 長，率いるing 支援する to The X Factor later this year, after a three-year absence

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