Simon Cowell told the Hollywood Reporter he’d leave “American Idol” if the show dipped to No. 2 in the ratings. “Being No. 1 is verging on an obsession with me. I don’t like being No. 2,” he told the trade paper. He also said how he can’t envision doing the same thing for the next five years, calling it “just too depressing,” the publication said.
—Aimee Picchi