Simon Cowell Calls 2011 A Massive Wake-Up Call

First Launched: The month of the month of january 20, 2012 4:03 PM EST Credit: Access Hollywood Caption Simon Cowell Dishes On Gossips Howard Stern Joining Americas Got TalentLONDON, Uk -- Simon Cowell is showing his humble side, acknowledging with a British tabloid he was cocky and smug in predicting his shows, like the X Factor, may have huge ratings this season. Most of us got just a little smug a year ago, I certainly got a tad too cocky. I ended 2010 around the real high, he told the UKs The Sun's Sun rays newspaper. The reality television judge and producer mentioned the success this season in the Uk version in the X Factor introduced him for you to get greater wants his other projects including, initially predicting the inaugural season in the show stateside would score 20 million audiences. I did so get too arrogant, everyone does. If you have a very good year like I did so this season you have a little cocky. You think you are great, then you definitely certainly get a bit of the smack, he mentioned. We went into 2011 thinking, Its all apt to be easy as well as it wasnt. It absolutely was a massive wake-up call, he added. Youre within reach of everyone which is very unpredictable. The X Factors moderate ratings stateside, which introduced among 8-12.5 million audiences an instalment, was one factor that introduced Simon to earth. A year ago was the season my ego was devote check, yes. It wasnt an awful year, but 2010 was spectacular, he mentioned. Copyright 2012 by NBC Universal, Corporation. All rights reserved. These elements is probably not launched, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.