Simon Cowell Discusses ‘Idol’ Threat

In an explosive behind-the-scenes battle, Simon Cowell was fighting to keep the right to sign ‘American Idol’ winners to his own label. At the same time, he was threatening to sell his new UK talent show ‘X-Factor’ to a network other than FOX. “At one point, everyone was going to end up in court,” Cowell revealed to ‘Extra’. “On the day you’re going into court, you have a decision to make. Do you want to carry on working with each other? Or do you want to fall out? And both of us made a decision very, very quickly we wanted to work together.”