Simon Cowell: The Next Act

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Season 1
  • Network: Netflix
  • Series Premiere Date: Dec 10, 2025
Metascore
36

Generally unfavorable reviews - based on 4 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 0 out of 4
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 4
  3. Negative: 2 out of 4

Critic Reviews

  1. The Guardian
    Reviewed by: Stuart Heritage
    Dec 10, 2025
    20
    The star of this show is Cowell and Cowell alone. The group – all the identically haired 16-year-olds who did most of the work – are presented as an afterthought.
  2. The Telegraph
    Reviewed by: Anita Singh
    Dec 10, 2025
    20
    A show so dated and derivative that it’s as if the last 20 years never happened. But it’s easy to see why Cowell wanted to make it. This is a vanity project from a man desperate for relevance and deeply bored.