Simon Cowell Named Favorite Reality-TV Villain

He may not sport the Joker’s evil Glasgow smile, or Darth Vader’s menacing voice, but Simon Cowell’s acid tongue is enough to scare the pants off of millions of American TV viewers. The American Idol judge has been voted America’s favorite reality-TV villain, Reuters reports. Cowell, 48, won 39 percent of the vote for favorite villain among over 1.3 million voters who took part in the AOL Television poll, it was announced Thursday. Idol was voted best reality show, with 33 percent of the vote, but co-judge Paula Abdul took home another dubious award: worst reality-TV judge. The FOX music competition also won in the “hottest hook-up” category, for 2008 winner David Cook and second-season alum Kimberly Caldwell, who are dating. Only 14 percent said they’d want to take part in Idol, however. The Amazing Race took that category,... [read full story]