近日，一位「超女」評委因對海選選手說「滾吧」引發網友抨擊。此事讓我們想到了另一位選秀節目評委：西蒙·考威爾（Simon Cowell）。考威爾做過英國《Pop Idol》和美國《American Idol》的評委，以「毒舌」著稱。本期我們奉上考威爾語錄。
讚賞選手：
1. You didn't beat the competition you crushed the competition!
你不是打敗對手，你是碾壓對手！
2. You made the others look like good amateurs... You looked like a returning pro.
跟你一比，其他選手都變成業餘的了……你就像老將回歸歌壇。
3. There are no airs and graces about her... I like her.
她表現得非常自然不做作……我喜歡她。
4. I'm absolutely gob-smacked. I never, in a million, billion years thought that you were going to sing like that. You could sell a lot of records.
你驚到我了。我一點兒、一丁點兒都沒想到你能唱這麼好。你將來的唱片一定會大賣。
鼓勵選手：
5. Come back and wow us next year.
明年再來，用你的歌聲驚豔我們。
無情吐槽：
6. If your lifeguard duties were as good as your singing, a lot of people would be drowning.
如果你是個救生員，而且你的技能跟唱歌水平一樣，那估計很多人都要淹死了。
7. I think the audience at home deserves better than that.
唱成這樣，你對得起坐在電視機前的觀眾麼。
8. It was like ordering a hamburger and getting only the buns.
這就好比我明明點的是漢堡，結果你給我送來的是麵包。
說自己的點評哲學：
9. Not everybody is perfect, and I don't think we should be looking for perfect people.
沒有人是完美的，我覺得我們並不是在尋找完美的人。
10. The object of this competition is not to be mean to the losers but to find a winner.
這個選拔的目標不是羞辱落選者，而是找到晉級者。
11. What other people think about me is none of my business.
別人怎麼看我，與我無關。
（中國日報網英語點津 杜娟）