Simon Cowell's Cushion on Britain's Got Talent—See the Pic

Pop tycoon is sitting pretty at the judge's table for his UK talent show thanks to some extra cushioning

By Josh Grossberg Jan 31, 2013 8:40 PMTags
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Catch a rising star indeed!

Unlike that famous ego, it looks like Simon Cowell's seat at the judge's table on Britain's Got Talent requires a little bit of a boost.

The outspoken music-and-TV mogul reportedly uses a booster cushion on his chair, which causes him to tower over fellow panelists Alesha Dixon and Amanda Holden and sit at the same height as 6-foot-2 inch judge David Walliams—this even though the 53-year-old Cowell stands 5 feet 9 inches tall.

Word of the height-helper got out after an audience member took a photo of the cushion at auditions for the reality competition series' seventh edition, which kicked off Jan. 19. "It was a cushion," the judge's rep told the paper.