Cowell: 'Bob Dylan is boring'

Simon Cowell would be devastated if one series of US TV contest American Idol yielded him 10 Bob Dylans - because he thinks the veteran singer/songwriter is boring.

The sharp-tongued British judge admits he prefers American Idol winner Kelly Clarkson's music to the legendary Dylan's output.

He says: "If I had 10 Dylans in the final of American Idol we would not get 30 million viewers. I don't believe Bob Dylan would make American Idol better show. A singing poet? It just bores me to tears. I prefer Kelly's music to Dylan's."