The 57-year-old music producer said the revival of the show will never be able to match the fun of the older times, reported DigitalSpy.
"You can't go back! We had the best of times when we did it. You can't recreate what we had before, you know, it was me and it was Paula (Abdul) and Randy (Jackson) and Ryan (Seacrest) and it was an amazing chemistry there," Cowell told Extra.
"When I hear all this talk about casting judges, I have to be honest with you, I think this is where they have it wrong. It doesn't matter about the judges, it is about the contestants and that is why everything has gone the wrong way right now.
"You know, when we cast 'Idol', it was done so quickly but the only thing that mattered was, 'Do you have the right people to help you find the stars?'" he said.
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