London
(ANI):
Music
mogul
Simon
Cowell
seems
to
have
a
fetish
for
leather,
as
he
spent
20,000
pounds
to
cover
the
walls
of
his
X
Factor
dressing
room
with
it.
A
sneak
peek
revealed
the
suite
to
be
in
grey
and
black,
with
slate-coloured
leather
tiles,
enormous
mirrors,
and
a
huge
bathroom
decked
in
imported
Spanish
marble.
The
room,
on
the
top
floor
of
the
show"s
Fountain
Studios
in
Wembley,
North
London
has
a
5,000-pound
leather
sofa
with
matching
armchairs
and
is
full
of
hand-made,
Italian
mahogany
furniture.It
is
also
filled
with
ashtrays
for
the
smoker,
and
bottles
of
champagne
in
crystal
ice
buckets,
and
car-mad
Cowell
has
stacked
it
with
Top
Gear
magazines
and
adorned
it
with
his
favourite
musical
act
-
Frank
Sinatra.
The
air-conditioned
room
is
also
said
to
be
kept
at
21
degrees,
and
it
is
a
far
cry
from
the
dressing
rooms
that
the
other
judges
and
hosts
Dermot
O"Leary
and
Holly
Willoughby
have.
Sources
claim
even
superstar
guest
acts
like
Whitney
Houston
and
Robbie
Williams
have
inferior
accommodation.
“Simon
is
the
king
when
it
comes
to
the
X
Factor
-
and
so
his
every
wish
is
catered
for," the
Sun
quoted
a
source
as
saying.
“The
room
has
been
designed
to
his
taste,
which
means
no
clutter
and
dark
colours.
Everyone
jokes
that
you
know
when
you"re
part
of
Simon"s
inner
circle
because
he"ll
take
you
to
his
room
for
a
glass
of
bubbly,"
the
source
added.