Beatles would have failed X Factor auditions, Cowell

London (ANI): Celebrity judge Simon Cowell says he would have flunked The Beatles if they auditioned for The X Factor. Cowell says he could only be game for the Fab Four if they were Beatles minus drummer Ringo Starr.

He was speaking in a US telly interview with his fellow Britain's Got Talent judge Amanda Holden, 38. The Daily Star quoted him as saying in an American telly interview: "No, we would have said: 'We'll take those three but probably lose the drummer. Ringo, I'm afraid, we would have said is bad news."