"The X Factor" U.S. executive producer/judge Simon Cowell says he is no longer making predictions for the show in 2011.

Cowell told “Access Hollywood” in an interview that was televised on December 7, 2011: “I’m not making any more predictions anymore, because everything I predict, I’m getting wrong, so I’m going to keep my big mouth shut.”

Cowell did the interview with “X Factor” U.S. judge Paula Abdul. It was the first interview with Cowell and Abdul did together since the controversial elimination of finalist Drew, whom Cowell had been mentoring on the show.