Simon Cowell opened up on how he feels about American Idol's last hoorah.

As the series comes to a close in just a couple of days, Cowell dished to Variety in Tuesday's report on what it was like to be part of the show as a judge for so many years before moving into other projects.

As it turns out, Idol hasn't been a part of his life much at all lately since he hasn't been up to date on it

"To be honest with you, I haven't seen it in a couple of years so I don't really have an opinion on it," Cowell said.

He added that he "wasn't surprised" upon finding out that the show would come to its final season.

"No one can complain after 15 years. It's had a fantastic run, great memories. For me, I had the best time of my life. But then, you move on and other things come along."

Cowell has moved on to other reality competitions, including Britain's Got Talent and The X Factor. Now he'll be taking his critiques in the new season of America's Got Talent, something he's really looking forward to.

"Funny enough, this reminds me of when I was on Idol in around about 2003 and 2004, when it was so much fun and there was just this great energy on the show on those couple of years," he said. "When I came and did this show, after a few days, I thought 'this reminds me of the same thing'- it's fun, it's crazy, the panel is great. There's an energy that reminds me of that."

The final episode of American Idol airs on Thursday, April 7 at 8 p.m. ET on FOX.

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