Simon Cowell’s Sale of the Century

Oh the things they find in video vaults!

A former contestant on the UK’s Sale of the Century was digging through her old videotapes when she noticed that in her appearance on the old game show, she had been beaten by a record company executive named Simon Cowell.

The 1990 episode shows a smart, cheerful, and fresh-faced Cowell years before he became the famous American Idol judge.

In the episode Cowell becomes champ, but only wins a bunch of kitchen utensils. There’s a clip you can see, here. And you will also see that the Brits Sale was heavily based on Tony Barber’s wining format too.

Thanks to The Sun, UK.