Hollywood Life: Simon Cowell: ‘The X Factor’s’ Tate Stevens Is The New Garth Brooks

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Simon Cowell: 'The X Factor's' Tate Stevens Is The New Garth Brooks Dec 21st 2012, 13:41 Tate is already hard at work on his debut album and according to Simon, the right person won the competition on Dec. 20. The X Factor crowned a winner last night with country music sensation Tate Stevens. While the voting seemed divided before the Dec. 20 finale, judge and series creator Simon Cowell feels the right contestant won the $5 million recording contract. When asked if Tate was the right person to win, Simon said, "I have to say yes. There are times on these shows when you think, 'Oh god after all this time the wrong person won' - but you know, when he sang that song at the end and you hear how good his voice is and his story, you could not NOT root for him. I think America got it right. It's a great ending." "I look at him and Carly, one is 13 years old and the other is 37 and married with kids, my heart says it has to go to him because he needs it more than she does," Simon added. When can we expect an album from Tate? "It has to come out by July/August next year. But they've already started working Media files: tate-stevens-garth-brooks-simon-cowell-ftr crogershl

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