According to The People, Simon Cowell was recently forced to sit on some cushions so that he didn't look like a shortarse sitting next to Piers Morgan and Amanda Holden at auditions for new reality show Britain's Got Talent. He's apparently 5'9".
The paper quote a source as saying: "Poor Simon looked a bit mortified. He was really embarrassed when they fetched two large cushions for him to sit on. Piers is over 6ft and Amanda is tall for a woman so poor Simon just looked too short in comparison."