London, Sept 10 : Celebrity judge Simon Cowell says he would have flunked The Beatles if they auditioned for The X Factor.

Cowell says he could only be game for the Fab Four if they were Beatles minus drummer Ringo Starr.

He was speaking in a US telly interview with his fellow Britain's Got Talent judge Amanda Holden, 38.

The Daily Star quoted him as saying in an American telly interview: "No, we would have said: `We'll take those three but probably lose the drummer.'

"Ringo, I'm afraid, we would have said is `bad news'." (ANI)