Mr Nasty's blast from the past

By Clare Dickinson

A shocked Simon Cowell received a call he wasn't expecting on American Idol last night – a woman called Tara phoned up and said she’d been his first kiss!

Cowell, a little flushed, confirmed that Tara Miller was indeed his first kiss. Tara recalled that fateful day: "He'd taken me to the bottom of his garden," says Tara, who now lives in California.

“It was very cute and it was very memorable. We were just kids. We didn't know what we were doing! We used to play spin the bottle... and I got him a lot of the time. It was all good. I hope I didn't embarrass him."

Cowell was left a bit flustered but at least now he knows what it feels like to be under the spotlight.