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Simon Cowell’s ‘The Greatest Dancer’ Canceled By The BBC After Two Seasons
Simon Cowell’s dance competition series The Greatest Dancer has been canceled by BBC One after two seasons.
The Syco and Fremantle show sees dancers competing by performing a routine in front of a mirror, which opens up to reveal the audience if they secure enough votes.
It was hosted by Alesha Dixon and Jordan Banjo…
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Fremantle & Simon Cowell’s Syco Are Adapting ‘The Greatest Dancer’ For China’s Dragon TV
Fremantle and Syco Entertainment’s BBC One dance format The Greatest Dancer is being remade in China after the production companies inked a deal to adapt the format at the height of the coronavirus pandemic.
Fremantle and Simon Cowell’s Syco have teamed with Shanghai Media Group to develop The Magnificent Dancer for…
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‘Britain’s Got Talent’ Live Finals Pushed Back By ITV Amid Coronavirus Chaos
Coronavirus has forced Simon Cowell to change his plans for Britain’s Got Talent on ITV.
Fresh from signing a new five-year deal in 2019, the variety format is due to return for its 14th season next month. ITV has confirmed that it will begin broadcasting the audition rounds “in the next few weeks,” but said that…
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Sofia Vergara Joins ‘America’s Got Talent’ As New Judge, Heidi Klum Returns To Mothership Series
NBC’s America’s Got Talent has filled its two vacant judge chairs. Modern Family star Sofia Vergara is joining the hit summer reality series as a new judge for its upcoming 15th season. Additionally, Heidi Klum, who was a judge on AGT for six seasons, from 2013-2018, is coming back. They are being joined by returning…
Simon Cowell Strikes Publishing Deal With Hachette Children’s Group For Kids’ Book Series ‘Wishfits’
The X Factor and Got Talent creator Simon Cowell is moving into the kids' business after striking a publishing deal with Hachette Children's Group for a book series.
Cowell and his six-year old son Eric are working on Wishfits, a series of seven books that follow "magical and unusual" creatures including pig/sheep…
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Simon Cowell To Rest ‘The X Factor’ Until 2021 In The UK
The X Factor won’t air on ITV in the UK this year as Simon Cowell figures out how to breathe new life into his once all-conquering talent show.
Cowell recently signed a five-year deal with ITV for Britain’s Got Talent and The X Factor, with the plan being to broadcast a final season of the latter in 2020. But Cowell…
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Simon Cowell Signs Record Five-Year Deal For ‘Britain’s Got Talent’ With ITV
Simon Cowell has put pen to paper on a new five-year deal for Britain’s Got Talent with UK broadcaster ITV.
It represents ITV’s longest commitment to the variety show since it launched in 2007 in the UK, and comes as America’s Got Talent is mired in controversy amid an NBC investigation into working conditions.
Britain…
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Simon Cowell Set To Sign Record ‘Britain’s Got Talent’ Deal Amid ‘America’s Got Talent’ Investigation
Simon Cowell is on the brink of inking a record deal for Britain’s Got Talent, as NBC investigates the workplace culture on the U.S. version of the show, America’s Got Talent.
A source said Cowell is in the final stages of talks with ITV over a new five-year agreement for the variety show, which will be the longest…
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Simon Cowell Retains High-Profile Hollywood Lawyer Amid ‘America’s Got Talent’ Investigation
Simon Cowell is beefing up his legal team amid NBC’s investigation into Gabrielle Union’s complaints of a "toxic" workplace culture at America’s Got Talent.
Cowell — who created the series and serves as an executive producer — retained Los Angeles-based litigator Larry Stein late last week, a source close to the…
Simon Cowell At Center Of NBC “Further Investigation” After Meeting With Gabrielle Union Over ‘America’s Got Talent’
UPDATE, 3:05 PM: Now both NBC and Gabrielle Union are calling their sit down yesterday over America’s Got Talent “productive,” but it looks like all roads could lead to Simon Cowell.
“The initial conversation was candid and productive,” said the network this afternoon after a nearly five-hour meeting on Tuesday about…
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Gabrielle Union To Meet With NBC Soon On ‘America’s Got Talent’s “Toxicity”, Will Not Return As Judge
EXCLUSIVE: Gabrielle Union is set to sit down with NBC this week over what really happened on America's Got Talent and why she was sacked from the Simon Cowell-created show. The purpose of the meeting is to improve the culture and atmosphere on the competition series, however, and Union will not be returning to AGT…
Howard Stern Blasts ‘America’s Got Talent’ Creator Simon Cowell As Orchestrator Of Gabrielle Union Firing
Former America’s Got Talent judge Howard Stern is blasting the show’s creator and judge Simon Cowell for NBC’s firing of Gabrielle Union and Julianne Hough from the competition series, bluntly stating that Cowell “orchestrated” the explosive situation.
Stern, after admitting he has never heard of Union, addressed the…
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