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Simon Cowell helped jump-start Kelly Clarkson’s career with her win on the first season of American Idol, where he arguably was the most influential judge. Now she is returning the favor by filling in for Cowell as a judge on his NBC reality series America’s Got Talent. Clarkson will serve as a guest judge on this…

2ND UPDATE SUNDAY 6:30 PM: Simon Cowell was in good spirits on Sunday night in his first public comments after the surgery to repair his broken back following an electric bike accident. In a message posted on Twitter and Instagram series of tweets, he shared “some good advice” on safely using an electric bicycle and…

Simon Cowell won’t appear on NBC’s America’s Got Talent‘s first two live shows this season, Tuesday Aug. 11 and Wednesday Aug. 12. The news comes a day as the AGT judge is recuperating from surgery following an accident at his Malibu home. Cowell fell while testing his new electric bike Saturday afternoon. According…

Simon Cowell is to take full control of Got Talent and The X Factor producer Syco Entertainment after agreeing to buy out Sony Music Entertainment's stake in the joint venture. Cowell is personally buying out the stake and the move will give him sole ownership of the entertainment company. It is the result of a…

Louis Tomlinson, a former One Direction member, announced on Twitter today he is parting ways with Simon Cowell’s Syco Music. Tomlinson has been with Syco Music since One Direction’s inception on The X Factor in 2011. Syco Music is a subsidiary of Syco Entertainment, a joint venture by Simon Cowell and Sony…

UPDATED at 10.25AM with a statement from producers: Former The X Factor contestant Misha B has spoken candidly about her experience performing on the Simon Cowell-created talent show, saying that producers foist an ‘”angry black girl narrative” on her. Misha B took part in the 2011 season of The X Factor, at which…

Despite a detailed complaint from Gabrielle Union over alleged misconduct on and off the set of America's Got Talent, a parsing NBC said Thursday that NBC Entertainment chairman Paul Telegdy never directly threatened the former judge on the Simon Cowell-created series. "The allegation that anyone involved in this…

NBC may say it's all over and done with, but Gabrielle Union doesn't think so, and the former America's Got Talent judge is taking Simon Cowell, Universal TV, Syco Entertainment and Fremantle Productions North America to task and likely to court over what really went down on the competition series last season – and…

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…

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…

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…

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…