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Simon Cowell’s talent competition may launch a global special–titled World’s Got Talent, of course–that would air next summer on NBC, ITV, and elsewhere, and include acts from various international editions, including America’s Got Talent. The series would “[feature] contestants picked from more than 80 countries staging Got Talent shows” and “be held at London’s Royal… continue reading

America’s Got Talent‘s first-season winner, Bianca Ryan, releases her self-titled debut album today. She’s 12. It’s okay to hate her a little. Although she’s not yet a teenager, she’s already learning how to be a media whore. Her “media blitz” will find her “[a]ppearing on Today, Ellen DeGeneres and The Oprah Winfrey Show,” and later… continue reading

The winner of America’s Got Talent, Bianca Ryan, has signed a record contract with Columbia Records/SYCO. The “12-year-old’s first album is slated for a Nov. 14 release, the same date that debut albums from American Idol winner Taylor Hicks and finalists Katharine McPhee and Kellie Pickler have been scheduled to drop,” according to E! Online…. continue reading

An 11-year-old has won America’s Got Talent, taking the $1 million prize. Bianca was easily the favorite, and Piers Morgan noted this Wednesday, telling her, “I think you’re going to win the competition,” and David Hasselhoff echoed that, calling her “the best in this competition.” When Regis Philbin announced her victory, Bianca, who sings like… continue reading

America’s Got Talent judge David Hasselhoff, who is now going by “The Hoff,” says he might quit the show before its second season. Asked by Newsweek if he’ll return, he said, “I don’t know. This is not my cup of tea.” He doesn’t elaborate about why being on a cheesy show is somehow not his… continue reading

NBC’s summertime talent search series debuted strongly on Wednesday. It was watched by an average of 12.4 million viewers, which “marked NBC’s strongest Nielsen performance in the Wednesday 9-11 p.m. time slot since April 2005, excluding the network’s Winter Olympics coverage this year,” according to the AP. The AP notes that it had a better… continue reading

NBC debuts America’s Got Talent tonight at 9 p.m. ET, adding yet another talent search reality TV show to the lineup of unwatched talent search reality TV shows. The Simon Cowell-produced talent search show won’t feature the acerbic Brit as a judge, but it will feature another acerbic Brit as a judge, Piers Morgan. Joining… continue reading

As part of Simon Cowell’s barrage of talent-based competitions, NBC will air America’s Got Talent this summer. The show is a “search for the hottest variety and novelty acts from across the country,” according to NBC, and not surprisingly, the viewer-selected winner gets $1 million. As we saw with the fetid waste of an opportunity… continue reading

Simon Cowell will produce yet another Idol knock-off show, bringing his total of new audience-voting talent shows to three. (He’s also planning American Inventor for ABC and Duets for FOX.) The new series will air this summer on NBC and will allow viewers to “vote on which amateur performer is ready to be showcased in… continue reading