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NBC confirmed yesterday what has been rumored since last Month: Sharon Osbourne will replace Brandy as a judge on America’s Got Talent 2. Neither network VP Craig Plestis nor the press release mention that Brandy has basically been fired. “Sharon Osbourne is show business personified and she has seen and done it all. She will …

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Sharon Osbourne’s publicist denied a report that she’ll leave The X Factor, but another report says she may join America’s Got Talent 2 in the US, replacing Brandy. Citing “[i]nside sources connected to the production,” Televisionary reported Friday that producers “will be replacing beleaguered judge Brandy, currently embroiled in legal problems– both criminal and civil–stemming …

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NBC’s second season of America’s Got Talent will have an unlikely new host: Jerry Springer. He replaces Regis Philbin, who hosted the first season. However, Philbin wasn’t fired. Instead, according to the AP, Regis “opted not to return … because of the ‘heavy travel schedule’ involved with the show’s tapings in Los Angeles,” according to …

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America’s Got Talent is fattening up for its second season, which is now casting, but adding “expanded audition episodes” and “a new ‘boot camp’ phase of the competition,” according to NBC. The show will follow in American Idol‘s footsteps and add more audition episodes, and those will include “more personal stories on the contestants.” Let’s …

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