Fans of Good Morning Britain were all buzzing about Simon Cowell's appearance on the show as he searches for fresh talent.The music mogul has plans to form a brand new boy band that could reach the heights of One Direction.
He announced that auditions will be taking place over the weekend at the Atlantic Pavilion in Royal Albert Dock.Discussing his plans to create a new group, Simon appeared on ITV's popular breakfast show GMB in a pre-recorded interview with entertainment presenter Richard Arnold.
Simon kicked off by saying: "I'm looking for another band because there isn't one. I mean there are K-Pop bands but in terms of UK bands like One Direction, there hasn't been one in all that time.""They don't knock on your door so there is only one way of doing it, you have to go out in cities and hope that people will turn up and audition.
We thought that we would document the whole thing so if it works or it doesn't you will be able to see everything."Richard asked: "Why a boy band in particular?" before Simon explained: "I thought we could either do a boy band or a girl band and I thought let's start with a boy band."Richard queried, "What will the audition process look like?" to which Simon responded: "I didn't want to set it up as there is a desk we made and we are going to sit behind it or have the singer trying to find other singers, it's much more about people I have worked with over the years and have had a lot of success who will be there to help me."He went on to say: "I'm not going to lie, I am nervous - nervous like going on a rollercoaster.
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