Simon Cowell threatens to bring X Factor back to screens after axing it a year ago

Simon Cowell and his fellow judges on “Britain’s Got Talent” have watched hundreds upon hundreds of acts, but it’s safe to say they hadn’t seen anything like The Witch.

Simon Cowell has said that his hit talent show, America’s Got Talent, will air a tribute to singer Nightbirde, aka Jane Marczewski, who sadly passed away, aged 31, after a five year battle with cancer. The talented singer appeared on the 16th series of the show, which aired in 2021, and stunned the judges and audience whilst performing her own song titled It’s Okay. Her incredible performance prompted Simon Cowell to press the coveted Golden Buzzer, which ensured her place in the final of the show.

Simon Cowell has revealed that the late America's Got Talent singer Nightbirde, whose 2021 performance went viral, will be given a special mention in this summer's live shows. The head judge and show boss is working out how the tribute will work following Jane Marczewski's cancer death in February, aged just 31.Asked about Nightbirde at the AGT Media launch in LA, Cowell confirmed plans are in place.

X Factor legend Wagner has compared TV boss Simon Cowell to "horrible" presenter Jeremy Kyle.The singer, 66, chatted exclusively to the Daily Star and explained in detail why he thought the ITV singing show came to an end.Wagner starred on the show in 2010 and came sixth in the competition and was coined the series' novelty act.During a Facebook Live tell-all, He opened up that he thought the show finished for a couple of reasons.He said: "How come the most successful TV in the UK all of a sudden faded away? I think two things contributed."One, the fact that they didn't have a million-pound recording contract to offer anymore because you can't make money selling records anymore, everything changed. "People don't buy records anymore, so the X Factor didn't have a huge prize to offer to the winner.

Britain's Got Talent fans are speculating about The Witch's identity after a shocking prank pulled on Saturday night's episode.

Britain's Got Talent fans have been speculating as to who they think is under the costume of "The Witch", a frightening character that appeared on the ITV talent show.The contestant is difficult to identify under all of the facial prosthetics that were used as part of the costume.The Witch scared the living daylights out of the judges, Simon Cowell, Amanda Holden, Alesha Dixon and David Walliams.The contestant handed out apples from a sinister sack and handed Amanda a pristine one in her hand, which The Witch crushed up to reveal creepy crawly maggots and cockroaches.Alesha jumped out of her seat as the creatures splattered across the judges' desk.The terrifyingly brilliant performance and disguised identity of The Witch had viewers racing to social media to discuss who they thought could be playing the part. Many suggested that it could be either of the BGT hosts, Ant McPartlin or Dec Donnelly."I think ‘The Witch’ is @antanddec Dec in disguise!" wrote one person.

Simon Cowell has returned for the 15th series of Britain’s Got Talent, alongside Amanda Holden, Alesha Dixon and David Walliams.

Britain's Got Talent viewers have shared their thoughts on who they think is behind The Witch's facial prosthetics. Scaring the living daylights out of judges Simon Cowell, Amanda Holden, Alesha Dixon and David Walliams, the contestant - who simply referred to themselves as 'The Witch' - made their way down to where the judges were sat as Simon looked petrified.They then proceeded to hand out apples to David, Alesha and lastly Amanda as they continued to recite a creepy chant. Eventually Amanda had two apples in her hand and, as The Witch's terrifying third arm came out of their body and smashed one of the apples up, maggots and cockroaches scattered the judge's desk, sparking Alesha to jump out of her seat.

Britain's Got Talent champ Jai McDowall has insisted his past feud with Simon Cowell is "water under the bridge", after the pair had an emotional backstage reunion.The Scottish singer revealed he was fighting back tears when he finally reunited with the music mogul off stage at Britain's Got Talent: The Champions in 2019.Jai won the 2011 series of the ITV talent show, which earned him a £100,000 cash prize and a slot at the Royal Variety Performance.He then signed to Simon's global record label Syco Music and released his debut album Believe before being dropped from the record giant a year later.Simon initially said he had been "disappointed" with Jai's progress and added: "He wasn't one of our best ones."Jai later hit back at the BGT boss by branding him "anti-Scottish" after another Scottish star was ejected from the show.Speaking exclusively to Daily Star, Jai revealed he has patched things up with Simon and had to fight back tears when he reunited with the judge in 2019.He buried the hatchet with Simon when he starred on BGT: The Champions in 2019, which saw past champs like Jai dazzle the judges once more after winning the show.He also left fans swooning with his hunky transformation on the legends show, which peaked the interest of his pals.Asked if it was all water under the bridge, Jai said: "Now, thankfully it is. It was one of those things years ago where I was doing interviews for the Daily Record, I think."The last Scottish person had been put out the competition so there was a lot of things said.

Simon Cowell has been open about his use of fillers and Botox in the past, but in a new interview has admitted that he's "gone a bit too far" with the tweakments.The Britain's Got Talent boss, 61, now claims that he has stopped the treatments altogether after failing to recognise himself."There was a stage where I might have gone a bit too far," the Britain's Got Talent judge confessed."I saw a picture of me from ‘before’ the other day and didn’t recognise it as me.”"I looked like something out of a horror film,” he continued.“[My son] Eric was in hysterics [so] enough was enough."Simon went on to explain that his face is now completely natural.He added to the Sun: "There is no filler in my face at all now. Zero.”Since Simon confessed to over-using addressed his use of Botox and fillers, skin specialists have analysed his look and concluded that they had left his face with a "sad appearance".Inspecting a 2006 photo of him, expert Dr Sarah Tonks stated: "At 46 there [wasn't] a line on his forehead.

Britain’s Got Talent will tonight (April 30) show an explosively terrifying audition where a witch caused utter chaos on stage. Alesha Dixon and Amanda Holden were terrified of the act, leaving them both screaming, and Alesha running offset.

Britain's Got Talent has been entertaining the nation since it first burst onto our screens in June 2007.Showcasing an array of talented musicians, comedians, dance acts and several more, the show has proven to be popular weekend entertainment amongst Brits, as the auditionees continue to wow audiences until the nail-biting final.Following the success of America's Got Talent which premiered the year before, BGT has gone on to create household names such as Diversity's frontman Ashely Banjo, singer Susan Boyle and dancer George Sampson.But despite the programme's ever-growing success, many viewers are completely unaware of the changes that have been made along the way with the presenters and the original judges.However, what may come as more of a surprise is the fact that Paul O'Grady was originally scheduled to host the entire show.With broadcaster bust-ups and last-minute changes at the time, Daily Star has taken a look at what happened to the original format.Britain's Got Talent producers clearly had a very different agenda when they were first presented with the idea of the new show by Simon Cowell in 2005.X Factor judge Simon wanted to make sure the programme followed a similar format to the British talent show Opportunity Knocks which aired during the 1950s.However, ITV producers feared the talent show wouldn't work unless comedian Paul O'Grady fronted it.But Paul wasn't the only major change that was later introduced to the show. A few years back, audiences became familiar with original BGT judges Amanda Holden, Piers Morgan and Simon.

Britain’s Got Talent alongside his best friend Krista Hyatt.While the pair won the hearts of the nation with their dance routine under the moniker of Cheeky Monkeys they didn't manage to win the show but that hasn't held Charlie back.The 23-year-old has now managed to find fame and success in his own right working as a model, influencer and performer.Charlie has travelled the world partying with many famous faces and being paid thousands of pounds to do it.Talking to The Sun about his time on Britain's Got Talent Charlie said: “I have such amazing memories, sometimes it’s crazy to look back at it because it’s wild. The whole country was rooting for us.“I spent a lot of time with Simon Cowell, I love him.

X Factor legend Stevi Ritchie has opened up his show experience and his thoughts toward his old TV mentor.The singer came sixth in the ITV competition back in 2014 and praises Simon Cowell for helping his career.Stevi chatted exclusively to showbiz reporter Carly Hacon during a Daily Star Facebook tell-all about the show and everything he's been up to since.Talking about his thoughts on Simon's lifestyle and transformation eight years on since he was mentored by him, Stevi said: "He's vegan now isn't he, or vegetarian, one of them. It's like bloody hell I think some vegans can't even put their hands up because they're too weak to do it.

HE won the hearts of the nation when he auditioned for Britain's Got Talent in 2012 with a self-penned song about a friend he fancied. Dubliner Ryan O'Shaughnessy was a fresh faced young 19 year-old a decade ago when he made his TV debut on the ITV smash- but he looks very different now.

Geordie Shore star Abbie Holborn has unveiled that her father Craig Holborn had known Simon Cowell "for years" before he had auditioned for Britain's Got Talent. The 24-year-old bombshell, who recently started her own clothing range Festi Girl, explained that the ITV judge and her dad's relationship began "ten years" before he took to the stage.

Ant McPartlin is seen by a medic after cutting his head on a coconut in an unseen Britain's Got Talent clip shared by the ITV show on Thursday. In the video, it sees Ant, 46, determined to crack open a coconut after an act uses the fruit during their audition on stage to impress judges Amanda Holden, Alesha Dixon, Simon Cowell and David Walliams.

Britain's Got Talent star Callum Oakley looks unrecognisable 10 years after he impressed the ITV judges with his comedy.The 27-year-old funny man auditioned in the sixth series of the show in 2012 and made it all the way to the semi-finals.Callum, who made his TV debut as a 16-year-old comedian, appeared on the show looking fresh-faced without any facial hair and looking dapper in a chic shirt and blazer.More than a decade later and Callum looks completely different. The BGT star now dons a fair amount of facial hair as recent snaps reveal his chiselled jaw-line and well-groomed appearance.In one recent snap, the comedian is seen looking very dashing as he poses for a selfie alongside the shore while rocking a red beanie and sweet smile.In 2012, the handsome chap took the nation by storm with his hilarious performance filled with witty jokes as he quickly became a favourite.

Sharon Osbourne has previously spoken out against her former X Factor co-star and fellow judge Simon Cowell after she claimed he let her go because she was “too old”.The 69-year-old left the show in 2019 and spoke about the move on her show The Talk.The presenter, who is married to rock star Ozzy Osbourne, was friends with Simon Cowell for many years before their altercation.Sharon and Simon appeared on The X Factor with fellow long serving judge and music mogul Louis Walsh.The fourth spot on the show was reserved mainly for guest judges, most notably Cheryl Cole and Dannii Minogue.Read on to discover how Sharon and Simon’s friendship hit the rocks after he booted her from the show.Sharon admitted that she was asked to judge The Masked Singer but rejected the offer as she was due to return to the UK version of The X Factor.However, she was unable to fulfil either role after Simon stopped her from coming back to judge the popular singing competition.She spoke about the situation: “I was signed on to do another show at the time. I was signed and I had to go to England, then Simon Cowell changed his mind and thought I was too old.”Sharon claims he said: “She’s old.

Britain's Got Talent champ Jai McDowall has dished on his hunky transformation over a decade after winning the ITV talent show - and why he now feels more confident than ever.The Scottish singer-songwriter won the fifth series of Britain's Got Talent back in 2011, which bagged him £100,000 and a performing slot at the 2011 Royal Variety Performance.Jai narrowly beat bookies' favourite Ronan Parke after dazzling the nation with his singing voice as well as then-judges Simon Cowell, Amanda Holden, Michael McIntyre and David Hasselhoff.Since leaving the show, Jai's kept himself busy with a handful of projects, such as touring the UK with his star-studded theatre show Les Musicals with G4 frontman Jonathan Ansell.However, some fans might be wondering what the Scottish hunk looks like these days, given it's been over a decade since he first walked onto the stage to audition for the BGT judges.Jai spoke exclusively to Daily Star's Sam Huntley about nose surgery, fawning fans, and why he feels more confident in his appearance.He had fans swooning over his epic new look when he appeared on Britain's Got Talent: The Champions in 2019, a moment published in an array of outlets at the time.And it turns out Jai was surprised by his friends who messaged him about the news stories.Asked if he saw the comments, Jai said: "My friends did and sent it to me being like 'have you seen this?', and I was like 'no, because I don't Google myself!', but yeah I've got a few of that.

Britain's Got Talent reportedly had a joke cut out of Saturday night's show (April 23) in which David Walliams poked fun at Simon Cowell's real age. The 62-year-old music mogul, who heads up the judging panel on BGT, allegedly asked for the cheeky jibe to be slashed from the final edit of Saturday night's show – weeks after it made its return to our telly screens.