{"id":287667,"date":"2011-03-03T09:03:25","date_gmt":"2011-03-03T09:03:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/03\/simon-cowell-demands-last-minute-youtube-auditions-ahead-of-start-of-britains-got-talent-live-shows\/"},"modified":"2011-03-03T09:03:25","modified_gmt":"2011-03-03T09:03:25","slug":"simon-cowell-demands-last-minute-youtube-auditions-ahead-of-start-of-britains-got-talent-live-shows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/03\/simon-cowell-demands-last-minute-youtube-auditions-ahead-of-start-of-britains-got-talent-live-shows\/","title":{"rendered":"Simon Cowell &#8216;demands last minute YouTube auditions&#8217; ahead of start of Britain&#8217;s Got Talent  live shows"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div readability=\"121.321359846\">\n<!-- google_ad_section_start(name=s2) --><\/p>\n<p>\nBy<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/home\/search.html?s=y&#038;authornamef=Jody+Thompson\" rel=\"nofollow\">Jody Thompson<\/a><br \/>Last updated at 9:03 AM on 3rd March 2011<\/p>\n<p>Simon Cowell has reportedly ordered extra auditions for Britain&#8217;s Got Talent, including asking for wannabes to enter via YouTube, just weeks before this year&#8217;s show goes on air.<\/p>\n<p>The news has lead to fears that the quality of this year&#8217;s entrants is down and that the judges have yet to uncover a talent to equal Paul Potts, Spellbound, Susan Boyle of Diversity.<\/p>\n<p>Simon, 51, who is executive producer of BGT, ordered the massive shake-up despite the show being scheduled to start next month.<\/p>\n<div readability=\"10\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/d54b83f9310_468x400.jpg\" width=\"468\" height=\"400\" alt=\"Rethink: Simon Cowell, who was on The Tonight Show With Jay Leno in the U.S. last night, is said to have asked for more last minute \" class=\"blkBorder\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Rethink: Simon Cowell, who was on The Tonight Show With Jay Leno in the U.S. last night, is said to have asked for more last minute <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>He&#8217;s stepped down from being a judge during the audition process &#8211; and has been replaced by David Hasselhoff &#8211; to concentrate on launching X Factor USA later this year.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>However, he is due to return to the show when the live finals get underway next month.<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Star reports a show source as saying: &#8216;Cowell\u2019s announcement is going to turn the show on its head.&#8217;<\/p>\n<div readability=\"8\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/8fa17e1d776_468x362.jpg\" width=\"468\" height=\"362\" alt=\"Wannabes: The show's head honcho is said to be disappointed by the standard of auditions so far this year \" class=\"blkBorder\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Wannabes: The show&#8217;s head honcho is said to be disappointed by the standard of auditions so far this year <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The paper says Cowell now wants more potential acts to audition via YouTube, then judges David Hasselhoff, 58, Michael McIntyre, 34, and Amanda Holden, 40, will have to trawl through the clips. <\/p>\n<p>Any promising fresh acts will then be added to the ones already chosen by the judges for the live semis on ITV when the show returns to our screens. <\/p>\n<p>The stunt was tried and tested on America\u2019s Got Talent last year and proved a hit.<\/p>\n<p>Ten-year-old singing sensation Jackie Evancho applied online and was eventually voted the show\u2019s runner-up.<\/p>\n<div readability=\"8\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/34a110c4296_468x286.jpg\" width=\"468\" height=\"286\" alt=\"Success: Cowell is hoping to uncover a show superstar on a Susan Boyle-style scale via YouTube auditions \" class=\"blkBorder\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Success: Cowell is hoping to uncover a show superstar on a Susan Boyle-style scale via YouTube auditions <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Simon it thought to secretly hoping he&#8217;ll be able to find the next Justin Bieber, who shot to fame via the video-hosting site.<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Mail revealed in January that show bosses were allowing acts to send in show reels via YouTube this year rather than complete an initial audition to speed up the process for acts producers saw as &#8216;better quality.&#8217; <\/p>\n<p>One up-and-coming magician, who asked not to be named, was sent an email from a researcher inviting him on the show which said: \u2018To make applications easier for people \u2014 especially at this busy time of year \u2014 we\u2019re now accepting \u00adshowreels in lieu of an initial audition.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018If you were interested all you would need to do is forward me a YouTube link or DVD of the type of act you would do for the judges if you got to the theatre. If you then got through to the Live Finals you wouldn\u2019t be needed until the first week of May \u2014 so the series really doesn\u2019t take up too much time from your diary.\u2019<\/p>\n<div readability=\"8\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/18c45ff6700_468x693.jpg\" width=\"468\" height=\"693\" alt=\"Back to work: Britain's Got Talent judge Amanda Holden arriving at the first of the auditions at London's Hammersmith Apollo in January \" class=\"blkBorder\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Back to work: Britain&#8217;s Got Talent judge Amanda Holden arriving at the first of the auditions at London&#8217;s Hammersmith Apollo in January <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Meanwhile, Amanda Holden is set to return to the show following the tragic loss of her unborn baby at six months pregnant, just days after the Britain&#8217;s Got Talent auditions finished at the end of January.<\/p>\n<p>She will also begin rehearsing for her West End role as Princess Fiona in Shrek The Musical next month.<\/p>\n<p>She will be joined by former EastEnders star Nigel Harman, Richard Blackwood and Nigel Harman in the production, which opens on May 6. <\/p>\n<p><!-- google_ad_section_end(name=s2) --><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/d54b83f9310_468x400-150x150.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>See the rest here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/tvshowbiz\/article-1362455\/Simon-Cowell-demands-minute-YouTube-auditions-ahead-start-Britains-Got-Talent-live-shows.html?ITO=1490\" title=\"Simon Cowell 'demands last minute YouTube auditions' ahead of start of Britain's Got Talent  live shows\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Simon Cowell &#8216;demands last minute YouTube auditions&#8217; ahead of start of Britain&#8217;s Got Talent  live shows<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Jody Thompson Last updated at 9:03 AM on 3rd March 2011 Simon Cowell has reportedly ordered extra auditions for Britain&#8217;s Got Talent, including asking for wannabes to enter via YouTube, just weeks before this year&#8217;s show goes on air. The news has lead to fears that the quality of this year&#8217;s entrants is down and that the judges have yet to uncover a talent to equal Paul Potts, Spellbound, Susan Boyle of Diversity. Simon, 51, who is executive producer of BGT, ordered the massive shake-up despite the show being scheduled to start next month. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-287667","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Simon Cowell &#039;demands last minute YouTube auditions&#039; ahead of start of Britain&#039;s Got Talent live shows - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/03\/simon-cowell-demands-last-minute-youtube-auditions-ahead-of-start-of-britains-got-talent-live-shows\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Simon Cowell &#039;demands last minute YouTube auditions&#039; ahead of start of Britain&#039;s Got Talent live shows - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"By Jody Thompson Last updated at 9:03 AM on 3rd March 2011 Simon Cowell has reportedly ordered extra auditions for Britain&#039;s Got Talent, including asking for wannabes to enter via YouTube, just weeks before this year&#039;s show goes on air. 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