{"id":24292,"date":"2025-08-24T23:50:51","date_gmt":"2025-08-24T23:50:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new50.info\/?p=24292"},"modified":"2025-08-24T23:50:51","modified_gmt":"2025-08-24T23:50:51","slug":"very-sad-70-minutes-ago-in-chicago-americas-got-talent-simon-cowell-he-has-been-confirmed-assee-mor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new50.info\/?p=24292","title":{"rendered":"VERY SAD ,70 minutes ago in Chicago, \u201cAmerica\u2019s Got Talent\u201d Simon Cowell, he has been confirmed as\u2026see mor\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"64\" data-end=\"127\"><strong data-start=\"64\" data-end=\"125\">Amanda Holden Almost Missed Out on \u2018Britain\u2019s Got Talent\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"129\" data-end=\"417\">Hosted by Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly, ITV\u2019s long-running talent show,\u00a0<strong data-start=\"206\" data-end=\"230\">Britain\u2019s Got Talent<\/strong>, is back this week for its\u00a0<strong data-start=\"258\" data-end=\"273\">18th series<\/strong>. The judging panel includes former\u00a0<strong data-start=\"309\" data-end=\"321\">X Factor<\/strong>\u00a0judge Simon Cowell, along with\u00a0<strong data-start=\"353\" data-end=\"370\">Amanda Holden<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong data-start=\"372\" data-end=\"388\">Alesha Dixon<\/strong>, and YouTube star\u00a0<strong data-start=\"407\" data-end=\"414\">KSI<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"419\" data-end=\"591\">Holden has been a fan favourite since the show\u2019s debut, earning her the affectionate title of \u201cBritain\u2019s Got Talent queen.\u201d But she nearly never joined the series at all.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"593\" data-end=\"915\">Simon Cowell revealed that the role was\u00a0<strong data-start=\"633\" data-end=\"670\">originally offered to Cheryl Cole<\/strong>, known then for her music career. \u201cA week before filming, she calls me and goes, \u2018I just can\u2019t do it,\u2019 and wouldn\u2019t give me a reason,\u201d he recalled. 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