Simon Cowell has revealed the future of Britain's Got Talent - after the show was cancelled by ITV days before filming started 18 years ago.
The Celebrity Big Brother star, 71, has hit back in a savage response to Amanda Holden after the Britain's Got Talent judge branded her 'bitter and pathetic'.
Simon Cowell is lining up a new Britain's Got Talent kids' spin-off show - featuring the panel's Nepo babies as judges.
The music mogul, 64, said 'it was amazing' to see the Girls Aloud singer, 40, during Ant & Dec 's Saturday Night Takeaway finale show last week.
The duo are back in action, alongside Amanda Holden and Alesha Dixon, for the ITV show's 17th series with Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly returning as hosts.
The ITV judge reveals he has resorted to wearing red lens glasses to help.
With the launch of the next series of Britain's Got Talent this weekend, Amanda Holden has revealed the awkward reason why Simon Cowell would 'never' sack her from the show.
The ITV programme will return for its 17th series in a double weekend extravaganza on Saturday
Britain's Got Talent viewers were baffled by Simon Cowell's appearance
It seems the judge, 64, has already worked out who might win the new series, as his fellow judges all eyed the same performer.
The pair looked thick as thieves as they shared a giggle while posing with their fellow judges Bruno Tonioli and Alesha Dixon at the Ham Yard Hotel in London.
Simon Cowell has joked that his Britain's Got Talent co-star Amanda Holden needs to stop looking at herself on social media and focus more on their show's contestants.