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Andrew
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It looks like there will be loads of talent shows this Winter
From Media Guardian....
The BBC wants Jonathan Ross's agent Addison Cresswell to be its answer to Simon Cowell on a new Graham Norton talent show.
Mr Cresswell, who brokered Ross's controversial £18m three-year deal with the corporation, has been approached to be one of the judges on the Saturday night show, provisionally titled Saturday Showdown.
Saturday Showdown is the latest Saturday night talent show format for BBC1, after Strictly Come Dancing, Strictly Dance Fever and How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria?.
Norton is also hosting a Maria follow-up, Any Dream Will Do, to find cast members for a West End production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.
ITV1 has also commissioned a theatre-related talent show looking for actor wannabes to play Danny and Sandy in a new production of Grease. The show launches early next month and is being made by Simon Cowell's production company, Syco, and Talkback Thames - the team behind The X Factor.
Mr Cowell is also making another reality talent format for ITV1 next year, Britain's Got Talent, after the success of America's Got Talent in the US. Unlike the ITV show, which will invite all comers of any age to take part, Saturday Showdown will feature exclusively professional acts from Britain and America.
From Media Guardian....
The BBC wants Jonathan Ross's agent Addison Cresswell to be its answer to Simon Cowell on a new Graham Norton talent show.
Mr Cresswell, who brokered Ross's controversial £18m three-year deal with the corporation, has been approached to be one of the judges on the Saturday night show, provisionally titled Saturday Showdown.
Saturday Showdown is the latest Saturday night talent show format for BBC1, after Strictly Come Dancing, Strictly Dance Fever and How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria?.
Norton is also hosting a Maria follow-up, Any Dream Will Do, to find cast members for a West End production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.
ITV1 has also commissioned a theatre-related talent show looking for actor wannabes to play Danny and Sandy in a new production of Grease. The show launches early next month and is being made by Simon Cowell's production company, Syco, and Talkback Thames - the team behind The X Factor.
Mr Cowell is also making another reality talent format for ITV1 next year, Britain's Got Talent, after the success of America's Got Talent in the US. Unlike the ITV show, which will invite all comers of any age to take part, Saturday Showdown will feature exclusively professional acts from Britain and America.
