{"id":5212,"date":"2011-11-30T22:19:02","date_gmt":"2011-11-30T21:19:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/bgt\/?p=5212"},"modified":"2011-11-30T22:19:02","modified_gmt":"2011-11-30T21:19:02","slug":"britain%e2%80%99s-got-talent-2012-simon-cowell-set-to-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/bgt\/5212\/britain%e2%80%99s-got-talent-2012-simon-cowell-set-to-return\/","title":{"rendered":"Britain\u2019s Got Talent 2012: Simon Cowell set to return"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" title=\"Simon Cowell britian's got talent 2012\" src=\"\/images\/uk\/simon02.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"263\" height=\"186\" \/>Simon Cowell is reportedly set to return to Britain\u2019s Got Talent in 2012 to ensure the success of the hit ITV show.<\/p>\n<p>The music mogul is also said to be pursuing actress Barbara Windsor to join him!<\/p>\n<p>Cowell quit the show\u2019s audition stages last year, only appearing in the live finals. However, according to <em>The Mirror<\/em>, <em>The X Factor<\/em>\u2018s drop in popularity has prompted him to make a BGT comeback.<\/p>\n<p>The 52-year-old mogul is also said to be keen to bring in a fourth judge, and has asked former <em>Eastenders<\/em> and <em>Carry On<\/em> star Windsor to sign up.<\/p>\n<p>An ITV source commented: \u201cSimon wants to make it the biggest, most successful series yet. His presence will be a guaranteed ratings winner as he is so popular with viewers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSimon\u2019s been focusing on US X Factor and viewing figures for his British shows have fallen. He won\u2019t take chances with BGT.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>There are currently two vacancies on the panel after the departures of Michael McIntyre and David Hasselhoff. Only Amanda Holden is confirmed to be taking part so far, although she will not attend the auditions due to her pregnancy.<\/p>\n<p>Dannii Minogue, David Walliams and Samantha Womack have all been linked with the show recently. A spokeswoman said: \u201cWe will announce the line up soon.\u201d<br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-0466605792016836\";\n\/* auditions mid page 300x250, created 9\/6\/10 *\/\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"2217652781\";\ngoogle_ad_width = 300;\ngoogle_ad_height = 250;\n\/\/-->\n<\/script><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\nsrc=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\n<\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"linkwithin_hook\" id=\"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/bgt\/5212\/britain%e2%80%99s-got-talent-2012-simon-cowell-set-to-return\/\"><\/div><script>\n<!-- \/\/LinkWithinCodeStart\nvar linkwithin_site_id = 1805371;\nvar linkwithin_div_class = \"linkwithin_hook\";\n\/\/LinkWithinCodeEnd -->\n<\/script>\n<script src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/widget.js\"><\/script>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/pixel.png\" alt=\"Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...\" style=\"border: 0\" \/><\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Simon Cowell is reportedly set to return to Britain\u2019s Got Talent in 2012 to ensure the success of the hit ITV show. The music mogul is also said to be [&hellip;]<\/p>\n<script>\n<!-- \/\/LinkWithinCodeStart\nvar linkwithin_site_id = 1805371;\nvar linkwithin_div_class = \"linkwithin_hook\";\n\/\/LinkWithinCodeEnd -->\n<\/script>\n<script src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/widget.js\"><\/script>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/pixel.png\" alt=\"Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...\" style=\"border: 0\" \/><\/a>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5212","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","clearfix"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/bgt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5212","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/bgt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/bgt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/bgt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/bgt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5212"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/bgt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5212\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5214,"href":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/bgt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5212\/revisions\/5214"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/bgt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5212"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/bgt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5212"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/bgt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5212"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}