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LONDON (Reuters) - TV personality and music producer Simon Cowell is launching a new talent competition to find the world's best DJs.Already known to television audiences in Britain and the United States as the acerbic judge on hit talent shows like "American Idol", "The X Factor" and "Britain's Got Talent", the 52-year-old is looking to expand his empire.
"DJ's are the new rock stars, it feels like the right time to make this show," he said in a statement.
The new format will be co-produced by SYCO, Cowell's joint venture with Sony Music, and Overbrook Entertainment, a U.S. entertainment company founded by Hollywood star Will Smith.
Sony Pictures Television will also be a partner in the venture, which has been in development for more than a year. Smith's wife Jada Pinkett Smith has been involved for Overbrook.
The three parties said they would announce their broadcast partners in Britain and the United States soon.
(Reporting by Mike Collett-White; editing by Patricia Reaney)
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Justy • Watervliet, New York • 1 day 5 hrs ago No more of this #$%$ talent shows.. Keep them in the UK father jesus • Phoenix, Arizona • 1 day 1 hr ago What next the worlds best singing toilet bowl cleaner!! Mark • Irving, Texas • 1 day 4 hrs ago PLEASE - ENOUGH ALREADY!!! You make plenty of (%&#$(%)& money with those other dumb shows. • 23 hrs ago Should be fun. Nothing more exciting than watching someone place a needle on a turntable. And they say creativity is dead! • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania • 1 day 2 hrs ago NOTE TO COWELL: Go back to the UK and leave American TV alone! We're sick of all those reality competition shows! I with they'd all just go away! B • Grand Rapids, Michigan • 23 hrs ago &$#@--Just go away Cowell. We don't need another one of your crappy shows. Dr. Dickweed • Cincinnati, Ohio • 1 day 5 hrs ago The words "talent" and "DJ" do not belong in the same sentence. Hey, look everybody! The guy with the hoodie and the sunglasses on at night can turn a record player on! Meisty • Dallas, Texas • 6 hrs ago Think I'll opt for the new Watching Paint Dry show. jeffb • Lima, Ohio • 12 hrs ago This guys killing rock and roll...hip hop...when will the nightmare end.. MARV • 1 day 0 hrs ago I hope he and the show launches......right into space. steve • London, United Kingdom • 2 hrs 0 mins ago "DJ's"....they are frustrated musician's who just don't have the talent to play a real instrument - the same way that rappers are frustrated singers who don't have the talent to sing. In suggesting this idiotic "next big thing" Mr Cowell has finally cemented the truth that he is completely void of what real music is about. He is just trying to, somehow, prove his credentials in the urban music world of mostly young, aspiring wannabees. Maybe he is starting to feel old and decided he wants to earn some respect from a newer generation. This is all going to backfire on him. DJ's are not today's rockstars - what a stupid thing to say - people are not going to buy into this - not while most people prefer to listen to beautifully crafted instruments that people have learnt to play with emotion, hard work and hard earned talent. I don't have a problem with DJ's who want to go around clubs and do their thing!!!! Live and let live - they do appeal to a lot of like minded people.......but please!!!....a talent show-full of them???...don't make me laugh!!!! Dave • Arden, North Carolina • 3 hrs ago There's more to being a DJ these days as there are no turntables since everything went to computer. i've been in this for 30 years, from records to CD's to present, i think it will be interesting to see what the contestants will do with it!!! Ella • Everett, Washington • 4 hrs ago Another show I'll never watch. Oh my that list keeps growing! WAYNE • 6 hrs ago Roses are redViolets are blue
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Underdog • 8 hrs ago Back in the 1950s and '60s a disc jockey was a radio announcer who spun records, and some of their patter was really creative and listenable. The worst offense was talking over the beginning or end of a song. Sorry, folks; the stuff Simon calls 'talent' is simply noise. Mike • 1 day 5 hrs ago A BJ talent show would be more interesting. Sol Invictus • 1 day 2 hrs ago Cowell, what an idiot, laughing all the way to the bank for some smack. Ken E • 20 hrs ago This man has done more damage to music than Justin Bieber and Rebecca Black put together. Potemkin • 1 day 3 hrs ago chewbacca has more vocal talent than any dj Russ • Franklinville, New Jersey • 5 hrs ago To all the people saying it doesn't take any talent to 'put a needle on a record'.. you don't have a $#@^ CLUE what the HELL you're talking about! There is ALOT more to DJ'ing than you think! I have been doing it for 24 yrs now and it DOES take talent! First off... we haven't used turntables for about 10 years now! As a matter of fact... we haven't used CD's for a while either. You have to be able to count beats of music to flawlessly mix one song to another. You have to be able to know WHAT songs will mix well together. And you have to be able to do this all live while listening to one song and mixing in another from your headphone. And that's just the tip of the iceberg. So before you start saying it doesn't take any talent to be a DJ... think about what YOU do for a living and ask yourself... How much talent does it take for me to flip these burgers?! More Post a comment [[ [['Dekraai', 10]], 'http://news.yahoo.com/photos/mourners-remember-seal-beach-shooting-victims-1318620627-slideshow/', 'Click image to see more photos', 'http://l.yimg.com/a/p/us/news/editorial/3/2c/32c8e92d889f42edb719cb5257afdf4e.jpeg', '461', ' ', 'Reuters/Lori Shepler',],[ [['iPhone 4SXXXXXXX', 11]], 'http://news.yahoo.com/photos/thousands-line-up-for-apple-s-iphone-4s-1318602841-slideshow/', 'Click image to see more photos', 'http://l.yimg.com/a/p/us/news/editorial/f/4f/f4f15e8f6f323f5386dc9fdf9e15dca8.jpeg', '500', ' ', 'AP/Kirsty Wigglesworth',]][ [ [['xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx', 11]], '27013743', '0'],[ [['keyword', 9999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999]], 'videoID', '1', 'overwrite-pre-description', 'overwrite-link-string', 'overwrite-link-url' ]] You on Yahoo! News Your Activity |Social: OFFON Turn Social ONRemind me when I share|Options What is this?Not you? Log out of FacebookHow to remove this experienceLogin with FacebookNews For YouItaly ship captain "wasted precious hour"Drew Carey & Fiancee Call Off EngagementMom Who Lost Kids, Parents in Christmas Fire Attempted Suicide: ReportBrad Pitt Marrying Angelina and Having More KidsShock Over 10th U.S. President’s Grandsons Still LivingMan gets car ban after 4 children found in trunkBill Would Ban Aborted Fetuses in FoodBrewer says she meant no disrespect toward ObamaNASA's 'impossibly beautiful' photo of EarthPelosi: Gingrich Will ‘Never’ Be President, ‘There Is Something I Know’Loading... Entertainment News »
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