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By Marie-Louise Gumuchian
LONDON, – Fourteen years after launching One Path on “The X Issue”, music mogul and tv persona Simon Cowell is on the lookout for the UK’s subsequent large boy band, embarking on a brand new venture differing from the expertise reveals he’s identified for.
Cowell will maintain auditions for 16-18 year-olds in Liverpool, Dublin and London over the summer time in a bid to type megastars on ranges not seen in Britain for the reason that best-selling One Path, who discovered fame on his televised singing competitors “The X Issue” earlier than parting methods a number of years later.
“Weirdly since One Path, there hasn’t been a profitable UK band, which I do not perceive why,” Cowell informed Reuters in an interview.
“As an entry level into the music enterprise, it is by far the perfect route. Diana Ross grew to become Diana Ross as a result of she was within the Supremes. Beyonce grew to become Beyonce ‘cos she was in Future’s Baby.”
Not like “The X Issue”, there will likely be no weekly televised reveals or vote however a possible documentary sequence.
“As a viewer, I might discover it extra fascinating, notably if I used to be a performer, I might actually wish to see why folks get chosen and what’s the course of you undergo,” Cowell stated.
“For my part, that is by no means actually been proven, definitely since I have been making these reveals … you see a facet of it. I do not suppose you actually see the fascinating half … the highs and lows. And belief me, there are quite a bit lows.”
“The X Issue” final aired in Britain in 2018. As soon as massively well-liked, it had seen scores fall through the years.
“Extra folks than you suppose watch these reveals … Now, after all, in numerous methods as properly – on YouTube, TikTok,” Cowell stated. “I feel they’re nonetheless very talked-about.”
He stated expertise reveals had a goal, serving to new artists get observed.
“Proper now with the quantity of songs which can be being uploaded day by day and the quantity of artists which can be breaking globally … I feel it is one thing like two UK artists in seven years have damaged globally … which is horrendous.
“…Numerous these artists get their first break … even their first audition if it goes out and goes viral, that could be a step on the ladder.”
In the previous couple of years, Okay-pop bands similar to BTS have grow to be hit phenomena constructing world fan bases.
“Okay-pop stuffed a void,” Cowell stated. “So once I take a look at BTS filling out Wembley Stadium, you say, properly, then after all there’s nonetheless a marketplace for bands, presumably larger than ever.”
Cowell, who stated his ideally suited boy band are “individuals who know who they’re”, began his search earlier this month. Requested what response he had obtained up to now, he stated: “You actually do not know till you flip up on the day … If not sufficient folks flip up or that I simply do not suppose they’re proper, then we’re gonna must preserve going.”
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