Simon Cowell reveals who he wants as his surprise replacement on America’s Got Talent
SIMON Cowell has revealed who he wants as his surprise replacement on America's Got Talent.
The 63-year-old created the show in 2006, but joined the judging panel for the 11th series in 2016.
Simon was recently joined by Heidi Klum, Howie Mandel and Sofia Vergara for the 18th series.
The music mogul is keen to get his son Eric, nine, to follow in his footsteps and become a big name on the show.
Simon said: "Trust me, he is in training.
"He sits and watches the shows with me before they go out and I don't ask him, but I look at his reaction because kids don't lie."
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He added to : "If they are bored, they are bored and if they are interested in something, they are...
"And that's really helped me actually. I hope he does what I do."
Simon shares Eric with fiancee Lauren Silverman.
The pair welcomed the youngster into the world on February 14 2014.
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It comes after The Sun exclusively revealed Eric will be the star act on the next series of BGT.
Simon said: “He’s decided that he’s going to audition for Britain’s Got Talent.
“That is going to be total torture.
“I mean, of all the things I’ve ever done, this will probably be the hardest.
“I said, because he does play drums, ‘Are you going to drum?’ and he said he wants to sing.
“I went, ‘Oh God no’.”
Simon is also a judge on Britain's Got Talent, which he launched back in 2007.
This year he was joined by Alesha Dixon, Amanda Holden and Bruno Tonioli.
