Simon Cowell sweetly shared that he ‘missed’ former X Factor judge and good friend Cheryl during Britain’s Got Talent press launch on Tuesday.

The music mogul, 64, said ‘it was amazing’ to see the Girls Aloud singer, 40, during Ant & Dec‘s Saturday Night Takeaway finale show last week.

Reflecting on the duo’s past career together, Simon also revealed he would love to work with Cheryl again some day.

‘With the right show, 100% [would like to work together again] because I think she was a really, really good judge.’

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Simon Cowell, 64, sweetly shared that he ‘missed’ former X Factor judge and good friend Cheryl, 40, during Britain’s Got Talent press launch on Tuesday

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The music mogul (bottom right) said ‘it was amazing’ to see the Girls Aloud singer (bottom left) during Ant & Dec ‘s Saturday Night Takeaway finale show last week

Cheryl judged the ITV show from 2008 to 2010 and once again in 2014, before returning for a brief period in 2017 with Simon for the judge’s houses.

Simon is lining up a new Britain’s Got Talent kids’ spin-off show – featuring the panel’s Nepo babies as judges.

He told told MailOnline he has considered launching a version of the ITV series where children judge the variety acts, which has been inspired by his 10-year-old, who he often seeks the opinion of when critiquing performances.

 

 

Ahead of BGT’s return on Saturday, the father-of-one said Eric has turned into his mini-me, even judging one of the acts this series, telling them in Simon’s former X Factor style, ‘I’m not so sure I like the first song, but I like the second.’

And he believes Eric’s close friendship with fellow judges Amanda Holden and Alesha Dixon’s children could make for a standalone show.

He said: ‘I have thought about that. I actually would you know.

‘To be honest with you Eric did judge one act this year, I don’t know if they’re going to show it or not and he was actually really, really good… he was like, ‘Hmm, I’m not so sure I like the first song, but I like the second song… and I went ‘God, that’s my boy!’

‘When we get the shows to watch before they go out and if he’s around I’m looking and if he walks straight past the TV, I’m thinking maybe it isn’t very good and occasionally he will just creep back in and he will put his head round and I’ll think, actually maybe this is better than I thought.

‘With kids, you can’t cheat it, they like what they like and don’t like what they don’t like… I’m not saying I make every decision based on him but when he likes something, like all kids, they think differently to us… they have no filter.’

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Reflecting on the duo’s past career together, Simon also revealed he would love to work with Cheryl again some day (pictured in 2010)

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He said: ‘It was amazing, she hasn’t changed at all. I miss her. We had great fun together. So it was a bit of a reunion. With the right show, 100% [would like to work together again] because I think she was a really, really good judge’ (pictured in 2009)

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Cheryl judged the ITV show from 2008 to 2010 and once again in 2014, before returning for a brief period in 2017 with Simon for the judge’s houses (pictured in 2017)

Fellow Britain’s Got Talent judge Amanda Holden has revealed Eric, and her youngest daughter Hollie, 12, are constantly up to ‘mischief’ on set and have become close friends behind the scenes.

And Alesha Dixon’s daughters Azura Sienna, nine, and Anaya Safiya, four, are also part of the fun, with the offspring of the judges forming their own mini alliance.

Amanda added: ‘Our children now are so close, Hollie and Eric are two mischievous elves who constantly see each other at weekends and get up to no good on set, along with Alesha Dixon’s daughter as well.’

Reminiscing on the 17 years she has spent on the panel, Amanda recalls giving birth to her first child Lexi a year before landing the role.

She added: ‘My oldest Lexi was one when I got the job, she has absolutely grown up with it… she is the physical embodiment of the show and how long I have been doing this.’

 

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Simon is lining up a new Britain’s Got Talent kids’ spin-off show – featuring the panel’s Nepo babies as judges (pictured in 2020)

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The music mogul told MailOnline he has considered launching a version of the ITV series where children judge the variety acts, which has been inspired by his son (pictured L-R Alesha Dixon’s daughter Azura Sienna, Amanda Holden’s daughter Hollie and Simon’s son Eric)

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Alesha Dixon’s daughters Azura Sienna and Anaya Safiya are also part of the fun, with the offspring of the judges forming their own mini alliance (pictured in January 2019)

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The judging panel including former Strictly star Bruno Tonioli are back for the new series of Britain’s Got Talent on Saturday night

The new series of Britain’s Got Talent begins on Saturday night and this year the judges have more Golden Buzzer acts than ever before.

Simon revealed there are nine special performers that have been chosen to go straight through to the final after impressing with their one-of-a-kind show.

The change in format comes after Bruno Tonioli broke the rules last year by pushing the golden button twice, with his co-stars now following by his example.

She said: ‘Since Bruno joined the rules have gone out of the window. I think there might be eight or nine this series. In fact, this year Bruno broke the Golden Buzzer on day one of filming.’