The hit competition series, “America’s Got Talent,” is about to receive a new spinoff. According to The Hollywood Reporter, NBC has ordered a new All-Star-themed spinoff to long-running series titled, “America’s Got Talent: All-Stars.”
The new spinoff will showcase past contestants across the 17 seasons of “America’s Got Talent.”
‘America’s Got Talent: All-Stars’ In The Works At NBC
Executive producer and longtime judge Simon Cowell will be back to judge the show along with other veterans of the show, Heidi Klum and Howie Mandel. The All-Stars show is expected to feature “winners, finalists, fan favorites, and viral sensations” of years past for the series.
Current host Terry Crews, who has hosted the show since Season 14, will be hosting “All-Stars.” THR reports that only Sofia Vergara from the current crew will not be part of the “All-Stars” broadcasting team.
Production on the spinoff will reportedly start later this month. It’s expected to premiere later next year. Additionally, Deadline reports that auditions for the spinoff are already underway.
Cowell created the show and format for “America’s Got Talent,” which made its debut on NBC in 2006. The show has managed to last for 17 seasons and a massive 416 episodes. There are also 70 international editions of “Got Talent” all across the world.
The series starts production this month and will premiere sometime in 2023. Fremantle Media and Syco Entertainment, who work on the regular series, are co-producing “All-Stars.” Sam Donnelly and Jason Raff are also attached as executive producers.
Some promotional artwork was also released for the upcoming “All-Stars” spinoff (see below):
The all-stars are aligning. #AGT: All-Stars is coming soon to @NBC and @Peacock. pic.twitter.com/ugTRDyo7vl
— America’s Got Talent (@AGT) October 7, 2022
‘AGT’ Continues To Rack Up More Milestones
Besides its epic run since the show debuted, “America’s Got Talent,” Guinness World Records named Cowell’s “Got Talent” as the Most Successful Reality Television Format in the world in 2014.
Since the show began, NBC has announced that it has had more than a billion global viewers and has aired in 194 territories worldwide.
The show recently wrapped up its seventeenth season last month, with the finale airing on September 14, 2022, with the all-female dance group The Mayyas as the winning act this season.
It looks like “America’s Got Talent: All-Stars” will be another feather in the cap of Cowell and the producers. According to TVSeriesFinale.com, even after 17 years and 416 episodes, the reality competition show has continued to be NBC’s top-rated summer series for years. While NBC has not announced the eighteenth season, they are moving forward with the “All-Stars” edition.
Over the years, the show has drawn quite a collection of celebrity guest judges and hosts. Other past judges include Howard Stern, Piers Morgan, David Hasselhoff, Brandy Norwood, Sharon Osbourne, Mel B, Julianne Hough, and Gabrielle Union. Some of the other broadcast hosts throughout the show’s run include the late Regis Philbin, Jerry Springer, Nick Cannon, and Tyra Banks.
It looks like “America’s Got Talent: All-Stars” will be another feather in the cap of host Cowell and the producers. The 63-year-old Cowell got engaged to his longtime girlfriend, Lauren Silverman, earlier this year. The two have been dating since 2013 and share a son together.
