I know these Hollywood people are all about artistic integrity and doing the right thing, but sometimes you just have to wonder if money might have been the issue:

Whatever Simon wants, Simon will get. By the way, a talent show with the input of Simon Cowell and Paula Abdul? Sounds familiar, somehow. But it'll probably be totally different. The third judge will call people "cat" instead of "dawg."

UPDATE: In case anyone should feel compelled to ad actual facts to this entry, they have a third judge, and she's Nicole Scherzinger. Who? Her:

She's a former Pussycat Doll, In a normal sane world, that would be enough to qualify her, but this is Simon's world, and she must have some other special aptitude. We'll have to wait for the show to see.