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Brace yourselves, Simon Cowell’s DJ talent show is officially a thing
House | Wednesday 29th April 2015 | Christina
Clearly The X Factor and Britain’s Got Talent aren’t quite shovelling enough shit music into our lives because Simon Cowell’s DJ talent competition is actually happening. The mogul has teamed up with Yahoo and Ultra Records to bring Ultimate DJ to the world, whether we want it or not. Entrants will be competing for a deal with Sony Music and a headline slot at a major music festival. The programme will be broadcast on Yahoo Live with voting taking place via Tumblr.
Fatboy Slim was one of the figures approached to “judge” the contest, but swiftly turned it down saying, “As dance music gets taken over by people like Cowell it becomes about being famous and money, the nasty side which I think for years it was relatively free of. Kids grow up thinking to be a DJ, you’ve got to be sexy and bling…it’s not about that.” You tell him Norm.
Defending the project on Twitter (you’d better get used to doing that mate), Cowell said, “The show is intended to showcase the incredible talent that electronic music has shown the world. It will be made with respect.” The fact that EDM cake fiend Steve Aoki will be a judge….well, it’s just going to be awful isn’t it?
