Now that Mel B is judging America's Got Talent in the summer do we think that it increases the chances that we'll get Nicole and Sharon back? Or do we think it's another audition for Mel to join the X-Factor UK panel? I wonder if it's possible for her to shoot the AGT live shows and do the pretaped auditons as that's what will be going on at the same time. Lucky for her AGT shoots in NYC and not in LA so the flight back and forth wouldn't be as bad.

Didn't Sharon quit long before the previous season ended? So Mel B replacing her doesn't signify that she's coming back. They just simply found her a replacement

Mel B on America's GT? Didn't know that - odd choice.

Yeah, Sharon quit in August I think, the show ended mid-September

I'm surprised they didn't give the AGT to Amanda Holden as a sweetener to drop her from BGT, especially as she does a fair bit of work in America.

that would have been interesting

Mel B was on Aussie radio show "The Kyle And Jackie O Show" this Tuesday (19.02.13).
Listen to her interview, it's more likely she will be on X Factor Australia this year, again.

(She appeared near the end of the show.)
(The male radio host Kyle was a judge in X Factor Australia 2010. He was replaced by Mel B in 2011 due to schedule crash with Aussie Got Talent. )

Get Grace Jones on the panel.

What a downgrade that would be.

Because Sharon left her AGT contract i gather there was a no-compete clause in there that means she cannot be a judge on any USA show at the moment - so whatever she does will be overseas and look where she's turned up .. here

Cowell wouldn't audition anyone on America's Got Talent, it's far too big a deal for him, the ratings are on a par with X Factor USA. Mel B has been well and truly auditioned by now on the Australian show and with her guest stint in the UK.

My guess is that she stays on the Australian show, which has done really well the past couple of years, and AGT is her big reward for her performance on XF Australia.

Sharon has now joined Australia has Got Talent though. And wasn't that Dannis reason for quitting, she was logistically unable to do both?

It's rumoured i think at the moment for sharon - sounds like a few different slots for the companies talent pool of people to be filled into. Pick a judge, any judge lol

I would hope for Sharon in the UK, which i'm sure explains the sudden burst of activity with her around the UK guys at the moment, there is obviously something going on but who knows.

I actually like the way they are training and bringing in people who can work across the globe, quite pleased about Mel Blatt for New Zealand XF especially. She will do well.

Sharon Osbourne & Chris Isaak are joining AGT- nice, diverse panel.

Hell, even the New Zealand X Factor panel is better than the British one.

(Daniel Bedingfield's been found alive and well, apparently)