who was the host of america got talent
Tyra Banks Nick Cannon Jerry Springer Regis Philbin
title: America's Got Talent text: America's Got Talent America's Got Talent (often abbreviated as AGT) is a televised American talent show competition, broadcast on the NBC television network. It is part of the global "Got Talent" franchise created by Simon Cowell, and is produced by Fremantle and SYCOtv, with distribution done by Fremantle. Since its premiere in June 2006, each season is run during the network's summer schedule, with the show having featured various hosts - it is currently hosted by Tyra Banks, since 2017. It is the first global edition of the franchise, after plans for a British edition in 2005 were suspended, following title: America's Got Talent text: a fourth judge into its format. In October 2015, Stern was replaced by Simon Cowell for the eleventh season. After his eighth year hosting "America's Got Talent", Cannon announced plans to retire from the show due to comments he made about the network; despite being under contract to continue his hosting duties, NBC eventually replaced him with Tyra Banks for the twelfth season. In May 2006, NBC announced the new show. The audition tour took place in June. Auditions were held in the following locations: Los Angeles, New York, and Chicago. Some early ads for the show implied that the title: Got Talent text: Cowell, with comedian and talk show host Paul O'Grady producing a pilot for ITV in 2005 under the provisional title "Paul O'Grady's Got Talent". O'Grady left the network after disputes with ITV, resulting in Cowell moving the concept to the United States while he and ITV searched for a new show host. Owing to these issues, the "Got Talent" franchise ended up debuting first as "America's Got Talent" on NBC on 21 June 2006, with judges David Hasselhoff, Brandy Norwood, and Piers Morgan. The show's original series was hosted by Regis Philbin. In 2016, the judging panel consisted of Howie title: Regis Philbin text: Your Life". In August 2006, he reported that his option on the contract for the show had lapsed and he declined to renew it. Philbin hosted the first season of "America's Got Talent", a Simon Cowell-produced amateur talent search show on NBC, during the summer of 2006. He flew between New York City and Los Angeles during that time period to participate in both "Live with Regis and Kelly" and "AGT". Because of his difficulty with commuting cross country and his health problems, he was replaced in 2007 by talk show host Jerry Springer. In regards to filling Philbin's spot, title: America's Got Talent text: was caught up in, leading to her being replaced by Sharon Osbourne, while Philbin was replaced by Jerry Springer as the show's host. Further changes were made to the panel and show's host, as a direct result of each respective member having a need to focus on other TV commitments - Springer was forced to leave after the third season, and was replaced by Nick Cannon for the fourth season; Hasselhoff left the show after the fourth season, and so was replaced by Howie Mandel for the fifth season as a direct result; Morgan left after the sixth season, leading