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"Simon Cowell has confirmed that he will not be appearing in next year&amp;#039;s auditions stage of Britain&amp;#039;s Got Talent. The music mogul, who recently hinted at scaling back his role on the programme, said that he will rejoin the show for the semi-finals.  He told Reveal: &amp;quot;I won&amp;#039;t be doing the Britain&amp;#039;s Got Talent auditions next year. I will join the show at the semi-final stage.  &amp;quot;I will eventually leave but nothing is decided yet. We launch X Factor [in the US] next year too, which is a huge challenge.&amp;quot; &amp;gt; Simon Cowell quits &amp;#039;American Idol&amp;#039; "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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