Sharon Osbourne News

While Executive Producer Simon Cowell has said this season of America's Got Talent produces "one of the most talented people on any show I've been involved in," we'll have to wait to see who that individual is.

But we won't have to wait to hear a bit from judge Sharon Osbourne and host Jerry Springer!

The former said she tries to look at the show's performers differently than a viewer.

"I look at the talent very differently anyway from say the person who is voting because I always like to see somebody that knows their craft and has learned their craft, and studied well," Osbourne told reporters during the conference call.

"So I look at somebody totally different. But hey, I hope it's not a singer that wins because there's so many shows for singers, that our show is so different that it gives other people who are equally as talented but in a different way a chance."

Springer touched on the reason why so many singers audition for America's Got Talent, saying it's a "reflection of the culture."

"Most performance entertainment other than actors are people who sing. So at least everyone - if they're not tone deaf - can conceive of being a singer," the former mayor and talk show host said. "But not everybody juggles and not everybody is a magician, but everyone has at least sung once in their life. So it's the most popular form of entertainment, I guess."

America's Got Talent premiered last night.

This is the best piece of reality TV news since we heard about I Love Money.

Sharon Osbourne has been tapped to host Rock Love Girls: Charm School, which is a spin-off of both Flavor of Love Girls: Charm School and Rock of Love. In case you somehow forgot, Saaphyri won the former series, while Ambre Love conquered all on the latter.

Breakout stars from both seasons of Rock of Love will come together under one roof to learn and grow in areas of etiquette, fashion, manners, and moderation. From Sharon Osbourne. Naturally.

Here's the press release about the show from VH1:

As Headmistress of "Charm School," Sharon will attempt to strip the girls of their former rebellious and wild ways. And with some help from experts, hopefully transform the girls into fully rockin' ladies.

The contestants will focus on one lesson a week followed by a demanding test. Whoever doesn't measure up to the challenges of "Charm School" will be expelled. In the end, the last one standing will be rewarded with $100,000 to put towards her new and improved life.

There's no mention of it yet, but Daisy de la Hoya has to be involved in this show, right? Right?!?!

With America's Got Talent dominating the ratings, it looks as though Sharon Osbourne made the right decision to join the reality show as a judge.

How is the experience going so far? TV Guide asked Osbourne a series of questions on the topic recently...

TV Guide: How do you feel about replacing Brandy as a judge on America's Got Talent?
Sharon Osbourne: I do not feel I am replacing Brandy. She is a gorgeous girl. I am old enough to be her grandmother.

TV Guide: Before the second season of America's Got Talent even premiered, there were rumors flying about feuds. Is it true you walked off the set the first week?
Osbourne: Yeah, I did. It was a day where there was one young contestant after another. [Fellow judge] Piers Morgan has a definite dislike for children or younger artists. It was appalling behavior. I just couldn't take the way he was talking to them. And it was not just the children â€" he was being particularly appalling to everybody that day. I just had it. I was ready to scream.

TV Guide: So then you left. How far did you get?
Osbourne: I ripped up all my papers for all the contestants for that day and the next. And then I stormed off to my dressing room, took off my suit and was like, "Get the car â€" we are going home."

TV Guide: And then what happened?
Osbourne: The director got [executive producer] Simon Cowell on the phone. Simon is always the voice of reason. He had his entrepreneur's hat on, and he said, "You have got to be professional. You signed a contract here, and you could really get into a lot of trouble. You have worked with worse people in your life. You can handle this."

TV Guide: Did you then return to the set?
Osbourne: No. I sat down and phoned my husband and my kids, and had a little a cup of tea. Ozzy is a fan of the show. So he said, "Oh, I want to go to the finale." [Son] Jack said, "Mom, [Piers] would love to get rid of you. If you quit, he gets his way."

TV Guide: What's with the animosity between you and Piers? Have you tried to work it out?
Osbourne: I never sat down with Piers, just the two of us. Nor would I. I talk to him about what we are doing, but in between contestants there is no communication. It is not that we don't get along, it's that we just don't have any sort of relationship. I wouldn't hang out with him or go have a cup of tea.

TV Guide: What was the mood on the set like after that video surfaced showing judge David Hasselhoff drunk, eating a hamburger on the floor?
Osbourne: Obviously David was very upset and we were very upset for him. It was very unfair. The man didn't do anything wrong. How many people do we know who have been drunk in their own homes and done silly things? The man did not hurt anybody. He was not abusive. So what if he was drunk?

TV Guide: What did you say to him that day?
Osbourne: Hey, we are all behind you. You did nothing wrong. None of us is perfect.

TV Guide: In the midst of all the drama, you did manage to judge the new acts. Who was the strangest?
Osbourne: You see complete extremes of talent on this show. There was a ventriloquist woman singing with her mouth closed. She never moved her body, just stood there like a statue singing. It was ridiculous. We also had a guy who was running on a treadmill, making a drink with eggs and fruit in a blender, and painting â€" all at the same time. When he came flying off this treadmill, paint went on the floor.

Looks like the friction between judges Sharon Osbourne and Piers Morgan displayed during Tuesday night's second-season premiere of America's Got Talent wasn't just for the show's cameras.

"[I've] never sat down with Piers, just the two of us. Nor would I," Osbourne told TV Guide about her icy relationship with Morgan in the magazine's June 11 issue. "I talk to him about what we are doing, but in between contestants there is no communication. It is not that we don't get along, it's that we just don't have any sort of relationship. I wouldn't hang out with him or go have a cup of tea."

The riff between the two apparently stems from America's Got Talent 2's Dallas auditions, which aired during the show's two-hour season premiere, and a cheerleading routine performed by Breeze, 9-year-old girl from Carson City, NV.

After Breeze performed, Morgan criticized her mother for pushing her daughter into something he thought she didn't want to do, a comment that didn't sit too well with Osbourne, who accused her fellow judge of putting the young girl "on trial."

"It was a day where there was one young contestant after another," she told TV Guide. "[Morgan] has a definite dislike for children or younger artists. It was appalling behavior. I just couldn't take the way he was talking to them. And it was not just the children, he was being particularly appalling to everybody that day. I just had it. I was ready to scream."

NBC's cameras caught Osbourne ripping up her audition information paperwork and declaring, "I can't take this anymore" before storming off the stage. Cameras followed her backstage, where she said she was removing her make-up and "going home" with seemingly no intention of returning to her duties.

And according to Osbourne, quitting the show was exactly what she planned to do, at least until Simon Cowell, who created America's Got Talent and works alongside Osbourne as a judge on his American Idol-like British The X-Factor reality competition series, stepped in.

"The director got Simon on the phone," she said. "Simon is always the voice of reason. He had his entrepreneur's hat on, and he said, 'You have got to be professional. You signed a contract here, and you could really get into a lot of trouble. You have worked with worse people in your life. You can handle this.' I sat down and phoned my husband and my kids, and had a little cup of tea.

[Husband Ozzy Osbourne] is a fan of the show. So he said, 'Oh, I want to go to the finale.' [former Armed & Famous celebrity cop Jack Osbourne] said, 'Mom, [Morgan] would love to get rid of you. If you quit, he gets his way.'"

With a vehicular manslaughter charge hanging over her head, Brandy Norwood has more things to worry about than acting as a judge on America's Got Talent.

That's why NBC announced yesterday Sharon Osbourne will join David Hasselhoff and Piers Morgan to judge the second season of the hit talent competition, which returns with a two-hour premiere on Tuesday, May 29 (9-11 p.m. ET).

Jerry Springer will be the new host of the series, which was last summer's top-rated new show.

The announcement was made by Craig Plestis, Executive Vice President, Alternative Programming, Development and Specials, NBC Entertainment.

"Sharon Osbourne is show business personified and she has seen and done it all," said Plestis. "She will make an excellent fit with David and Piers, who we're delighted to have back for another great season."

"We're very excited about our new ensemble of judges and host this season," said Cecile Frot-Coutaz, CEO of FremantleMedia North America, executive producer of America's Got Talent. "I'm certain this extraordinary and dynamic group will prove most entertaining to our growing audience."

"On this show, it just had to be Sharon Osbourne," added Simon Cowell, executive producer.

Osbourne and her rock icon husband, Ozzy Osbourne, took America by storm in 2002 when they starred with their family in the reality series The Osbournes, which won an Emmy as Outstanding Non-Fiction Program that year. Osbourne also served as co-producer and executive producer of the series.

Her career in the music industry has spanned several years, managing numerous successful artists over the years including Ozzy's. In 1996, she created the successful Ozzfest summer touring festival, which went on to become a prime rock occasion and celebrated its 10th anniversary in 2006.