Singer Alesha Dixon Joins NBC’s ‘America’s Got Talent: The Champions’ Season 2 Judges Panel

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NBC’s America’s Got Talent: The Champions will launches its second winter season with singer Alesha Dixon replacing ex-judge Mel B, the network revealed today via a video magic trick by season 1 winner Shin Lim.

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Dixon, arriving from Britain’s Got Talent, will join the returning panel of judges Simon Cowell, Heidi Klum and Howie Mandel, along with returning host Terry Crews.

The line-up was revealed via a YouTube post by magician Shin Lim, the first Champions World Champion.

Also new this year is a panel of America’s Got Talent “superfans” that will take part in the voting process for the upcoming season.

The show’s first season averaged a 2.2 rating in adults 18-49 and 12.4 million viewers overall in “live plus seven day” Nielsens, making it the season’s #1 most-watched alternative series, says NBC.

America’s Got Talent was created by Simon Cowell and is co-produced by Fremantle and Syco Entertainment. Simon Cowell, Sam Donnelly, Jason Raff, Trish Kinane and Richard Wallace are the executive producers.

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