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Report: Nine nabs Australia’s Got Talent

Just hours after Seven axes its talent show come reports that Nine has secured the show.

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Whoever said the Australian TV industry was dull?

Just hours after confirmation that Seven had axed Australia’s Got Talent come reports that Nine is finalising deals with Simon Cowell to secure the show.

News Limited reports Nine is keen to retain Dannii Minogue as one of the show’s judges, but other reports suggest she has a Seven Network contract.

Nabbing Australia’s Got Talent could see Nine strengthen its schedule in the second half of the year, potentially against Seven’s own X Factor brand.

Shows changing networks is rare but not without precedent in Australia. TEN famously snaffled Neighbours after Seven axed the show and Nine has found success with Big Brother, formerly on TEN.

Seven cited costs and disappointing ratings as the key reasons behind its decision to move on from the FremantleMedia series.

FremantleMedia Australia declined to comment.

A Nine spokesperson indicated an announcement is imminent.

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  1. AGT is definitely going up against The X Factor during the second half of 2013. If it wasn’t, then auditions would have to start now. It doesn’t matter if both shows are going to be on different nights, they’re still competing right? I think Simon Cowell made a mistake to allow Nine to air AGT. What happens when Seven cancel The X Factor because of poor ratings? Bad move!

  3. Was happy to see it go yesterday now it’s back.I’m sick to death of these talent shows.Been scraping the bottom of the barrel for a long time now.Any tom dick and harry can go on these shows now.That have no talent at all,because we have run out of quality

  4. Surely the win for Cowell is that the program is going to be on air at all. Would he care if it were screening against one of his other shows? I doubt it. And who’s to say that Nine won’t strip the show at 7pm and it never actually competes directly against X Factor? Or even that they show it on different nights. A lot of different elements at play here…

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