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Netflix Drops Trailer for 'Simon Cowell: The Next Act' Ahead of Dec. 10 Premiere

Cowell returns to hands-on artist development in a documentary-style search that follows auditions through a debut single.

Overview

  • The six-episode Netflix docuseries follows Cowell as he tries to build a new global boy band from open casting calls to the release of a debut single.
  • From thousands of applicants, 16 contestants advance to a weeklong bootcamp and are flown to Miami to compete for a place in the group.
  • The trailer highlights personal pressure and access behind the scenes, showing Cowell on an IV and a tense exchange with partner Lauren Silverman.
  • Cowell underscores the risk, saying the chances of success are "less than 10 percent" and warning that failure would fuel claims he has "lost it."
  • Produced by Syco Entertainment with Box to Box Films, the series lists executive producers Simon Cowell, James Gay Rees, Paul Martin, Warren Smith and Cassie Bennet.