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Simon Cowell's DJ talent show will begin in spring 2016

Music mogul Simon Cowell and Patrick Moxey's long-awaited DJ TV talent show, 'Ultimate DJ', has been confirmed to arrive in spring 2016.

This exciting new was confirmed by Moxey during an on-stage interview with Pete Tong at IMS in Ibiza and he explained that the idea is to "give a massive global platform for new and emerging artists": "When you think about the underground music that Ultra started with 20 years ago, and how it's now become a global lifestyle phenomenon today, to me, this is the next step in the evolution of this phenomenon.

"[The] show will take contestants, people with fantastic talent, and put them out to a mass audience. It really made sense to team up with Simon Cowell, Yahoo and Hamish Hamilton, who is probably the top entertainment director in Hollywood at the moment."

When asked about Cowell's involvement and if he thinks having that name behind the show might affect people's perception of it, Moxey added:

"In his own way, [Cowell] is an incredibly creative man. When it comes to the show, he wants it to be respectful of the space and he wants us to have the most edgy and the best artists. It's the same way you would approach trying to have great singers, we're going to have great electronic artists involved in the show."

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Watch a recent interview with Cowell here: