The judges' table on NBC's America's Got Talent just got a littler spicier now that former Spice Girl Melanie Brown will be replacing Sharon Osbourne.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Brown, aka "Mel B." or "Scary Spice" has officially been cast as a judge on the show along with radio personality Howard Stern and Howie Mandel in the show's eighth season. Longtime judge Sharon Osbourne reportedly left the reality competition after having a public feud with NBC over her son, Jack who stars on another reality show on the network called "Stars Earn Stripes." Osbourne accused the network of declining to cast Jack since they learned that he has been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. "I never want to hear from them again," said Osbourne. However, NBC denied her claims.
TV talk show host Rosie O'Donnell also showed interest in getting a spot on America's Got Talent last December, but it seems as if the network wanted to spice things up a bit.
Brown is no stranger to reality TV. After her lucrative career as a girl group singer died down, the British performer served as a judge on "The X Factor Australia" in 2011, guest-judged the U.K. "X Factor" and judged Britain & Ireland's "Next Top Model." In addition, she competed on Season 5 of ABC's "Dancing with the Stars," hosted the Oxygen weight loss series "Dance Your A-- Off" and starred in her own reality show called "Mel B: It's a Scary World."
Season eight of America's Got Talent premieres on May 28.
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