Simon Cowell Launching World's Got Talent

June 2, 2008 7:49 a.m. EST

Los Angeles, CA (CNS) - After the success of his U.S. and U.K. shows, music mogul Simon Cowell is now set to conquer the world with his global version of "America's Got Talent."

Cowell is taking his talent search on a much bigger scale with "World's Got Talent."

He is quoted by contactmusic.com as saying, "This global show will unite the best acts. It's going to be great."

He compares his next ambitious project to the Eurovision Song Contest saying, "The Eurovision's not perfect - that's why we want to have a go at doing something that rivals it. There will be some countries' acts that make you laugh and cringe. They won't be to everyone's liking, but that's the whole point - it gets people talking and arguing."

"But I think we can get genuine talent."