Simon Cowell admits he is no longer looking for successful music acts on Britain’s Got Talent, just singers he likes

SIMON Cowell says that no longer owning a record label has changed how he approaches Britain’s Got Talent. 

The music mogul’s agency Syco represented huge acts like Little Mix, Leona Lewis and Susan Boyle before he downsized the operation earlier this year to spend more time with his family and focus on TV work. 

And he says retiring from that constant hunt for the next big chart star has changed his role on the ITV talent show. 

Simon suggested he now just votes for acts that he would personally listen to.

Asked if he judges singers differently now, Simon said: “I suppose so.”

And he went on: “I think in the same way as you buy an album or a track, you like what you like.”

In January this year Simon let go of almost all the staff at multi-million pound firm Syco following his proposal to Lauren Silverman. 

But the telly boss, who also made One Direction famous, still worries about the state of the music industry.

He told The Sun: “What’s interesting now is there are so many outlets for singers, what with social media platforms, however, weirdly there aren’t a lot of new artists breaking out at the moment. 

“I think the reason is everyone’s doing the same thing. So I try and encourage people to do something different.

“Like on BGT when someone comes on and sings a song I’ve heard a million times before, I try and advise them not to do what everyone else is doing. 

“Britain’s Got Talent is an amazing platform for singers, you get it right, choose the right song and boy it can change your life overnight. 

“We saw that with Susan Boyle and people like .”

Simon will be back on TV this Saturday with the latest round of auditions, alongside fellow judges Amanda Holden, David Walliams and Alesha Dixon. 

Ant and Dec will host the show, which will air on ITV at 8pm.