
Who’s In It: Simon Cowell, Paula Abdul, Antonio "L.A." Reid, Cheryl Cole, Nicole Scherzinger, Steve Jones
What It’s About: Based on the successful British format, The X Factor crosses over to the U.S. (Reality competition series)
When It Airs: Fall; Wednesdays at 8 p.m., Thursdays at 8 p.m. on Fox
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LONDON — Simon Cowell has unveiled his next British TV project, a roulette-style game show that will see contestants compete to win a cash prize of one million pounds.
Cowell will co-present the ITV1 show with Anthony McPartlin and Declan Donelly, co-hosts of I’m a Celebrity: Get Me Out of Here, another big ITV1 hit.
Cowell said the “high-concept” show would see contestants compete in a series of chance-based events — with the 7000 initial contestants being whittled down to a handful who will face the roulette wheel in the final. Red or Black is set to air in a TV event that will air on seven consecutive nights on British TV this fall, scheduling in the same way as Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? when it launched almost a decade ago.
“A lot of TV shows I see are quite boring. I like the fact that we are doing something that is high-concept,” said Cowell. “Every single night someone is going to have to make that decision [red or black — to win a million pounds]. That isn’t something we have seen more than a few times on television. Thank goodness ITV gives us the budget to do something big.”
Red or Black will be produced by ITV Studios and Cowell’s production outfit Syco.
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