Music producer and TV personality Simon Cowell has poached singer Alesha Dixon from BBC show Strictly Come Dancingto judge alongside him on Britain's Got Talent,which airs on rival ITV.
Dixon's switch is the latest salvo in a fierce ratings battle pitting Cowell's ITV shows The X Factorand Britain's Got Talentagainst the BBC which airs Strictly Come Dancing.
The competition is likely to intensify with the launch on BBC of The Voice UK,a singing talent show due to start in the spring featuring Tom Jones and Danny O'Donoghue from Irish act The Script among its coaches.
"I love Alesha," Cowell said of Dixon, who won Strictly Come Dancingbefore becoming a judge.
– (Reuters)
