Since America’s Acquired Expertise debuted in June 2006, the present has gone by way of many adjustments — together with swapping out the panel of judges every now and then.
The sequence, created by Simon Cowell, kicked off with Piers Morgan, David Hasselhoff and Sharon Osbourne serving as judges. Later, the present expanded to 4 judges and Cowell ended up taking a seat on the desk.
In 2019, AGT made headlines after season 14 judges Julianne Hough and Gabrielle Union exited the sequence. Experiences later surfaced that Union was let go from the present for urging these on set to talk up in opposition to an offensive joke made throughout filming.
Union spoke out in opposition to the “poisonous” tradition on AGT the next yr. “I felt remoted. I felt singled out as being troublesome, after I’m asking for fundamental legal guidelines to be adopted,” she instructed Selection in Might 2020, referring to allegations that Cowell smoked in his dressing room, which affected her well being. “I need to come to work and be wholesome and protected and listened to.”
Fremantle, Syco and NBC launched an investigation following her claims however discovered no proof that the surroundings wasn’t inclusive.
Scroll right down to see all the celebs who served as AGT judges:
