Simon Cowell has opened up about the future of America's Got Talent as the 15th series of his hit reality show ground to a halt in March amid the coronavirus pandemic.
A small number of auditions were filmed in front of a live audience in California as normal at the start of the year before restrictions on social-distancing put an end to the gathering of large crowds in America.
Hopefuls trying out for the variety show were then filmed performing in empty rooms as the crew battled to keep the show going before production was shut down entirely when judge Heidi Klum fell ill.
The former supermodel came down with coronavirus symptoms in March and was forced to self-isolate. After a series of set backs, mogul Cowell said he's still