Magician wows judges with epic Golden Buzzer winning set at Britain’s Got Talent 2024
Simon Cowell no longer finds THIS on ‘Britain’s Got Talent’
The TV mogul reveals a major change in his perspective on the iconic talent show
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February 18, 2025
Simon Cowell has set the record straight on Britain’s Got Talent, revealing what he no longer discovers on the show.
While conversing with The Sun, the 65-year-old English TV personality quipped that when the show started, his goal was to “find a superstar,” but now he sees it as a chance to give performers their “moment” when they might not usually have a big stage.
Cowell said, “My outlook on things has changed since series one, when I first started it was like, ‘You’ve got to find a superstar.’”
The former American Idol judge added, “And, of course, we always hope we will find someone who’s going to have a mega, mega, mega career.”
“At the same time, whether you’re in magic, comedy or dance, where else are you going to showcase yourself to a huge audience and have that kind of, what I call, a ‘moment?’ No other TV show does that,” he stated.
For the unversed, the ITV talent show Britain’s Got Talent is coming back on Saturday, February 22, 2025.
Along with judges Cowell, Amanda Holden, Alesha Dixon, and Bruno Tonioli, a new judge KSI, an influencer and boxer, has also joined the show.
It is pertinent to mention that hosts Ant and Dec are also returning to the competition.
A record share of U.S. homes are worth $1 million or more. See which cities have the most.
August 16, 2024 / 12:28 PM EDT / MoneyWatch
A $1 million price tag on a U.S. home may no longer indicate a luxury property. Today, nearly one in 10 U.S. homes are worth at least $1 million, with tight supply driving prices up to record highs across the nation, according to a new Redfin report on home prices.
The share of homes worth at least $1 million now stands at a record 8.5%, a jump of more than 7% from a year ago. The proportion of million-dollar-plus homes has more than doubled since the pandemic, as prior to 2020 only about 4% of properties crossed that threshold, according to Redfin.
Surging home prices across the U.S. are behind the sharp increase in the number of $1 million properties, according to Redfin. In June, the median home sale price nationwide rose 4% to $442,525, compared to a year earlier.
Nearly one in 10 U.S. homes is worth $1 million or more
The share of U.S. homes worth $1 million or more is at its peak, driven by record-high home prices, according to Redfin. More than 8 million U.S. homes were worth at least $1 million in June 2024, compared to 7.2 million homes in June 2023.
Hover or click on the map to see more information about each metro area.
Map showing metro areas and the share of homes worth at least $1 million.
Share of homes worth at least $1 million0.5%80.6%
Note: Data as of June 2024.
Map: Taylor Johnston / CBS NewsSource: Redfin
Prices rose at an even faster clip for high-end homes. The median sale price of U.S. luxury homes rose 9% during the same period, to reach a record $1.18 million. This has helped push a large share of homes worth just under $1 million across that threshold, according to Redfin.
Even though high mortgage rates are putting pressure on demand, U.S. home prices have continued to rise due to the tight supply of homes on the market, according to Redfin. Because buyers have limited options, that’s giving homeowners more leverage in pricing.
Where are these million-dollar homes?
In some cities, it might be tough to find a home for less than $1 million.
California is home to the highest share of properties worth at least $1 million, the analysis found. It’s also gaining more $1 million homes faster than any other state.
Roughly 80% of the homes in both San Francisco and San Jose are worth $1 million and up, according to Redfin. And nearly 60% of all homes in Anaheim, California are worth at least $1 million, up from 51% one year ago.
Only one metro area saw a decline in it share of $1 million-plus homes. In Austin, Texas, the share slipped from 10.1% to 10%. Indianapolis and Houston saw no growth in their shares of million dollar homes.
The markets with the fewest $1 million homes include Detroit; Cleveland; Pittsburgh; and Kansas City, Missouri. In these metros, less than 1% of homes are worth seven figures, according to Redfin.
