The Greatest Dancer is a British dance competition television series created by Simon Cowell and produced by Syco Entertainment. The first BBC programme created by Cowell, The Greatest Dancer sees previously undiscovered dance acts perform live weekly for Cheryl, Oti Mabuse, Matthew Morrison and Todrick Hall and a studio audience in a competition to win £50,000 and a chance to perform on Strictly Come Dancing.
The Greatest Dancer
Alesha Dixon (2019–20)
Cheryl (2019–20)
Matthew Morrison (2019–20)
Simon Phillip Cowell is an English television personality, entrepreneur, and record executive. He has judged on the British television talent competition shows Pop Idol (2001–2003), The X Factor UK and Britain's Got Talent (2007–present), and the American television talent competition shows American Idol (2002–2010), The X Factor US (2011–2013) and America's Got Talent (2016–present). Cowell founded the British entertainment company Syco in 2005, as well as its now-defunct predecessor, Syco Music in 2002.
Cowell in 2011
Irish boy band Westlife achieved the first official number one on the UK Singles Downloads Chart with "Flying Without Wings" in September 2004.
Cowell alongside Cheryl Cole as judges on The X Factor UK's seventh series on 21 June 2010
One Direction signed to Cowell's record label after finishing third and being mentored by Cowell on The X Factor in the UK in 2010. The group is one of Cowell's international break-out acts.
